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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

1,085 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 55

Coal for German Cruisers

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

It is understood that the Norwegian steamer Brviken, which left Auckland last week, with a cargo of westport coal for delivery to the German cruisers Soharnhorst, [?]…

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Trouble in Vancouver. Miners Fight Police. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 August 1913 · page 5

Serious strike riots have taken place at Nanimo, in Vancouver Island. Miners attacked a large force of police, and compelled them to take…

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Mining Matters. Position at Pelaw-main

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 August 1913 · page 5

The wheelers at Pelaw-Main, in accordance with their promise given to the executive officers of the Colliery Employees' Federation on the previous day, returned…

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New Mining Bills. Reforms in the Law. What They Contain. Sydney

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

The Mining Amendment Bill now before the Legislative Assembly, is designed to remove certain anomalles that experience in administering the act of…

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Caledonian Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1913 · page 4

The half-yearly meeting of the Caledonian Collieries has been held in Melbourne, Mr. H. B. Howard Smith, the chairman, said that, taking all thing into…

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Wonthaggi Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1913 · page 4

The adjustment of all the contract rates, both for wheelers and miners, for the ensuing two and a half years in the Victoria state coalmine, is having a…

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Mining Disaster. Nine Men Killed. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1913 · page 5

Nine men have been killed in the Coronado Mine, at Clifton, in Arizona. A cable connecting the are cars broke, and the cars dashed down a…

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Mining Matters. the Wages Board. Pelaw-main Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1913 · page 4

The Colaminers' Wages Board resumed its sitting in the Newcastle Courthouse, yesterday, when consideration of the reference by the Minister her Labour and…

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Mining Matters. Minmi Miners' Earnings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 August 1913 · page 4

The officers of the Back Creek and Duckenfield Lodge have prepared a statement showing the time worked and the earnings per shift in Messrs. J. and…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 August 1913 · page 4

The brisk state of the coal trade has continued during the past fortnight so far as the collieries of the Newcastle and Maitland districts generally are…

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Hebburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 August 1913 · page 6

There was a large attendance at the monthly meeting of the Hebburn miners at Sheddon's Hall yesterday morning Mr. E. Aubin presided, and amongst these…

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Miners' President's Salary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 August 1913 · page 4

At a political gathering at Adamstown on Saturday night, the chairman Mr. M. O'Hagon, a member of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation,…

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Dora Creek. Visit of the Minister for Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 August 1913 · page 5

Mr. Edden, the State Minister for Mines, accompanied by Mr. W. Kearsley, M.P., visited Dora Creek on Friday at the invitation of the local progress association,…

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The Rand Miners. Best Men Killed Off. Capetown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 August 1913 · page 5

Mr. Kotze, the Government mining engineer, has presented his annual report upon the Rand goldmines. He pleads for improved health…

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A Big Coal Cargo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1913 · page 4

The Caledoniam Collieries, Ltd., wanted to send the steamer Suveric to Penang last night with over 10,500 tons of coal, which would take a draught of 27ft. With the tides…

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Mining Matters. the Wages Board. Pelaw-main Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1913 · page 5

Further evidence was taken at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, before the Coal Miners' Wages Board, in regard to the reference by the Minister for…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 August 1913 · page 11

A meeting of the Globe Miners' Lodge was held in Simpson's Hall on Monday evening. Mr. J. Lloyd presided. A letter was read from the manager…

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Miners' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 August 1913 · page 3

Sir,—Having read of the district officers' drawing up an agreement with another Maitland colliery. I would like here to ask Mr. Watson and the other…

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Northumberland Miners. Heavy Indebtedness. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 August 1913 · page 5

The executive committee of the Northumberland Miners' Association announces that the overdraft at the bank is now £10,000, and will shortly…

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The Effect of Weather on Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 August 1913 · page 9

Experiments with carload lots of American coal under conditions comparable with actual experience in the stoage of coal are described in "Engineering." Lots…

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