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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

1,027 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 52

Mining Matters. Delegate Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 5

The adjourned quarterly meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades Hall, yesterday. Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president…

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German Mine-sweepers. Sunk by a Submarine. Copenhagen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 5

The Danish newspaper "Stilts-Tidende," of Ribe, states that on October 7th, eight German mine-sweepers, under the auxiliary cruiser Kaiser, anchored in the…

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Mining Matters. Colliery Deputies' Wages Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 May 1916 · page 6

The Coal Mining (North) Group, No. 2, Wages Board, at the Newcastle Courthouse on Saturday, continued the hearing of an application by the colliery deputies,…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 May 1916 · page 6

The Lambton Miners' Lodge met at Malbon's Hotel on Saturday evening. Mr. James Morgan in the chair. A letter was received from Mr. Croudace, the…

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Colliery Inspection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 3

Messrs. J. Barnett (district) and C. P. Hall (local) made an inspection of E Tunnel, Wallarah Colliery, Catherine Hill Bay and report as follows:—…

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Demand for Coal. Appeal to Miners. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 5

The British Government has requested the miners to confer on May 16th on the question of how to increase the coal output in view of the Allies' demands…

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Germans Buy Copper Mine. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 5

Advices from Gothenburg state that a German company has bought the King Carl XV. copper mine at Jonkoping, one of the most important Industrial towns of…

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Lambton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 6

The anticipation that Lambton Colliery, which has been idle for some weeks, owing to trade slackness, would resume yesterday, was not realised. Preparations…

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Mining Matters. Stockton-borehole

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 6

The Stockton-Borehole Colliery was laid idle on Monday, owing to a difference between the wheelers and the management. The wheelers sought that the pit ponies…

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Mining Matters. Richmond Main Colliery. Board of Reference Award

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 4

The chairman of the Board of Reference, to which was referred a dispute between mangement and employees that has kept the Richmond Main Colliery idle for…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 4

A special meeting of the Wallsend miners was held in the Masonic Hall on Thursday evening. Mr. T. Richardson presided…

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British Miners. Oppose Conscription. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 5

The ballot of the Miners' Federation on the card vote, resulted in conscription being condemned by 583,000 votes to 135,000…

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Mining Matters. Stockton Borehole

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 4

A meeting of the Stockton Borchole Lodge was old on Wednesday, at the Sulphide Hall, in connection with the difficulty that arose, and stopped the colliery,…

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Bulgarian Miners. Sent to Broken Hill. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 5

Considerable excitement was created in Broken Hill yesterday by the arrival of twenty-two Bulgarians, under military escort. It was stated that they had been…

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German Mine-layer. Blown Up Off Falsterbo. Copenhagen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 5

A German mine-layer was blown up off Falsterbo by one of her own mines. One of the sailors was killed. Portion of the crew were rescued…

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House of Representatives. Coal Export Question. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 5

Mr. M'DONALD, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, took the chair at half-part two o'clock this afternoon. Mr. TUDOR, the Minister for Customs,…

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The Waste of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 16

The waste in the domestic consumption of coal is notorious, and though attention was called to this waste— which was little short of criminal—by…

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The Coal Embargo. to Be Modified. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 5

Mr. Charlton, M.H.R., stated to-day that he had been informed by Mr. Tudor, the Minister for Customs, that the embargo upon the export of coal is to be…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 May 1916 · page 5

The Colliery Mechanics' Wages Board will sit at the Newcastle Courthouse on Friday evening, to hear an application which the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual…

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Our Sydney Letter. an Important Resolution.—where More Care Should Be Shown.—the Coal Embargo.—a Very Sad Case.—something Entertaining From China.—a Poser!—when a Hint Should Serve. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 May 1916 · page 4

The resolution by the Commerce Congress in Brisbane, on the initiative of Major O'Neill, that chairs for the Study of the Chinese tongues be established in…

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