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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

602 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 31

Glebe Miners' Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 November 1915 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Glebe miners was held in Thoms' Hotel on Tuesday evening, Penman in the chair. The nominations for district officers…

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Burwood Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 November 1915 · page 4

Burwood Colliery has been idle since Wednesday. The trouble was over a mechanic who was in arrears to his union in a considerable amount. He…

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Mining Matters. Compulsory Conference. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 November 1915 · page 4

The trouble in the coal-mining industry in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, and West Australia was the subject of discussion at the adjourned…

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Colliery Inspection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 November 1915 · page 6

The check inspectors, Messrs. J. Barnatt and W. Johnson, concluded an inspection of the Wallsend Colliery on the 10th inst., and report as follows:—No. 1…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 November 1915 · page 5

The Burwood minors held a meeting yesterday morning, at Adamstown. Mr. W. Curtis presided. The colliery has been idle, owing to a dispute regarding the…

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Mining Matters. the Conference. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 November 1915 · page 5

Representative of the coal-mine owners and the Australian Colliery Employees' Federation, yesterday resumed their conference, before Mr. Justice Higgins,…

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Mining Matters. Colliery Mechanics' Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 5

A sitting of the Coal Mining (North) Group No. 2 (Celliery Mechanics) wages Board was Leld at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, Mr. Justice Edumnds…

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Burwood Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 5

The deputation appointed to meet Mr. F. Croudace, the manager of Burwood Colliery, yesterday, was unable to locate him. The mine in consequence will be idle…

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The Bush Fires. Damage at Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 4

Some of the collieries in the Newcastle district suffered serious damage from the bush fires that raged over an area, estimated at ten miles square, to the west and…

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Burwood Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 November 1915 · page 6

Work will be resumed at Burwood Colliery this morning. Representatives of the miners met Mr. F Croudace, the colliery manager, yesterday morning, and discussed…

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Mining Matters. the Conference. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 November 1915 · page 6

The compulsory conference with regard to the coal dispute was continued, to-day. It was subsequently announced that an agreement had been, arrived at so far as…

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Mining Matters. Northern Miners' Presidency. Mr. Peter Bowling a Candidate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 4

Mr. Peter Bowling, ex-president of the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation; has been spending a few days in the Newcastle and South Maitland coalfields,…

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Mining Matters. Agreement Arrived At. Subject to Confirmation. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 November 1915 · page 5

The conference summoned by Mr. Justice Higgins, the President of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, was concluded to-day, and…

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Mining Matters. the Barrier Difficulty. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 November 1915 · page 4

No progress has been made towards setting the trouble between the Barrier branch of the A'malgamated Miners' Association and the mining company…

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Mining Matters. Colliery Mechanics. Wages Board Sitting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1915 · page 5

The Coal Mining (North) Group No. 2 (Colliery Mechanics) wages board met at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday to deal with an application by the…

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Turkish Transport. Sunk by a Mine Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 November 1915 · page 7

A telegram from Zurich reports that a Turkish transport has been sunk in the Sea of Marmora. The vessel, which carried 500 men, struck…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 November 1915 · page 6

The meeting of the Colliery Employees' Federation Delegate Board, adjourned from Monday, was continued at the Newcastle Trades Hall yesterday. There was…

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Maitland District. Colliery Mechanics' Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1915 · page 6

The Colliery Mechanics' Association has decided to appeal from the decision of Mr. Justice Edmunds, in the matter of the award of the Coal Mining Group, No. 2…

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Work for Coal Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 November 1915 · page 9

I don't know whether there are any Idle coal miners Over Newcastle or Maitland way, but If there are they might take notice that there is a shortage of labour…

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War Uses for Coal Gas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 November 1915 · page 16

Some interesting details of the part being played by coal-gas in war work were given recently in London in a lecture before the Royal Society of Arts. The…

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