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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1914

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Floating Mine Fatality. on Neutral Territory. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1914 · page 5

Four navel officers and three sailors were killed while examining a mine washed up at West Capelle, in Holland…

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The Entombed Miners. Two of Them Rescued. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1914 · page 5

Rescue operations at the Marvel Lochmine, where three tributers were entombed on Friday last, were concluded last night at ten o'clock. O'Brien and Mazza…

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Mining Matters. the Afternoon Shift. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1914 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly this evening, Mr. Estell, the Minister for Labour, replying to Mr. Edden, said he had conferred with the Premier since the latter's…

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Price of Coal. Commission to Inquire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1914 · page 4

The following letter has been sent by the secretary of the Necessary Commodities Control Commission to all coal mining proprietors in New South Wales:…

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Akatia Bombarded. to Stop Mine-laying. Cairo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1914 · page 5

H.M.S. Minerva has bombarded Akatla, news having been received that mines had been sent there to be laid in the Red Sea. Pourparlers with Turkey have failed…

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Mining Matters. Ministers and Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1914 · page 4

Mr. J. Baddeley, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, has rece[?]ed from the State Premier an acknowledgment of his communication of Friday last…

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Huntly Mine Disaster. Wellington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 4

Mr. James Fletcher, manager of the Kupiri mines, Huntly, has been arrested on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the recent disaster wherein a…

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Mining Matters. Federation Officials

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 4

Nominations close to-morrow for the positions in connection with the Colliery Employees' Federation. So far there is no medication of opposition to the present…

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Mines in North Sea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 9

The indiscriminate laying of mines by the Germans in the North Sea has compelled an answer in kind from our own Admiralty, and mines are now being, or…

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The Storage of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 6

In view of the immense demands of Industrials, such as gas-making, etc., where one works will use from 1000 to 2000 tons of coal a day, the question of a proper…

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The Three Gold Pennies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 15

The Bong, the Umph and the Winkledy Pop Went out for a walk one day, The Bong had his second-best whiskers…

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Mining Matters. Relief of Distress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 4

The decision of the Industrial Dispute Court, last week, as it relates to the principle of a union distributing relief pay is severely criticised by the…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 November 1914 · page 4

The fortnight that ended on Saturday was a flourishing one for the district collieries. Twenty one put in full time; the losses of the others were small, and were…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 November 1914 · page 6

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

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West Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 November 1914 · page 6

A combined meeting of the West Wallsend, Killingworth, and Seaham Nos. 1 and No. 2 Miners' Lodges was held in the Federal Hall, West Wallsend, on Friday…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 November 1914 · page 4

The deputation representing the northern miners which waited on the State Attorney-General and the Minister for Labour on Saturday no doubt…

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Germans Seize Coal Santiago De Chili

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 November 1914 · page 6

The steamer Sacremento, which has arrived at Valparaiso reports that she was scized by a German warship and taken to Juan Fernandez Island, where…

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Mr. Rosser's Views. Miners Sick of Arbitration. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 November 1914 · page 4

Mr. W. Rosser, secretary of the Labour Federation, was outspoken on the subject of the afternoon shift yesterday. "The Northern coalminers," he said,…

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The Allies' Fleets. Off Lower California. German Coal Carriers. San Francisco

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 November 1914 · page 5

The press publishes the details of the rendezvous of the British, Australian, and Japanese vessels off Lower California, with the object of giving battle to the…

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Mining Matters. Afternoon Shift Trouble. Deputation to Ministers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 November 1914 · page 4

A deputation, introduced by Mr. W. Keaarsley, M.P., waited upon Mr. Hall, Minister, for Justice, and Mr. Estell, Minister for Labour nod Indust[?] in connection…

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