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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

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Mining Situation. the Coal Traffic. Deputation to Commissioner. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 4

A deputation representing the New castle colliery proprietors waited upon the Chief Railway Commissioner yesterday, and pointed out that considerable…

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Scottish Miners. National Union. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 5

A conference of delegates from the Scottish Miners' Federation has approved of the principle of the establishment of a National Union of the…

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Mining in Victoria. Improvement Expected. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 5

Mr. M'Bride, Agent-General for Victoria, and formerly Minister for Mines in that State, has been interviewed in London…

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Mining Matters. Black Jack Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 5

Mr. A. Lewis, treasurer of the Northern Colliery Employees Federation, returned to Newcastle last evening from Gunnodah, where he had been attending the…

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Colliery Inspection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 7

Messrs. J. Barnett and W. Johnson, check-inspectors, made an inspection of the Wallsend Colliery on the 21st instant, and they reported as follows:—…

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Newcastle Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 4

The reply of the Chief Commissioner for Railways to the deputation which waited upon him to urge the improvement of the facilities for the…

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Pelaw-main Miners. Attitude of the Men

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 5

A special meeting of the Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge was held at the King's Hall, Kurri Kurri, yesterday morning, Mr. J. Graham, chairman of the lodge,…

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WICKHAM & B.I. Coal Company. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 5

The half-yearly meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company. Limited, was held to-day, at the United-chambers, Hunter-street, city. Mr. H…

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Seaham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Seaham miners was held in the Federal Hall, West Wallsend, on Wednesday evening. Mr. A. Britt occupied the chair,…

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Cessnock Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Cessnock Miners' Lodge was held at the Northumberland Hotel on Wednesday, Mr. R. R. Laing presiding and there was fair…

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Maitland District. Herburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 6

Mr. Aubin presided over the monthly meeting of Hebburn miners at Weston on Sunday; A recommendation for the committee to increase the wages of the…

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Letters to the Editor. Pelaw-main Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 3

Sir,—In regard to the report of the Pelaw-Main meeting of the 30th April I would like to point out that the proposals were sent on to Mr. Brown, and that a…

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Mining Situation. Meeting of the Proprietors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 5

So far as the general mining situation wan concerned, yesterday was devoid of incident, but it is highly probable that the outlook may be influenced by what…

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Cessnock Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 5

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, the secretary to the Cessnock Miners' Lodge, writes as follows:— "I notice in your issue of April 30th…

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City of Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 13

Professor G. A. Reisner, Egyptologist at Harvard University, has communicated to the authorities of the Harvars Scimitie Museum and the Boston Museum…

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Mining Matters. the Secret Conference. Statement by Mr. Carmichael. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 5

When the conference took place in Sydney last week between representatives of the Southern and Northern Miners' Federations other kindred unions,…

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Gold Robbery. at Bullfinch Mine. Perth

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

The most sensational gold robbery that has ever occurred in this State took place on the Rulfinch Proprietary Mine, at half-past two o'clock on Saturday morning…

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Wallsend Miners

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

The adjourned meeting of the Wallsend Miners' Lodge, to consider the minutes of the delegate board meeting, was held on Thursday evening, at the Wallsend…

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Victorian State Mine

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

The Wonthaggi branch of Victorian Coalminers' Association has been endeavouring to obtain an increase in the rate paid for tilling machine-cat coal in…

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Mining Matters. the Aberdeen Agreement

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

No information was obtainable on Saturday concerning the outcome of the meeting of the Northern Colliery Proprietors held on Sydney on Friday. Mr…

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