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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

1,085 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 55

Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 6

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

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Special Mining Courts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 5

Mr. A. Lewis, treasurer of the Colliery Employees' Federation, made the following rejoinder yesterday to the statement by Mr. J. B. Holme, the Industrial…

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Mining Situation. Position in the North. Awaiting Developments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 5

Matters in connection with the mining industry in the Newcastle and Maitland districts are still in a state of uncertainly…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 7

A special meeting of the Wallsend Miners' Lodge was held on Tuesday evening in the Masonic Hall, Wallsend, Mr. T. Richardson presiding. The attendance…

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Colliery Accidents. Last Year's Record

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 5

The annual report of the Department of Mines for 1912 Includes a report on the inspection of mines under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1912, by Mr. A. A…

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Electric Mine Motors. Proof Against Explosion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 6

Recent explosions in collieries have again accentuated the projudice against the use of electric motors in coal mines. Coal-dust, we know now, threatens as…

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Attitude of Coal-lumpers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 5

The coal lumpers will cease work at ten o'clock to-morrow morning for the Purpose of holding a meeting to consider matters in connection with the Southern…

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Mining Situation. the Teralba Claims. Unsuccessful Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 5

The mining situation is unchanged, nothing having been done yesterday to affect it in any way either by the Colliery Employees' Federation or by the…

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Mining Situation. Shortland Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 5

An attempt is being made to introduce the afternoon shift at Shortland Colliery. On Wednesday a minor obtained employment, and was told to come on the…

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Victorian Miners' Grievances

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 5

A meeting of the committee of management of the Victorian Coal Miners' Association was held recently in Wonthaggi…

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Coal Supplies From Wonthaggi

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 5

The Wonthaggi Council is requesting the co-operation of other municipal bodies in getting the Government to supply screened coal from the state mine…

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South Coast Strike. Coal-lumpers' Decision. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 5

At the call of the Coal Lumpers' Union all coaling of ships in the whole of Sydney Harbour was stopped punctually at eight o'clock this morning…

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Australian Mining. German Investigation. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 5

Dr. Junghann, of the University of Bonn, Germany, arrived in Sydney from Melbourne by the R.M.S. Orontes this morning. His mission to Australia is to…

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Shortland Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 5

It being reported to Mr. W. Brennan, secretary to the Colliery Employees' Federation, yesterday afternoon, that there was a likelihood of trouble…

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The Pompous Coal-horse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 15

A coal-horse has a pompous stride. There is more dignity about a coal-horse than there is about a provincial mayor…

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Miners to Meet. Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 5

Mr. Nicholson, M.P. has arranged a mass meeting of the miners for Monday and Mr. Carmichael the Minister for Labour, has promised to attend, when terms…

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Mining Matters. Shortage of Trucks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 5

For some time past there have been cases in which collieries have been rendered idle owing to a sufficiency of trucks not being available. The trouble,…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 5

There has been a marked revival in the work of the mines in the Newcastle and Maitland coalfields during the past fortnight, this having been due in a…

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Mining Matters. Dudley Trouble Settled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 5

The matters in dispute at the Dudley Colliery were considered at a conference held at the company's oce on Friday. The miners' lodge was represented by Messrs…

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Victorian Coal-miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 5

The acting general secretary of the Victorian Coal Miners' Association, Mr. H. M'Culloch, has made a reply to the remarks passed by Mr. J. A. Boyd,…

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