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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

1,085 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 55

Mining Matters. Coalminers' Wages Board. Pelaw-main Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1913 · page 5

Further evidence was taken yesterday before the Northern Coalminers' Wages Board, consisting of His Honor Mr. Justice Edmunds and Messrs. E. Peters and…

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Victorian State Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 October 1913 · page 11

Certain remarks recently made by the Victorian Minister for Mines on the subject of the State coalmine have caused a good deal of comment in Wonthaggi…

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Colliery Disaster. Explosion at Cardiff. Many Men Entombed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 October 1913 · page 5

A fearful explosion occurred in the Universal Colliery at Senghenydd, in Cardiff, this morning. The force of the explosion was so…

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Mining Matters. Pelaw-main Case. Wages Board Proceedings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 October 1913 · page 11

The taking of evidence was continued yesterday before the Northern Coalminers' Wages Board, consisting of his Honor Mr. Justice Edmunds and Messrs…

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Cardiff Mine Disaster. Minister for Mines' Sympathy. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1913 · page 6

Mr. Edden, the Minister for Mines, was deeply affected when he read the reports of the colliery disaster. Speaking on the subject to a…

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Mining Matters. Pelaw-main Case. Wages Board Proceedings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1913 · page 4

Further evidence was taken yesterday before the Northern Coalminers' Wages Board, consisting of his Honor Mr. Justice Edmunds and Messrs. E. Peters and…

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Mine Disaster. Many Men Entombed. Fire Still Raging. Heartrending Scenes. Over Four, Hundred Missing. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1913 · page 5

The explosion at the Universal Colliery at Sengenhydd, near Cardiff, shook the whole of the neighbourhood, and was heard a long distance away…

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Victorian Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 October 1913 · page 5

At a meeting of the committee of management of the Victorian Coal Miners' Association, Mr. T. Mathieson, district president, presided. The general secretary…

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Mining Matters. Colliery Mechanics' Case. the Hearing Concluded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 October 1913 · page 5

The sittings of the Colliery Mechanics wages Board were continued at the Newcaslte Courthouse yesterday, the board consisting of His Honor Mr. Justice…

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Oil Versus Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 October 1913 · page 5

In the course of his address before the Colliery Mechanics' Wages Board Mr. Kelynack read a letter recently received by Messrs. J. and A. Brown from their…

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Mine Disaster. Another Fire Outbreak. Further Rescues Hopeless. Rescuers Still Persevere. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 October 1913 · page 5

The rescue parties at the Universal Mine continued their splendid efforts all night on Tuesday and all yesterday…

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Lambton B Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 4

The cavil for t[?] Lambton B miners was successfully drawn on Thursday, and there is every likeli[?]hood of work at the colliery being resumed on Monday…

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Northern Miners' Aid

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

The question of forwarding monetary assistance to the hereaved relatives of those killed in the mining explosion near Cardiff, in Wales, was discussed, at the…

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The Price of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 13

There is an expectation over here that we will shortly see an increase in the selling price of coal—both Newcastle and local. The importers and Gippsland…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 4

The adjourned meeting of the delegate boar[?] of the Colliery Employees' Federation took place in the Oddfellows' Hall, yesterday, when Mr. D. Watson, president,…

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Indian Gold Hoards

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 October 1913 · page 6

India has been hoarding gold nod silver from time immemorial, and the amount so accumulated is beyond calculation. In 1813 the "Statist" estimated the…

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Mining Strike. Serious Fighting. Trinidad (Colorado)

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

A state of anarchy prevails throughout the mining regions. Deputies arrested a gang of strikers, who were alleged to have been…

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Mining Matters. Conference in Sydney. Sydney

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

A conference was held at the Trades Hall yesterday afternoon by representatives of the Northern, Southern, and Western coalminers, with Mr. Murphy,…

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Mine Disaster. Bravery of Rescuers. They Risked Their Lives. London

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

The heroism displayed by the rescue parties at the Universal Colliery, in the Sengenhydd Valley, was of the finest description…

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Colliery Mechanics. Wages Board Award

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

The award of the Colliery Mechanics' Wages Board-officially known ns the Newcastle Collieries (Newcastle and Maitland Workers, not Miners) Board—…

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