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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 3

The Back Creek and Duckenfield Lodge met in Peel's Hall on Thursday evening, Mr. M. Burke presiding, and there were present: Messrs. E. Peters, who is…

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Victorian State Mine. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 5

Advices received by the Victorian Railway Commissioners from the general manager of the State coal mine show that the total output from the mines…

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Burwood Miners' Lodge. the Position Discussed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 5

A special meeting of Burwood Miners' Lodge was held last night, in a paddock near Adamstown railway station. There was a large gathering, including miners…

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Mining Situation. the Proposed Conference. No Reply Received

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 5

Up to yesterday evening no reply had been received by the Colliery Employees' Federation to the request made to the Colliery Proprietors' Association for a…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 5

Most of the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts have worked with fair regularity during the past fortnight. The aggregate meeting at Weston on…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 7

Sir,—In reply to Mr. J. Charlton, who says that I have accused the revolirtionary socialists of being the cause of the present trouble in the mining industry, let…

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Mining Matters. Lambton B Trouble Ended

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 5

A deputation representing the miners at the Lambton B mine waited on the manager, Mr. S. Croudace, at the colliery proprietors' rooms, on Saturday morning,…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Cadet and the Police Court.—how Mr. Nielsen Resigned—by Courier.—newcastle and Her Coal Exports.—the Rising Marriage Rate.—looking Under the Bed for the Burglar.—dry Weather and Great Heat. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 4

Compulsory service means compelling the reluctant; and compelling means punishing. This phase of the question continues to irritate thousands. On…

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Minmi Mines Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 5

At the Back Creek and Duckenfield mines intimation was given to the miners by the usual signal that there would be no work on Monday. Accordingly, the whistle did…

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Great Coal Discovery. in Equatorial Africa. Brussels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 5

Eight coal beds, distributed over 100,000 hectares (about 220,000 acres), have been discovered on the shore of Lake Tanganyika, in Equatorial Africa…

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Letters to the Editor. Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 3

Sir,—I would like to reply to the letter of Mr. J. M'Quillan, as I know he is an extreme Socialist and a non-supporter of Mr. Watson. He states that the wheelers…

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The Mining Situation. Statement by Mr. Edden. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 5

Mr. Edden, the Minister, for Mines, was struggling in his shirt sleeves through a huge pile of papers connected with three departments—he is keeping an eye on the…

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The Strikers' Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 5

The miners who worked during the strike at the Ebbw-Main (Greta) Colliery two years ago, and were not then paid, were paid their wages yesterday, the…

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Iron-mining in Norway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 6

The long series of disappointments and the vast loss of capital in connection with the working of the large Dunderland iron-mining company, which have…

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Wonthaggi Miners. Accept Manager's Offer. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 5

Special meeting of the Victorian Coal miners' Association has been helt to consider the amended terms offered by Mr. Broome for working No. 10 section of the…

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Letters to the Editor. the Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 6

Sir,—In your issue of the 20th instant Mr. Longworth reiterates a statement "that apparently those who were defeated in recent ballot for a seat on the joint…

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Mining Situation. Conference Agreed To. If All Resume Work. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 5

Another meeting of the northern colliery proprietors was held at the offices of Messrs. Pitt, Son and Badgery, to-day, but no information was available for the…

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Miners' Overdue Pay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 5

Exception is taken by some members of the executive of the Colliery Employees' Federation to the report from Greta to the effect that "the miners who…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 4

While it would be premature to state at this stage that the difficulty which has arisen in the coal-mining industry is certain to be obviated, it…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 3

Sir,—I wish to reply to Mr. J. Longworth, who is still accusing the revolutionary Socialists of creating the present mining position. He says that the never…

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