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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1912

1,062 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 54

Mining Arbitration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 4

The frequent interruptions of work which are occurring at different collieries are to be regretted for many reasons, of which perhaps the most…

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Mining Matters. Wheelers' Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 5

At the meeting yesterday of the Joint committee on mining disputes, further consideration was given to the claims made by the Colliery Employees'…

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Our New Zealand Letter Wellington, June 21. a Coal Famine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 2

Just at the present moment New Zealand is suffering from a coal famine not because of strike, but because of the bad weather. The bar harbours on the…

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The King and Queen. Visit Welsh Miners. a Great Reception. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 5

Kink George and Queen Mary, who are on a tour of the industrial districts of Great Britain, yesterday motored to Rhondda, Merthyr, and…

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Mining Matters. Hebburn Trouble. the Proposed Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 July 1912 · page 5

According to arrangement made on Friday, between Mr. Edden, the Minister for Mines, and Mr. Watson, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, and…

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Teralba Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 5

Last week a conference took place between the owners of the Teralba Collierles and representatives of the four lodges concerned, for the purpose of…

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Whitburn Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 5

The joint committee had before it yesterday the case wherein a dispute had arisen over the dismissal of two miners, after they had received 14 days' notice, for…

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Bellbird Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 5

The onistanding matters that had not been included in the general agrement for Bellbird Colliery were further considered yesterday by the Joint…

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Lambton B Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 5

Lambton B Colliery was also idle yesterday. The chief matters in dispute are the questions of the payment for what are known as "Jumps" in the seam,…

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Mining Matters. the Hebburn Trouble. Conflicting Statements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 5

Hebburn Colliery was idle yesterday. The men considered that Mr. R. A. Harle, the manager, and given his word that they would not be asked to put the machines…

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Mining Matters. Whitburn Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 5

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

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Hebburn Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 5

Chief-inspector Atkinson, Senior-inspector tor Humble, and Inspector Hutton, for the Mines Department, Messrs. N. Clarke, R. Harle, and J. Jeffries, for the A.A…

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Colliery Proprietors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 5

A meeting of the Colliery Proprietors' Association will be held in Sydney to-day. Several matters will come up for consideration, and it is understood that…

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Lambton B Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 5

A special meeting of Lambton B (Durham) Miners' Lodge was hold last night, at the Premier Hotel, Broadmeadow, for the purpose of appointing a deputation…

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Hebburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1912 · page 5

The position at Hebburn remains very unsettled, and the outlook is not very resulting. At a meeting of the lodge committee on Tuesday evening, it was…

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New Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1912 · page 5

The quarterly meeting of New Lambton Miners' Lodge was held last night at Russell's Hotel Adamstown. Mr. T. Hopton presided. There was a good…

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Strike of Miners. Serious Rioting. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1912 · page 5

A strike of 6000 coalminers has taken place at Cwm Tillery, in Wales, which was caused by dismissal of a miner for posting up trade-union…

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Mining Matters. Meeting of Proprietors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1912 · page 5

A meeting of members of the Colliery Proprietors' Association was held in Sydney yesterday. It had been rumoured that important matters would be dealt…

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Views of Miners

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

The report of the Chief Inspector of Collieries on the trial made with the coal-cutting machines in pillar work in Hebburn Colliery did not come as a…

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Colliery Explosion. Several Deaths. Berlin

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

Several miners were killed by an explosion in a colliery at Essen. The force of the explosion was so great that benzoline and ammonia…

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