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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

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New Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 5

The New Lambton Lodge met last night at Adamstown. The delegate, Mr. D. Saunders, gave a report of the delegate meeting as far as it affected the Maitland…

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Elermore Vale Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 5

A meeting of the Wallsend and Elermore Vale Miners' Lodge was held in the Masonic Hall, Wallsend, last evening. Mr. T. Richardson presided…

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Newcastle Gold Rush To-night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 6

Elaborate preparations have been made for the second "Gold Rush" to take place to-night on the ocean beach. Special electrical effects have been installed, in order…

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Mining Matters. Afternoon Shift. Agreement Accepted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 5

The agreement arrived at by the conference, and endorsed by the delegate board, was yesterday accepted by three of the miners' lodges concerned, and…

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Our New Zealand Letter Wellington, March 5. Huntly Mine Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 3

The Supreme Court has commenced the hearing of the charge of manslaughter against Fletcher, the mine manager at Huntly. Your readers will remember…

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Durham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 March 1915 · page 4

A meeting of Durham miners will be hold at five o’clock this afternoon, at Broadmeadow, to consider matters relating to their agreement. The lodge met…

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Newcastle Gold Rush. Ample Fun, But Little Money

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

The Newcastle beach is losing its attractiveness as an auriferous area. The second gold, rush was tried, on Saturday night, but less than 1500 people paid the…

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Summons Division. Theft of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 7

John Hale was charged with, at Carrington, on December 24, stealing about 50lb to coal, valued at 6d, the property of the Chief Commissioner for Railways…

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Attack on Strassburg. Coal Depot Ablaze. London

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

The Geneva correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that a fortnight ago bench aviators bombed the coal depot at Strassburg, with the result that 24,000…

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Mining Matters. Hetton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 5

The Hetton Colliery was thrown idle on Monday as a consequence of the miners demanding the abolition of the afternoon shift, which was worked in a few special…

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Wonthaggi State Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 5

The ballot taken by the Wonthaggi (Vic.) branch of the A.C.M.A., to decide whether or not the members employed at the State coal, mine should cease work…

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Germans Apprehensive. Sending Away Gold Constantinople

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 5

The German banks have sent thirty-two cases of gold to Berlin…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 6

A meeting of the Globe Miners' Lodge was held in the Merewether Hotel on Tuesday evening, Mr. J. Penman presiding. The delegate, Mr. W. Jefferson, read and…

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Mining Matters. the Afternoon Shift

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 5

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, President of the Colliery Employees Federation, attended a meeting of the Whitburn Lodge on Tuesday afternoon, when consideration was…

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Mining Matters. Caledonian Collieries. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 5

At a meeting of shareholders in the Caledonian Collieries, Limited, Mr. H. B. Howard Smith, the chairman, announced that the profit for the year was £114,023,…

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Whitburn Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 5

Work at Whitburn Colliery has not yet been resumed owing to the men refusing to work with the men filling coal during the strike. A deputation waited…

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Southern Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 5

A mass meeting of members of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association was held at Wollongong, for the consideration of several grievances. There were…

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Labour Difficulties. Miners and Stevedores. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 5

A conference convened by the Miners' Federation of Great Britain has resolved to demand an increase of 20 per cent. in wages in consequence of the increase in…

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Sydney Coal Lumpers. Trouble Threatening. Sydney

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

Serious trouble is threatening in connection with the coaling of steamers in Sydney Harbour. With the object of distributing the…

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Lambton B Colliery

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

The miners of the Lambton B Colliery are persisting in their objection to the management placing unskilled workmen as mates with machine men. A…

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