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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

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Mining Matters. the Objectionable Rules. Ministerial Explanation. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 5

Mr. Edden, the Minister for Mines, takes exception to the statements made in the south that he made no effort to amend the regulations which are now…

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Victorian Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 6

At the fortnightly meeting of the Wonthaggi branch of the Coal Miners' Association, it was decided to hold a special meeting on Saturday to discuss the…

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 5

A special meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield Miners' Lodge was held at Minmi on Thursday evening. Mr. W. Burke presided…

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Better Than Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 15

There's not a goldmine in the world can give a modern of the wealth of affection that women pessess…

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A Great Coal Item

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 5

A fairly staggering item relates to the coal output of the United States. A chart which has been issued by the Geological Survey there gives it progressively. Coal…

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Alleged Mine Robbery. Kalgoorlie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 5

At an early hour yesterday the premises of the Kalgoorlic Gold Recovery Company were broken into, and access gained to the zinc boxes, from which a…

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Coal-loading Appliances. Another Crane Needed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 5

In response to the invitation of the council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce Messrs. W. C. Grahame, A. R. Gardiner, and W. Kearsley, Ms.P.,…

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British Miners. the Working Week. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 5

The Miners' Federation will not take action to endeavour to bring about a five days' working week, as the majority in favour of the proposal is only…

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Brown Coal. South Australian Deposit. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 5

The Government, at the request of Mr. Burgoyne, M.P., purpose testing a sample of the Leigh Creek coal for briquettes. Mr. Burgoyne, who has taken keen…

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Victoria's Mining Minister. Mr. Billson in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 6

Mr. A. A. Billson, Minister for Mines and Railways in the Victorian Government, was in Newcastle yesterday. Speaking to a representative of the…

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Mining Situation. Outlook More Serious. Statement by Mr. Peters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 5

The industrial outlook in the Newcastle and Maitland districts cannot be said to have improved during the past few days. The Lambton B pit was again…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 March 1913 · page 5

Work at the collieries of the Newcastle and Maitland districts during the past fortnight generally has shown an improvement on that for the previous…

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Queensland's Coal Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 March 1913 · page 5

The annual report of the Queensland Under-secretary for Mines for the year 1912, which has just been issued, shows that the combined output of the various…

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Victorian State Mine. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 March 1913 · page 5

Work in the State mine has reached normal conditions again, and the men are getting set in their new positions, the output on Thursday reaching 2000 tons…

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Mining Matters. Dispute at Elermore Vale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 March 1913 · page 5

Mr. A. Lewis, treasurer of the Colliery Employees' Federation, stated on Saturday that a dispute had arisen at the Elermore Vale Colliery with regard to the…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1913 · page 4

Matters in connection with the coalmining industry in the northern district are assuming a more serious phase each day. The restlessness…

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Mining Situation. Ballot of the Lodges. Conciliation Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1913 · page 4

An indication was given in a leading article in our issue of Thursday last of the course which was likely to be followed by the Colliery Employees' Federation in…

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Whitburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 5

The quarterly meeting of the Whitburn miners was held at Greta on Sunday morning. Mr. C. Beswick in the chair. A report from a deputation of a…

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Abermain Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 8

A well-attended special meeting of the Abermain miners was held in Garratt's Hall on Sunday. Mr. M. Mannion presided. Messrs. E. Peters and W…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 5

The quarterly meeting of the Glebe Miners' Lodge was held in Simpson's Hall on Monday evening. There was a good attendance, and Mr. J. Lloyd…

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