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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1914

937 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 47

Coal Resources of the World

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 4

An inquiry into the coal resources of every country, made upon the initiative of the 12th International Geological Congress has recently been carried out by…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 4

A special meeting of the Colliery Employees Federation Delegates Board was held at the Oddfellows' Hall Newcastle yesterday, and lasted until late in the…

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Victorian State Mine. Policy Attacked. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 4

Speaking in the Legislative Assembly Mr. Bayles, referring to the State coal mines, said that in three years the Government had paid £52,895 more for coal…

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No Coal Available

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 4

As a result of the afternoon shift trouble three vessels left Newcastle yesterday, with out coal cargoes after coming here to load. These were the German…

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Rosedale Colliery Idle

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

Rosedale Colliery, at Nundah has been idle the greater part of this week. It appears forty of the miners were given fourteen days' notice that their services would…

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Burwood Colliery Rate

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

Negotiations which have been in progress for a consolidated hewing rate at Burwood Colliery were brought to a satisfactory conclusion yesterday. The…

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State Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 2

An important alteration has been made in the management of the State coalmines mines. Mr. W. C. Gasquoine, who has been managing the department for…

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Australian Miners' Association

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

For the position of district president of the Australian Coalminers' Association (Vic.), rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr. T. Mathieson, two nominations—…

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Is It Coal?

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

Any doubt which may have been entertained regarding the existence of coal in Paradise has been dispelled by the discovery of a 43ft seam in a mine of that…

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New Zealand State Mines

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

Hitherto the New Zealand State coal mines have been under the control of a general manager, who receives periodical reports from the managers of the…

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Mining Matters. the Afternoon Shift. Postponement Asked For. Sydney

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

Mr. W. Kearsley, M.P., and Mr. M. Charlton, M.H.R., interviewed Mr. Hall (Attorney-General and Minister for Justice) to-day regarding summonses issued…

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Scottish Collieries. a Strike Imminent. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 July 1914 · page 5

The Scottish coal owners resist the men's decision to curtail the output in order to put up prices. A strike in the autumn is…

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Mining Matters. Work at the Pits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 July 1914 · page 4

Twenty-eight of the district collieries put in full time during the past fortnight, which consisted of ten days, owing to the intervention of Prince of Wales Birthday…

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Rosedale Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 5

We have received the following letter from the secretary to the Rosedale Lodge:— "As there are so many misleading…

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Wallarah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 5

The quarterly meeting of the Wallarah Miners' Lodge was held at Catherine Hill Bay on Saturday. A motion was carried that all members…

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Bellbird Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 5

A meeting of the Bellbird Miners' Lodge will be held this morning at Craft's Hall. The secretary of the lodge notifies that the business to be submitted will be of…

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A Congested Port. Shortage of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 4

There were in port at Newcastle yesterday afternoon thirty-three foreign-going and Interstate steamers, loading or waiting to load coal, and there is a large…

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Mining Matters. the Maitland Cases. to Be Postponed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 5

It is understood that the hearing of the Maitland strike cases, which was to have commenced to-day, will not take place for some weeks, the Crown having agreed not…

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Wallarah Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 July 1914 · page 4

The fourteen days' notice which was given by the miners employed at Wallarah Colliery, Catherine Hill Bay, for the termination of the afternoon shift,…

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Afternoon Shift. Prosecution of Miners Proceedings Adjourned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 July 1914 · page 4

In view of advance reports, interested parties awaited with an expectant air the opening of the Industrial Court at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, for the…

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