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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

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Mining Matters. Ballot of the C.e.f

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

Although the precise from which the tribunal for the settlement of disputes in the northern colliery district will take is still uncertain, the executive of the…

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Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 5

Everyone has sympathy with your lot, which is hard, and even to-day it is often a case of "out of sight, out of mind." A nice cup of "Milkmaid" Coffee and Milk,…

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Cobar Copper and Gold Field

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 5

The report on the Cobar Copper and Gold Feld, Part I., by Mr. E. C. Andrews, B.A., F.G.S., Geological Surveyor, has just been issued under the direction of…

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Letters to the Editor. Minmi Miners' Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 7

Sir,—in reply to Mr. M'Biane's letter of the 4th instant, offering excuses for his non-attendance at Maitland on Saturday last, I beg to state that as Mr. M'Blane…

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Strike at Wonthaggi. the Mine Idle. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 4

All the miners employed at the State Colliery at Wonthaggi struck work to-day, and the mine was thrown idle. The trouble started on Tuesday. During…

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Mining Matters. Special Board Nomination

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 4

In the list of nominations for the position of the miners' representative on the board published in yesterday's issue of the "Newcastle Morning Herald," the…

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State Gold Yield. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 6

The usual return furnished by the Under-Secretary for Mints shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of May is 13,395 ounces crude, equal…

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Export of Ores. Miners' Protest. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 5

The conference of Federated Miners has decided that deputations wait on the Federal Government urge that an export duty be placed on ores. It was stated…

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Mining Situation. Delegate Board Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 5

A meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Lyceum Hall, West Maitland, yesterday. Mr. E. Peters, Acting President,…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 5

Work at the collieries of the Newcastle district has been brisk during the past fortnight, while in those around Maitland also, with the complete subsidence…

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Minmi Miners' Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 6

Sir,—In reply to Mr. Brown's letter of the 6th Instant, let mot assure him that if he had replied to my letter of May 27 I would have been only too pleased to…

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Federated Mine Employees. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 5

With the object of bringing West Australia into the organisation, the conference of the Federated Mining Employees' Association, which was concluded at the…

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Northern Extended Miners. Proposed Agreement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 5

A meeting of the Northern Extended Miners' Lodge was hold yesterday morning at Kearin's Hall, Toralba, to deal with business in respect of an…

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Miners' Strike in Queensland. Cloncurry (Q.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 5

A number of miners who arrived by train from Hampden last night stated that all the men employed at the mines would cease work at midnight on…

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An American Coal Vend. Action to Suppress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 5

CHARLESTON (W. Virginia), Sunday. John White, the president, and eighteen members of the United Mineworkers of America, have been…

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Mining Matters. Necessity for a Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 5

Mr. E. Peters, whose responsibilities as acting president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, [?]sed yesterday, had something to say on Saturday concerning…

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Killingworth Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 4

The quarterly meeting of the Killingworth Miners was held on Wednesday, when Mr. Thomas Sheedy presided over a good attendance. Mr. A. Lewis, district…

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South African Miners. Johannesburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 5

A strike of miners at Kleinfontein to enforce recognition of the union threatens to lead to a general strike throughout South Africa…

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A Mining Matter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 6

Sir,—In your issue of the 7th there is a report of the delegate board meeting of the 6th. There were two notices of motion from New Lambton and Northern…

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Northern Miners' Board. Employees Alter Their Request. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 5

The letter which the Northern Colliery Proprietors forwarded to Mr. Carmichael, the Minister for Labour and Industry, last week, presumably on the question of…

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