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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1912

1,062 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 48 of 54

Stockton-borehole Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1912 · page 7

Sir,—In your issue of October 25th is a report of a stoppage at Stockton-Borehole pit. The report is not a correct statement of what took place to cause…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1912 · page 7

Sir,—In Saturday's issue of your paper there appeared a report of a combined meeting held at Cessnock in relation to the trouble existing at the Bellbird mine…

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Mining Matters. To-day's Board Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1912 · page 5

Considerable interest attaches to the meeting of the delegate board of the Coillery Employees' Federation, which will be held at Maitland to-day. The…

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West Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 October 1912 · page 5

West Wallsend Colliery was idle yesterday. It is understood that some of the lads in the mine made a demand that the knocking-off hour for a three-quarter…

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Abermain Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 October 1912 · page 6

A special general meeting of the Abermain Miners' Lodge was held in Garratt's Hall on Monday. Mr. T. Delaney presided over the meeting, which was one…

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Abermain Top Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 October 1912 · page 5

Mr. J. B. Lind, secretary to the Abermain Miners' Lodge, writes as follows:— "I have been directed by the Abermain Miners' Lodge to contradict what…

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Mining Matters. the Present Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 October 1912 · page 5

The Delegate Board of the Colliery Employees' Federation met at Maitland yesterday and had on all-day sitting, but decided that no information should be…

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Collieries Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 October 1912 · page 5

West Wallsend Colliery was still idle yesterday, the trouble over the lads desiring to knock off at 12.30 p.m., for three-quarters of a day not having been…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 October 1912 · page 7

The Glebe Miners' Lodge met in Simpson's Hall, Merewether, on Monday evening. Mr. W. Jefferson, presiding. Six appeals for assistance form district…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 October 1912 · page 4

The statement which was made by Mr. Beeby, to the State Minister for Labour, in regard to the Bellbird case, is one which will be endorsed by the…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 October 1912 · page 5

The position created by the refusal of the Abermain and Bellbird men to accept recent awards of the Joint Concillation Committee remains unchanged…

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Aberdare Miners. Support the Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 4

A special meeting of the Aberdare Miners' Lodge was held in Hampton's Hall on Tuesday, Mr. W. Baillie presiding. There was a large atendance…

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Delegate Board. Ventilation of Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 4

At the special meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation, held at the Trades Hall yesterday, in addition to the business referred to…

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Mining Matters. the Present Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 4

A special meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades Hall yesterday, Mr. D. Watson, president of the…

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Mining Disaster. Three Men Killed. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 4

Another mining disaster occurred last evening on the Proprietary mine, three men being burled and one escaping with serious injuries…

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East Greta Coal-mining Co

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

The half-yearly report (to the 30th September) of the directors of the East Greta Coalmining Company, Limited, which will be submitted to the shareholders at the…

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Durham Miners

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

A special general meeting of the Durham miners was held at the Premier Hotel. Broadmeadow, on Wednesday night…

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Tasmanian Mine Fatality. Launceston

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 5

After a hearing of ten days, the coroner's inquest at Beaconsfield into the death of Thomas Floyd and Murd[?]oh Fraser Stewart, which occurred by their…

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Letters to the Editor. Stockton-borehole Miners

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

Sir,—In out issue of October 29th last, there is an explanation re the stoppage at Stockton-Borehole Colliery, which I at not thinks to altogether correct. In…

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Our New Zealand Letter Wellington, October 25. the Miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 7

There are not three hundred men engaged at the Waihi gold mine, and every day accessions are being made to the ranks of the workers. The position is,…

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