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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1914

937 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 47

Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 6

The Glebe miners' lodge met at Farbes' Hotel, Merewether, on Tuesday evening, Mr. J[?]loyd in the chair. In replyatora letter from the manager…

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Wonthaggi Mine Troubles

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 5

It will remain for the incoming officers and committee of the A.M.C.A. to take steps towards settling the dispute between the management of the State mine at…

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Flooded Mine. Great Loss of Life. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 5

The Strepy coal mine was flooded while a large number of men were at work. Three hundrod and fifty men were…

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Mining Matters. the Afternoon Shift. Case for the Proprietors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 5

At the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, the Northern Coalminers' Wagos Board continued the hearing of [?] in the [?]ation by the Colliery…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 3

A meeting of the Wallsend Miners' Lodge was held in the Masonic Hall, Wallsend, on Wednesday evening, Mr. T. Richardson in the chair…

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South Greta Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 5

The attendance of members at the South Greta lodge meeting yesterday was not representative enough to decide a very important matter to be submitted,…

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Miners Idle at Clifton. Clifton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 5

The miners employed at Coal Cliff Colliery were again thrown out of employment through the non-supply to-day of railway rolling stock for the carriage…

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Mining Matters. the Afternoon Shift. Case for the Proprietors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 5

At the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, the Northern Coalminers' Wages Board continued the hearing of evidence in the application by the Colliery Employees'…

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Jumbunna Mine Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 4

The Jumbunna (Vic.) mine is still idle, negotiations with the directors for a settlement having failed. The strikers worked on Monday and Tuesday, pending…

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Cadia Copper Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 4

The manager of the Cadia Copper-mining and Smelting Company, Limited, reports that during the week ended February 28th, 726.05 tons of ore treated yielded…

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Mining Matters. South Greta Resumes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 4

A ballot of the South Greta Miners' Lodge was taken yesterday on the question of resuming work, and the decision was in favour of the proposal by 55 to 45…

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District News. Wallsend and Plattsburg Wallsend Miners' Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 6

The Wallsend miners' picnic was held at Toronto on Saturday, the party being conveyed to and from Toronto by special train, the eight corridor carriages…

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Hebburn Colliery Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 5

"The colliery is idle, and will remain so until we get some satisfactory assurance that the business of the colliery is not to be hampered by a few boys who…

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The Coal Dust Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 3

Sir,—In connection with your published report on my evidence, submitted to the above committee on behalf of the Colliery Employees' Federation, I hereby…

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Mining Fatality. Due to Carelessness. St. Petersburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 5

A miner at Slavyanoserbsk opened his safety lamp to light a cigarette when an explosion of gas took place. Twenty-five men were killed, and…

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Mining Matters. the Whitburn Award. Question of "Clean Floor."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 5

The Northern Coalminers' Wages Board, consisting of Mr. Justice Edmunds (chairman), Messrs. N. Clark and E. Peters (representing the employers and employees…

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Pelaw-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 5

Pelaw-Main Colliery is still idle. There were no fresh development yesterday…

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Hebburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 6

A meeting of the Hebburn miners took place in Hickenbottom's Hall on Sunday morning. Mr. E. Aubin occupied the chair, and explained that the meeting…

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Victorian State Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 5

A stop-work meeting of the Wonthaggi (Vic.) branch of the Australian Coal Miners Association considered the wheelers' trouble at the State coal mine. The…

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Transvaal Coal Owners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 5

The Transval Coal Owners Association has been reformed for a period of five years, and certain low-priced contracts due to lapse in June have been…

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