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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

1,085 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 55

Victorian Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 5

The quantity of coal forwarded from the collieries in the Korumburra district of Victoria to December last was 6421 ¼ tons, or 3770 tons less than was…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 5

During the past fortnight the Burwood Colliery has been completely idle, and the same state of things prevailed at the Broxburn mine, until Saturday morning,…

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The Mining Position. Miners Seek Conference. Proprietors Meet To-morrow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 5

The following letter was addressed to Mr. A. R. Cant, secretary to the Hunter River District Colliery Proprietors' Defence Association by Mr. W. Brennan,…

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The Mining Difficulty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 4

The request that has been made by the representatives of the miners to the Colliery Proprietors' Association to agree to a conference is one which, it…

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Labour Conference. Land and Mining Questions. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 4

The Labour Conference continued its sittings at the Protestant Hall yesterday afternoon and evening. A motion tabled by the Barrier District…

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Whitburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Whitburn miners was held at Greta on Sunday morning, Mr. C. Beswick presiding. The lodges carried a motion, all the…

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British Miners. Five-days Week. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 5

The ballot taken at the Northumberland and Durham collieries largely favours a five days' week. It is doubtful whether the necessary…

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Letters to the Editor. the Mining Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 7

Sir,—In your issue of the 28th ultimo appears a letter from Mr. E. Bainbridge, in which he makes certain charges against Mr. Teece and myself in…

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Mining Situation. Aggregate Meeting. May Take Place on

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 5

The chief interest in connection with mining affairs will to-day centre itself upon the meeting of the proprietors, which is to be held in Sydney to-day. The fact…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 4

A meeting of the Burwood miners was held at Dent's Hotel, New Lambton, Yesterday, morning. Mr. G. Jones presided, and there was a large attendance of…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Globe miners was held in Simpson's Hall, Merewether, on Monday, evening. There was a good attendance, Mr. J. Lloyd in the chair…

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 2

The adjourned quarterly" meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield Lodge was held in Peel's Hall on Friday evening. There was a very large attendance, and…

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Abermain Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 2

The monthly meeting of Abermain miners was held in the Abermain Stadium on Sunday. There was a moderate attendance…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 4

It will be learned with general satisfaction that there is at last, some prospect of the deadlock which has existed between the colliery…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 3

Sir, —In spite of anything Mr. Long-worth may say or infer, the Maitland miners did not seek to place the question of the second shift before the small…

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Mining Situation. Meeting of Proprietors. Conference Agreed To

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 4

A meeting of the northern colliery, proprietors took place in Sydney about noon yesterday, and the proceedings apparently were of short duration. At the close…

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Jumbunna Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 5

A special meeting of the employees of the Jumbuana Colliery, in Victoria, has been held to deal with the decision arrived at by the management of the colliery to…

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Minmi Miners

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

The adjourned qwirterly meeting of the Bach Creek and Duckenfield Lodge was held in Peel's Hall, Minmi on Monday evening. There was a large attendance,…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 3

Sir,—I have been following the correspondence in year paper with reference to the mining trouble, and have always been hoping to see some workable scheme…

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Mining Situation. Conference Meets To-day. Hopes of Settlement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 5

There was a further dispersal of the clouds yesterday, so far as the industrial outlook in the Newcastle and Maitland colliery districts is concerned…

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