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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

1,085 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 55

New Zealand Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 August 1913 · page 4

Some months ago the directors of the Taupiri Cool Mines, Limited, near Hu[?]tly, N.Z., decided to test the levels is their property below the thick coal seam,…

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Mining Committees. Payment of Members. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 August 1913 · page 5

In reply to Mr. Fitzpatrick, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. Carmichael, the Minister for Public Instruction, who was formerly Minister for Labour,…

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Mining Matters. the Wages Board. Further Evidence Taken

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 August 1913 · page 4

The proceedings of the Miners' Wages Board were resumed at 2 p.m. yesterday in the Courthouse, Newcastle, the board consisting of His Honor Judge Edmunds…

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Coal-mining Disputes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 August 1913 · page 4

When the appointment of a wages board to deal with the claims of the northern minors was about to be made we strongly urged that not one but…

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Mining Matters. the Wages Board. Evidence of the Employees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 August 1913 · page 5

Further evidence on behalf of the employees was takes at the courthouse, Newcastle, yesterday, before the Mines Wages Board consisting of his Honer…

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Back (reek and Duckenfield Lodge was held in Pool's Hall, Minmi, on Thursday evening, Mr. W. Burke presiding…

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Irondale Colliery Award. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 3

The Coal and Shale Mining (Western district) No. 1 Board (Mr. H. V. Jaques chairman) has issued its award, or which the following are the principal…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. Our Gold Production

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 4

Said Wentworth, father of Australian constitutional government—"Gold precipatated this country into a nation." Although not actually true, the phrase is…

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Mining Matters. Reply to Mr. Watson. Statement by Mr. Cant. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 5

Mr. A. R. Cant, secretary of the Hunter River District Colliery Proprietors Defence Association, yesterday made the following statement:…

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Miners Will Resume

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 August 1913 · page 5

A lengthy meeting of the Pelaw-Main Miners Lodge was held at King's Hall, Kurri, yesterday, when Messrs. D. Watson and W. Brennan, the district…

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Mining Matters. the Wages Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 August 1913 · page 5

The proceedings of the Northern Miners' Wages Board will be resumed at the Newcastle Court house at 10 o'clock this morning, when further evidence on behalf of…

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Whitburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 6

A meeting of the Whitburn miners was held at Grain on Sunday. Mr. C. Beswick occupied the chair. A question arose with reference to…

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Whitburn Miners' Proposals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 4

At a meeting of the Whilburn Miners' Lodge, held at Greta on Sunday, a motion was carried. "That the members of the lodge strongly resent the remarks…

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Rescue Work in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 4

In newspapers recently received from Newcastle-on-Tyre details are given of a big scheme, involving an expenditure of over £40,000, the object of which is to…

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Mining Matters. the Wages Board. Pelaw-main Case. to Be Heard To-morrow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 4

The Miners' Wages Board again sat in the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, the board consisting of his Honor Judge Edmunds (chairman), and Messrs. E…

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Miners' Wages Board. Proprieors' Case Opened

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 3

The wages board for the northern coal miners continued its sittings at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, the board consisting of His Honor Judge Edmunds…

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Miners' Phthisis. Expert for the Rand. Capetown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 5

The Union Government has invited Colonel Sotgas, the health officer of the Panama Canal zone, to visit the Rand and investigate miners' phthisis…

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A Victorian Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 August 1913 · page 4

At the Powlett-North Woolamal company lease boring operations are being continued, and the sixth bore is expected to reach the coal about the end of the…

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Mining Matters. the Wages Board. Pelaw-main Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 August 1913 · page 4

The trouble al the Pelaw-Main Colliery in regard to the payment of machine men and shooters and fillers in special places came before the…

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Coal-mining Regulations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 August 1913 · page 4

While some of the provisions in the series of measures that have been introduced in the State Legislative Assembly by Mr. Edden, the Minister…

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