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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1912

1,062 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 54

The Lithgow Miners' Release

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1912 · page 11

Sir,—I desire to reply to your correspondent, Mr. Charlton, who, with a sncer, states that he does not think Mr. Longworth, who is always in favour of…

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Weighing of Coal. the Dudley Cases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1912 · page 5

Recent references to the question of the weighing Of coal have recalled the facts connected with the prosecution of the manager of Dudley Cohtery in 1899 for not…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. Mine and Thine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1912 · page 5

What is a marriage certificate? A contract. Whom does it bind? The parties who agree to its provisions. Who is the celebrant? A clergyman for preference,…

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Mining Prospector's Death. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 May 1912 · page 5

At an inquest to-day into the death of Thomas Dudley Ward, mining prespector, aged 4 years, whose body was found on the bank of Torrens River on…

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Teralba Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 5

The agreement governing the working conditions at the Teralba Collieries, will expire at the end of June. A meeting of the men employed in the four pits—…

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 7

A special meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield Miners' Lodge was held in Peel's Hall, Minmi, on Monday evening, Mr. W. Muir presiding…

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Mining Matters. Second Shift Question

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 5

The joint committee on mining dispute continued its sitting at the offices of the Colliery Proprietors' Association, yesterday, Mr. C. Hibble, chairman,…

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Month's Coal Export

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 4

The export of coal from Newcastle to places beyond the State during the month of May shows an increase of 73,000 tons, as compared with the corresponding…

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Another Mining Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 2

Meantime another mining trouble has broken out on the West Coast of the South Island, where a group of mines is being worked by the Consolidated…

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Mining Matters. the Second Shift

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 5

The joint committee on mining disputes continued its sittings yesterday, at the offices of the Colliery Proprietors' Association. Mr. C. Hibble, chairman of the…

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Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, May 24. the Miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 2

There is no change to report in the position of affairs at Walhi. The strike continues, and the mines are closed. It is not a question of a fight against the…

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Mining Matters. Permitted Explosives

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 June 1912 · page 5

In connection with the explosion in the Washington "Glebe" Colliery, Durham, a report was presented by Inspector J. B. Atkinson to the Home Secretary, in which…

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Oscillating Vision. Miners' Eye Trouble. a Probable Danger

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 June 1912 · page 5

Coalminers who have been compelled to use safety lamps have always complained about the effect upon their eye-sight, and the difficulty experienced in…

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The Lithgow Miners' Release

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 7

Sir,—In reply to Mr. Longworth, who says that I have endeavoured, by unfair means, to make it appear that he is always in favour of anything that is in…

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Strike of Miners. Protest Against Award. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 5

Thirteen thousand colliers in South Staffordshire have gone on strike hi a Protest against the award of the wages board…

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Vancouver Coal Beds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 6

A recent Canadian geological survey report states that the bituminous coalfields of Vancouver Island are the largest on the Pacific coast of America. The coal area of…

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After the Coal Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 7

The latest unemployment returns show the effects of the coal strike, and the percentage of men out of work rose to 11.3, as compared with 2.8 at the end of…

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Mining Matters. the Joint Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 6

The joint committee on mining disputes continued its sittings yesterday, at the offices of the Colliery Proprieturs' Association. Mr. C. Hibble, chairman of the…

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Mining Matters. the Joint Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 5

The joint committee, which was voluntarily agreed to by the Colliery Proprietors' Association and the Colliery Employees' Federation in February, for the…

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Mining Engineers. Visit to the District

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 5

A party of over seventy members of the Australian Institute of Mining Engineers paid a visit of inspection to Aberdare Colliery yesterday morning, as…

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