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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1915 · page 6

A special meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades Hall yesterday. Tohr[?] was a full attendance of…

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British Gold. Embarrasses America. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1915 · page 5

A shipment of £13,000,000 in British, gold has arrived in New York from England The consignment was sent in order to rectify the slump on British exchange…

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Colliery Inspection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1915 · page 9

Messrs. J. Barnett and C. P. Hall, district and local check inspectors, accompanied panted by a colliery official, made on inspection of Wallarah Colliery, Catherine…

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Gold From Australasia San Francisco

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1915 · page 5

The Union Steamship Company's liner Moana has arrived here with large gold shipments intended for New York. Altogether 8,000,000dol. (about…

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Mining Matters. Dispute at Lambton B.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1915 · page 5

Lambton B colliery has been, idle for upwards of a week in connection with dispute with the management, concerning a promise said to have been made to…

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Mining Matters. Colliery Mechanics. New Award Framed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1915 · page 5

The No. 2 Board of the Coalmining (North) Group hat issued its awards, following upon the applications of the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective…

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Letters to the Editor. the Mining Position

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1915 · page 6

Sir,—It is an old adage, "That coming events cast their shadows before." This is as true in the industrial World as in any other. Without wishing to be an…

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King Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1915 · page 8

We may get some idea of what a great coal strike would mean in was rime from another part of Mr. Lloyd George's speech. "Coal," he said, "brings meat and…

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Mining Matters. Increase of Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1915 · page 4

The colliery proprietors of the northern district were yesterday served by the Collory Employees' Federation, with four-teen days' notice of the termination of…

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Coal for Germany How Australia Helped. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1915 · page 5

Speaking at a smoke social tendered at the Trades Hall, Melbourne, by the Melbourne branch of the Engine-drivers and Fireinen's Association to 53 of its…

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Miners' Federal Organisation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1915 · page 4

Mr. J. M. Baddeloy, president of the Colliery Employees Federation, retuned to newcastle yesterday, after nearly a week's organising tour in some of the…

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Welsh Miners' Increases. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1915 · page 5

The South Wales coal minors demanded an increase of 12½ per cent their wages. The owners offered 5 per cent. Lord Saint Alwyn, who officiated as…

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The Mining Difficulty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1915 · page 4

While technically the miners of the northern district have intimated their intention to discontinue work, having served the proprietors with fourteen…

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Selling Price of Coal. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1915 · page 4

It was officially announced to-day by the Secretary to the Necessary Commodities Commission, that that body having considered the whole of the evidence given…

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Letters to the Editor. the Mining Position

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1915 · page 3

Sir,—I, a miner of many years' standing in the Newcastle district, am pleased to see the attitude taken up by "A Unionist" on this question, for I think that…

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Special Mining Corps. a Thousand Strong. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1915 · page 5

Senator Pearce, the Minister for De-fence, to-day announced that a specialist corps of miners, 1000 strong, had been offered for active service by the…

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Mining Matters. the Stop-work Notices. Statement by Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1915 · page 4

Mr. A. Lowis, the treasurer, commenting yesterday on behalf of the Colliery Employees' Federation executive, on the position with regard to the giving in of…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 September 1915 · page 7

A meeting of the Wallsend miners was held in the Masonic Hall, Wallsend, on Wednesday evening, Mr. T. Richardson presiding, Mr. A, Lewis, district treasurer,…

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The Mining Position

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 September 1915 · page 9

Sir,—I beg to applaud the spirit shown in the letter of "Junction Miner" in your issue of September 16th. His attitude is the most precious social asset we could…

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Threatened Coal Strike. Minister's Warning to Speculators. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 September 1915 · page 5

Mr. Hall the Attorney-General, made reference to-day to the threatened coal strike. "While," he said, "I do not think there…

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