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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1912

1,062 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 54

The King As Collier. Visits a Mine. Works an Abnormal Place. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1912 · page 5

During their visit to Yorkshire the King and Queen have requested that no addresses or bouquets should be presented to them…

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Mining Disaster. Great Loss of Life. Heroism of Rescuers. Forty-three of Them Die. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1912 · page 5

Details of the explosions at the Cadeby Pit, near Conisbrough, in Yorkshire, reveal the fact that the mortality was greater than at first…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Cadet and His Father.—do You Like Water in Your Milk?—royal Commission Reports That Leak.—notice to Find Other Premises.—when the Gold Is Exported.—mr. Bryce the Lion of the Hour. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1912 · page 4

If a boy who is eligible doesn't attend drill, who is to blame? It may be his father, himself, or both together. If his father, then the penalty should fall…

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Miners' Congress. Votes for Nationalisation. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 5

The International Miners Congress has passed a resolution in favour of the nationaliation of all land, railway, and mines…

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State Mining Laws. Proposed Amendments. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 4

In addition to the re-introduction of the bill providing for an eight-hour day from bank to bank in coalmines, a number of other proposed alterations in the…

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Mining Matters. Wheelers and Top-hands' Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 5

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

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Northern Colliery District

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 5

The areas comprised within the counties of Northumberland, Gloucester, Durham, Brisbane, Pottinger, and Arawatta are notified as the Northern Colliery…

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Germany's Coal Yard

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 13

It the country were as timid in business as in politics we should have been the coal yard for the German Empire…

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Mining Arbitration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 4

The attitude which is being taken up by a section of the wheelers and shiftmen is one which it may be hoped has not the support of the majority of the…

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Mining Matters. Wheelers and Shiftmen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 5

In connection with the application for a conference made by the Wheelers and Shiftmen's Union. Mr. A. R. Cant, secretary to the Colliery Proprietors'…

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Catherine Hill Bay. Picturesque Mining Town

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 5

The township which is built upon the slopes, and within the valley, at the foot of which lies Catherine Hill Bay, covers a large area of rugged country, and there…

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The Coal Vend. Companies Pay the Fines. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 5

Mr. Hughes, the Federal Attorney-General stated in the House of Representatives this morning, in reply to, a statement by a member of the Opposition, that…

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Mining Explosion. Eight Men Believed Dead. Moundsville ([?] Virginia)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 5

An explosion of gas occurred yesterday day at the Franklin Coal Company's mine, and it is believed that eight miners have peris[?]…

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 July 1912 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of the Back Creek and Duckonfield Lodge was held in Peel's Hall, Minmi, on Thursday evening. Mr. W. Evans presided…

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The Coal Vend. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 July 1912 · page 5

It has been reported from Sydney that one of the terms of settlement of the Coal Vend case, so far as colliery proprietors wore concerned, was that on…

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Mine Rescue Work. Interesting Demonstration Rescue Stations Urged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 July 1912 · page 4

There was a very large and representative gathering at the Technical College, Newcastle, on Saturday morning, when a moat interesting demonstration…

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Mining Matters. Wheelers and Shiftmen. Statement by the Secretary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 July 1912 · page 5

The position taken up by the Newcastle District Wheelers and Shiftmen's Union in regard to their claims for better wages and…

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Mining Matters. Dispute at Hetton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1912 · page 5

A dispute has arisen at Hotton Colliery In regard to payment for wet and deficient places. At the last pay the amounts received by three different…

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Mining Matters. Hetton Difficulty. Work to Be Resumed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1912 · page 5

Hetton Colliery was still idle yesterday. When the joint conciliation committee met in the morning, at the offices of the Colliery Proprietors' Association (Mr. C…

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Burwood Colliery. a Wrong Inference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1912 · page 5

With regard to a statement which appeared in a Sydney paper yesterday, and which had been made by Mr. J. Searle, secretary of the Wheelers and Shiftmen's…

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