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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

1,085 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 55

The Mining Question

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 4

The loss of a week's time in connection with the sittings of the Joint Conciliation Committee is not calculated to assist in the expedition of its work,…

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Mining Situation. Weston Deputation. Joint Committee Suspended. Appeal to Registrar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 5

The deputation appointed by the aggregate meeting at Weston on Monday, to wait upon the chairman of the joint committee, consisting of Messrs. J…

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Abermain Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 5

Mr. J. Jeffries has taken over the management of Abermain No. 2 Colliery, and will exercise a general supervision of the two collieries. Mr. J…

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Big Coal Cargo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 4

The Seaham Coal Company yesterday despatched the steamer Drachenfels for. Tandjong Prick, with 10,857 tons coal cargo, and bunkers. The vessel, which…

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Wonthaggi Mine. the Machine Difficulty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 5

It already has been announced in our columns that at a special meeting of miners at the Victorian State coal mine Wonthaggi, on Sunday, the manager's…

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Southern Miners. Mount Kembla Matter. Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 5

Mr. Peter Bawling to-day received a reply from the secretary to the Southern Coal Owners' Association in reply to his communication as to whether the…

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Another Gold Robbery. on a German Railway. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 5

A box of specie, valued at £5000, has been stolen between Berlin and Hamburg. It was intended to be sent to Rio…

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Mining Matters. Appeal to the Minister. Deputation Satisfied. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 5

The deputation appointed at the, aggregate meeting at Weston on Monday waited on Mr. Carmichael, the Minister for Labour, to-day. The deputation…

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Broxham Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 5

Broxburn Colliery, Greta, is again idle. In accordance with the arrangement arrived at between representatives of the miners and the manager on…

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Rhondda Colliery Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 5

The Rhondda Colliery has been lying idle since Saturday last, the miners having ceased work, pending a decision by the joint committee on the cavilling…

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Mining Situation. Meeting of Proprietors an Important Decision. Withdraw From Joint Committee. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 5

A meeting of the members of the Colliery Proprietors' Association was held in Sydney to-day. After deliberation, the following official statement was made to…

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 6

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

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Artificial "Coal."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 5

Modern civilisation is the daughter of coal for this offers to mankind the solar energy in its most concentrated form; tha[?] is in a form in which it has been…

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Melbourne Coal Contracts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 5

At a meeting of the Melbourne Harbour Trust on Wednesday consideration was given to the report of the works committee on tenders for the supply of coal…

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The Mining Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 3

Sir,—In reference to the serious aspect of the mining trouble now before us. I wish to point out, a few facts that should have been obvious to the Weston men…

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Gold for Australia. Rumours in London. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 5

Rumours are current in the city that gold shipments are about to be made to Australia…

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The Stolen Gold. British Lead Substituted. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 5

The lead, which was substituted for the ten thousand sovereigns stolen in transit from the consignment of two hundred thousand sovereigns sent by…

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Mining Situation. Federation's Actions. Deputation to Minister

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 5

The situation which has been created by the withdrawal of the colliery proprietors representatives from the joint committee, as was to have been…

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State Gold Yield. Return for the Year. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 4

The return furnished by the Under-Secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of December is 17,795oz crude, equal…

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East Greta Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of the East Greta Miners Lodge was held on Sunday, when the following officers were elected:—Chairman, J. Coulton; secretary, H…

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