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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

1,085 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 43 of 55

The Price of Coal. Victorian Views. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 October 1913 · page 5

Endorsement has been given by operators in the coal trade to the announcement in the half-yearly report of the directors of the Jumbunna Coal Mine, that prices…

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Big Coal Contract

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 5

An announcement has been made that a contract for the supply of 100,000 tons of coal for Java has been secured for Newcastle. This, following on the…

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Southern Miners' Officers. Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 5

The ballot for the district officers of the Southern Miners' Union is not yet completed. One small return remains, but it is certain that results will be as…

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The Miners' Federation. Newspaper Fund. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 5

At the Miners' Federation Conference, representing 600,000 men, a resolution was carried asking for an amendment of the Minimum Wage Act,…

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Letters to the Editor. Pelaw-main Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 6

Sir,—For some time the manager of Pelaw-Main Colliery has been advertising through the columns of your paper for miners and machine men. He does…

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Mining Matters. Wages Board Resumes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 5

The sittings of the Northern Coal-miners Wages Board, under the chairmanship of his Honor Mr. Justice Edmunds, will he resumed at the Newcastle…

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Strike of Miners. Fighting in Colorado. Ludlow (Colorado)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 5

When the superintendent of a mine where a strike had occurred left the mine, the strikers fusilladed his motor car…

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Pelaw-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 5

Work was resumed at Pelaw-Main Colliery yesterday, but the trouble that arose on Wednesday will lead the a general agitation in favour of the…

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The Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 4

The statistics of the trade of the Port of Newcastle for the first nine months of the present year again emphasise the importance of the coal…

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Miners' Eight Hours. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Kearsley asked the Minister for Mines if he would, in view, of the coal-mining industry having been excepted…

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Mining Matters. Pelaw-main Dispute. Employers' Case Opened

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 5

The hearing of the reference by the Minister for Labour regarding the complaints of the machine men at Pelaw-Main was continued yesterday before the…

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Colliery Management

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 3

Sir,—I, as a miner of the Western district, would like to ask the Minister for Mines the reason why one of the collicities in the Lithgow district is allowed…

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Colliery Mechanics' Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 4

The matter of resuming the work of the Colliery Mechanics' Wages Board was mentioned by Mr. Justice Edmunds yesterday during the sitting of the Coal…

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British Miners. Political Action. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 5

At the ballot of the Miners' Federation on October 7th, with regard to the proposal to take political action under the Trade-union Act, 81 per cent. of…

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Mining Matters. Pelaw-main Dispute. Further Evidence Taken

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 4

Further evidence in regard to the Pelaw-Main machine men's case was taken yesterday before the Northern Coalminers' Wages Board, consisting of…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 October 1913 · page 5

The coal trade of the Newcastle and Maitland fields, generally speaking, has been fairly brisk during the past fortnight, and out of the 42 collieries, for…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 October 1913 · page 6

The Wallsend Miners' Lodge met on Friday evening, Mr. T. Richardson presiding. Correspondence-was read from the district chairman, askin[?] whether the lodge desired…

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Victorian State Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 October 1913 · page 5

Some surprise was occasioned in Melbourne last week when it was stated that the City Council had been compelled to call for tenders for Newcastle or…

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Miners' Conference. a Minimum Wage. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 October 1913 · page 5

The Miners' Conference, by 335,000 votes to 291,000, has negatived the resolution for a five days' week on all the coalfields…

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Mining Matters. Deputation to the Minister

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 October 1913 · page 5

Mr. D. Watson, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, stated on Saturday that an erroneous impression apparently had been created by the…

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