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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

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Newcastle-wallsend Coal Co. Half-yearly Meeting. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 6

The half-yearly meeting of the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company was held at the company's offices, 8 Spring-street, this afternoon. Mr. H. S. Levy,…

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Coal Prices Bill. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 5

The House of Lords has passed the bill for the limitation of coal prices…

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South Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1915 · page 4

Mr. Charles Dixon, son of the late Mr. Jonathan Dixon, late Government Inspector of Collieries, has been appointed manager of the South Greta Colliery, and…

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Appeal to Miners. Coal Is Paramount. Enthusiastic Response. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1915 · page 5

The National Conference on the mining industry at the Kingsway Opera House, was attended by 3000 delegates. All the leading miners' representatives and many…

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Mining Matters. Broxburn Conditions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1915 · page 4

On Thursday an interview took place between Messrs. Forsyth and F. G. Pearce, representing the proprietary, and Messrs. W. Brennan (secretary C.E.F.) and…

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Greta. Colliery Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 August 1915 · page 6

Charles Clarke, a miner was killed while at work in Whitburn Colliery at about nine o'clock on Friday night. Clarke was working hard tops with…

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Colliery Inspection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1915 · page 7

The check inspectors made an inspection of Lambton B Colliery on June 23 and 24, and reported as fellows:—Pretoria District: Left-hand split, intake,…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1915 · page 4

The Coal Miners' Group, No. 2 (Colliery Mechanics) Wages Board, comprising Mr. Justice Edmunds (chairman), Messrs. N. J. Clark and N. Neilson (representing the…

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Stockton-borehole Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1915 · page 2

The sixth annual meeting of the Stockton Borehole Collieries, Ltd., was held at the office of the company, O'Connell-street, Sydney on Wednesday. The accounts for…

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German Coal Supplies. Dunkirk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 August 1915 · page 5

The Germans have organised a Coal Bureau in Antwerp, in connection with the mines in Belgium, and the north of France…

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Coal Export Rules. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 5

Sir Edward Grey, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, explains that unnecessary apprehension has been caused by the coal regulation order which was issued…

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Notes on News. London, June 14. the Price of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 5

There is no denying that the public has shown remarkable patience while waiting for the Government to take some action with regard to the increasing prices of…

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Mining Matters. Coal Export Trade. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 6

Mr. Holman, the State Premier, recently issued free railway tickets to a delegation of seven unemployed Newcastle miners who proceeded to Melbourne to…

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Queensland Coal Production

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 6

The cowl production of Queensland in 1914 is set out in the annual report of the department of Mines at 1,053,390 tons, valued at £416,292, or an average value of…

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Belgian Miners' Loyalty. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 5

The disorders at Mono and Charleroi are increasing. The miners refuse to work, though many have been shot by the Germans…

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Victorian Coal Output. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 6

The annual report of the Mines Department shows that last year 617,536 tons of coal were produced in Victoria, valued at £288,531, an increase of 23,621 tons. The…

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Formation and Source of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 7

Concerning the formation end source of coal there have been many and divergent opinions (says the "Mining and Engineering World"). It is now generally…

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Mining Matters. Abermain Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1915 · page 4

With a view of endeavouring to arrive at a settlement whereby work might be resumed at the Abermain No. 1 and No. 2 collieries an important conference was…

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Destroyer Lynx. Sunk by a Floating Mine. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1915 · page 5

The Admiralty announced that the destroyer Lynx, 935 tons, struck a floating mine in the North Sea on Monday, and sank…

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Splendid Entrenchments. Miners' Great Work. a Periscopic Rifle. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1915 · page 5

The following extracts from letters of General Birdwood to Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, the Governor-General, have been permitted by His Excellency to be…

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