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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1914

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Jumbunna Coal Mine. Loss on the Half-year. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 5

At the general meeting of shareholders in Jumbunna Coal Mining Company, South Gippsland, Mr. Boyd, M.H.R., the chairman, said that during last half-year…

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Death in the Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 6

Mr. J. H. Thomas committed himself to the statement that driver's with the same class of engine that Driver Caudle had at Aisgill, are leaving the footplate…

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The Yorkshire Miners. National Stoppage Sought. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 5

The men on strike in Yorkshire desire to return to work. They believe that the masters are delaying the settlement in the hope of exhausting…

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Mining Matters. Report for Last Year. Interesting Details

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 5

In his report for 1913 on the coal and oil shale mines, Mr. A. Atkinson, the chief inspector, shows the increased coal production in the various divisions in…

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Burwood Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 4

An official intimation is made that the Burwood Colliery will resume operation on Tuesday next…

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Cadia Copper Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 9

The manager of the Codla Copper Mining and Smelting Company, Limited, reports that the net tonnage of are treated at the mine for the week ended 4th…

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Mining Matters. the Minister Interviewed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 4

Messrs. J.M. Baddeley, T. Hadfield, and E. Aubln, representing the Maitland District Miners, interviewed Mr. Ester, [?] Minister for Labour and Industry, [?]…

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Jumbunna Mine. Miners Criticised

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 April 1914 · page 5

Proceedings at the half-yearly meeting of the Jumbunna Coal Company on Thursday were relieved of the customary formal tone by the denouncement of the…

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Safety in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 April 1914 · page 4

The particulars which were published in this journal on Saturday concerning the firedamp indicator which has been invented by professor…

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Mining Matters. the Wages Board. Probable Early Resumption

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 April 1914 · page 5

If the intentions forecasted when the vacation was entered, upon five weeks ago are fulfilled, the Northern Coalminers' Wages Beard will resume its sitting at…

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Coal for the Fleet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1914 · page 4

The newspapers keep this headline "Standing" as it is in almost daily use. But I wonder if Newcastle's rose would not have jumped out of joint if it could…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1914 · page 7

Sir,—Folks on the northern coal fields hitherto used to take advantage of the Easter holidays to got away from their hum-drum existence, and monotonous…

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Miners' Wages Board. Resumption To-morrow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1914 · page 5

When the Northern Miners Wages Board adjourned five weeks ago to enable Mr. Justice Edmunds, the chairman, to take a vacation. His Honor intimated…

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Krupps. Limited. Acquire a Coal Field. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1914 · page 5

Krupps, Limited, have purchased for £1,000,000 the right to work a coal field in Westphalia. The field belong to the Duke of…

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Labour Conference. Duty of Labour Members. Yorkshire Miners to Ballot. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1914 · page 5

The "Coming of Age" Conference of the Independent Labour party is sitting at Bradford. It will discuss a resolution demanding that Labour…

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Coal Trade of Japan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1914 · page 4

The Japanese coal trade was acting throughout 1913, the demand from all quarters at home and abroad showing [?] steady tendency to increase faster this…

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Why Gold Blackens the Skin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1914 · page 8

According to an eminent authority, Dr. Carleton Simen, of Now York, the blackening of the skin by gold is due to chemical changes in the body, and not…

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Mining Matters. the Wages Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1914 · page 4

The Northern Coalminers Wages Board will resume at the Newcastle courthouse at 9.45 this morning. The hearing of an application for…

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Aberdare Miners' View

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1914 · page 4

Mr. Edden M.P., was yesterday asked what the feeling was among the Admridare Miners regarding the abolition of the afternoon shift. He said: "I did not…

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Colliery Accidents. New Regulations. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1914 · page 5

An outcome of the Senghenydd mining disaster is that the Government will make the use of self-contained breathing apparatus…

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