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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1914

937 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 47

Cessnock Miners' Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 August 1914 · page 6

A special full meeting of the Cessnock Miners' Lodge (Aberdare-Extended) was held at Northumberland Hotel on Thursday evening. Mr. H. Davies; in the…

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The Koningin Luise. Laid a Line of Mines. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 August 1914 · page 5

The Koaingin Luise had apparently laid a line of mines prior to being, sunk, which extended from Allenburgh towards Felixstowe…

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Colliery Inspection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 3

Mr. J. Barnett, check Inspector has furnished the following report to the Colliery Employees' Federation:— Northern Extended Colliery.—Left and…

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The Coal Difficulty. Suggested Truce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 6

A feeling on the Maitland coalfield is growing in favour of a truce in the industrial warfare pending a settlement of the great national issues that are at…

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The Floating Mines. Destruction of Vessels. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 5

The Norwegian-Australian liner Misia sturck a mine on the Dutch coast, and sank. Three passengers and three stokers…

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Letters to the Editor. Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 7

Sir,—Your correspondent, who is ashamed to sign his name but calls himself "Loyal Citizen." is trying to mislead the general public, and is worthy of censure…

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Confidence Returning. No Hoarding of Gold. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 5

The Government war insurance rate has been reduced to four guineas. In the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,…

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Miners and the War. Question of a Truce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 6

Mr. D. Watson, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, yesterday commented on the published report that there was a growing feeling on the…

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The Mine Layer. Burial of the Dead. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 5

Fourt British tars from the Cruiser Amphion, and four German sailors from the Konigin Luise, were buried in a common grave at Shotlev…

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Mining Matters. Stoppage at Wallarah. Catherine Hill Bay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 4

Both collieries are idle in consequence of the demand of the men of the abolition of the flag system, and the introduction of a whistle, fourteen days' notice…

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Hebburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1914 · page 6

It is stated that there are now only a few officials engaged in Hebburn Colliery. The Hebburn Miners' Lodge officials de not support the statement that a truce…

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Colliery Mechanics. Award Application Adjourned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1914 · page 4

The Coalmining (North) Group No. 2 (Colliery Mechianics) Wages Beard met at the Newcastle Courthouse, yesterday forenoon, to discuss an application by the…

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Legislative Assembly. the Colliery Difficulty. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1914 · page 4

Mr. MEAGHER, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. Mr. ASHFORD, the Minister for…

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Transvaal Gold Output. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1914 · page 5

The output of gold by the Transvaal during July was the largest since June, 1913, totalling £3,111,398…

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The Price of Coal. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1914 · page 5

Mr. Cann, the Acting State Premier, who is also Minister for Mines, stated to-day that he had heard a rumour that the price of coal had been raised by…

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Price of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 4

Mr. N. J. Clark, on behalf of the Hunter River District Colliery Proprietors' Association and representatives of some of the largest unassociated collieries,…

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Mining Matters. a Truce of God

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 4

The Bishop of Newcastle writes: "Is it not possible for both sides in the coal trade dispute to proclaim a truce of God, and to arrive at some compromise by…

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The Price of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 5

Mr. N. J. Clark, on behalf of the Colliery Proprietors' Association, explains that when on Thursday, discussing the Acting State Premier's statement of a…

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Letters to the Editor. the Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 9

Sir,—The letter of "J.," of Weston, is only a reduction of blassed ideas, which lire drummed into the cars of the miners by a few malcontents at nearly all their…

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Mining Matters. Work at the Pits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 August 1914 · page 6

Of the thirty-six collieries that are working in the district, only four did not put in the full time of eleven days coal mining during the past fortnight. Their…

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