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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
1,062 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 54
I was walking through the West End yesterday examining some of the shops with their fine display of Easter eggs. It must be admitted that the Easter egg…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →During the fortnight ended on Saturday the demand for certain coals case some what, and so the overage number of days worked throughout the Newcastle and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"That the Government be urged to open up additional State coal mines and depots, with a view to reducing the price of coal." In moving this motion at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The conference between representatives of the Wonthaggi miners, the Railway Commissioners, and Mr. Broome, the general manager of the mine, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Sunday Mr. A. Teece, one of the members of the sub-committee appointed by the joint committee on tuining disputes to endeavour to formulate an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortland Colliery was idle yesterday in consequence of the miners refusing to turn to under the conditions prevailing respecting the weighing of the coal. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trouble has arisen in connection with the Queensland Colliery Employees Union owing to the fact that April 27th was declared a public holiday, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The monthly meeting of the Cessnock Miners' Lodge was held in Lane's hall on Saturday. Mr. R. B. Laing presiding, and there was a large attendance. Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The driver of a coal train, while running down a gradient near Cardiff, lost control of 41 trucks, and the waggons, gathering momentum, crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Joint Committee on mining disputes met again yesterday at the offices of the Colliery Proprietors' Association, Newcastle. Mr. C. Hibble, chairman,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Mersey's award for the Northumberland Mining Board has fixed the minimum rates of wages underground as follows:—Day workers, 4s 9d;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In connection with the trouble at Noble Vale No, 2 mine, the employees attended at the mine at the usual time this morning. The secretary and president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The award of the Northumberland Mining District Board, delivered by the chairman, Lord Mersey, which was retrospective, means a windfall of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"What does the bill do?" asked Mr. Asquith in his speech to Liberal members, representing colliery districts. "The bill," of course, is the Minimum Wage Bill, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The chairman of the North Staffordshire Coal District Board has given an award which is satisfactory to the workers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Boeby, the Minister for Labour stated to-day that it is the intention of the Government to appoint at once the conciliation committees or mining…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The joint committee of conciliation in mining disputes met again yesterday at the offices of the Colliery Proprietors' Association, Mr. C. Hibble, chairman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There was a good attendance of the members of the Pelaw-Mam Miners' Lodge at the Empire Hall on Sunday, Mr. J. Grahame being in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal appears to have been known to the ancient Britons, although history, as far as we know, is silent upon the subject. Indeed, it seems scarcely possible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work will be resumed at the State Colliery Wonthaggi, to-morrow. Owing to the abolition of the dog watch a largely diminished number of…
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