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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1914

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Mining Matters. Export of Coal. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1914 · page 6

The recent official announcement that no coal was to be exported oversea from Australia has apparently been modified. In the House of Representatives,…

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Tasmanian Coal Developments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1914 · page 6

A company is in process of formation for the purpose of working extensive coal areas, comprising 1972 acres, along the east coast of Tasmania, extended north…

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Germans in Mines. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1914 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Kearsley asked the Minister for Mines if it was a fact that Germans had been employed to take the place of men who…

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American Liner. Strikes a Mine. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1914 · page 5

The American liner Potsdam struck a mine in the North Sea on Monday night, and is in a crippled condition…

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Gas Supply of Sydney. the Coal Question. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1914 · page 4

The hearing of the two cases against the Australian Gaslight Company, Limited, [?]leging the supply to the public of [?] of insufficient candle-power, was continued…

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Mining Matters. Coal Export Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 5

There would appear to be some misapprehension on the part of the Minister for Customs, in regard to the export of coal, which he stated in Parliament had not…

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Abermain Colliery No. 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 3

Sir,—It was rather pleasing to read in your Saturday's issue a very lengthy report of the Abermain Lodge meeting, colliery No. 1, wherein it is stated casual…

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Tasmanian Coal Developments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 5

A company is in process of formation for the purpose of working extensive coal areas, comprising 1972 acres, along the cast coast of Tasmania, extended north…

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Coal Export Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 3

Sir,—The prohibition of coal to foreign countries raises a question which, perhaps, would be wise for the Government of this country to seriously consider…

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The Export of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 6

At the meeting of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce yesterday a discussion took place upon the prohibition of the export of coal to practically all foreign…

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Mining Matters. Burwood Extended

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 4

Negotiations have been successfully concluded between Messrs. Cowlishaw Brothers, the [?]roprietors of Burwood Extended Colliery, and Messrs. J. M…

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Richmond Main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 October 1914 · page 6

Sir,—Some questions were asked by Mr. Kearsley, M.P., in reference to the employment of foreigners at Richmond main, Mr. Kearsley stating that they had…

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Victorian State Mine. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 October 1914 · page 4

The trouble in connection with work in the M'Bride tunnel at the State mine has not yet been settled. The Wonthaggi branch of the Australian…

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Miners and Wages Boards. Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 October 1914 · page 4

The delegate board of the Illawarra Colliery Employee's Association, at a meeting yesterday, entered an emphatic protest against the suspension of wages…

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Persian Steamer. Destroyed by a Mine. Bucharest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 October 1914 · page 5

The steamer Shiraz, flying the Persian flag, bound for Constantinople, with a cargo of petroleum has been destroyed by a mine at Outinograd…

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Mining Matters. Export Restrictions. Removed Under Conditions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 October 1914 · page 4

The prohibition placed by the authorities on the export of coal to certain oversea ports has now been removed, subject to certain conditions being observed…

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Mining Matters. Export of Coal. Federal Restrictions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1914 · page 5

The following letter has been addressed by Mr. Langwill, the president of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, to the State Premier…

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Belgian Refugees. Strike a Mine. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 5

A vessel conveying Belgian refugees struck a mine off Boulogne. Thirty were drowned in the panic which ensued. The rest were landed at…

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Victorian State Mine. Official Report. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 4

The Committee of Public Accounts has placed before the Legislative Assembly a report on the State coal mine. The report states that when…

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Refugees in Danger. Steamer Struck a Mine. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 6

While the steamer Amiral Ganteume, was conveying Belgian refugees to England she struck a mine. After the explosion she commenced to…

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