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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

1,027 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 52

The Merewether Creep. Colliery Inspectors' Report. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 4

Mr. Estell, the Minister for Labour and Industry, has received a report from Inspectors Humble and Hutton with regard to the recent creep at Merewether…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1916 · page 7

Mr. Walter Waller, secretary to the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association, has lodged an application with the Coal Mining (North) Group No. 2…

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Mining Matters. Hours of Work. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1916 · page 6

Last year a conference was held before Mr. Justice Higgins, in the disputes in the coal mining industry of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, and Tasmania. At…

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South Coast Miners. Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 May 1916 · page 5

No settlement had been arrived at relative to the Mount Pleasant Colliery trouble at midday to-day. The matter is being dealt with at a special delegate…

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Mining Matters. Coal and Shale Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 4

A meeting of the council of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation of Australasia was held at the Rawson Chambers, Sydney, on Tuesday and…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 5

The regular meeting of the Wallsend Miners' Lodge was hold in the Masonic Hall on Wednesday evening. Mr. T. Richardson presiding…

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Colliery Mechanics. Wages Board Sitting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1916 · page 5

The Coal Mining Group (North), No. 2 (Colliery Mechanics) Wages Board, at the Newcastle Courthouse, last night, commenced menced the hearing of matters filed by…

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Colliery Mechanics. Wages Board Sitting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 May 1916 · page 5

The Coalmining Group (North), No. 2 Wages Board (Colliery Mechanics), at the Newcastle Courthouse on Saturday, continued the hearing of matters filed by…

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Mines in the Baltic. Copenhagen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1916 · page 5

Since 1914 600 mines have been washed up on the Swedish coast, while Swedish marines have destroyed 500 in the same period…

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A Colliery Holiday

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1916 · page 5

Judging by the number of inquiries received by the executive of the Colliery Employees' Federation, a good deal of uncertainty exists amongst miners as to…

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Freights for Coal. Material Reduction Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1916 · page 5

Britain and France have agreed on maximum mum freights for coal, thus reducing prices by 35 per cent., in addition to a reduction of 45 per cent in freights,…

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Mining Matters. Abermain No. 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1916 · page 5

A board of reference, selected to deal with and determine rates and conditions in connection with machine-won coal at Abermain No. 2 has held several sittings…

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The Mining Corps

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 5

Mrs. C. J. Royle, the honorary secretary, Canberra House, Elizabeth and Liverpool streets, Sydney, announces that the committee of the Australia Mining…

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Bellbird Miners' Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 June 1916 · page 6

The members of the Bellbird Miners' Lodge hold their monthly meeting at Bellbird Hall on Tuesday, Mr. William Morgan presiding…

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The Flying Germans. Threw Out Mines. Copenhagen

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

The "Politiken" believes that the retreating German Fleet threw out an extraordinary number of mines, to which the pursuers fell victims…

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Mining Matters. Deputies, Shot-firers, Etc. Issue of Award

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 June 1916 · page 4

The Coal Mining (North) Group No. 1 Wages Board its issued Its award in connection with the application of the Colliery Officials' Association of the South…

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Abermain Miners. Definitions of Machinemen's Award

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1916 · page 8

Mr. W. Clarke presided over a special meeting held in Garrett's Hall, when Messrs. A. Lewis, A. Teece, W. Hunter, and A. Sanlaville submitted the decisions…

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The Lost Hampshire. Sunk by a Mine. Story of Survivors. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 June 1916 · page 5

The survivors of the Hampshire tell a story of their terrible experiences. When the rafts were launched the seas were so heavy that they completely…

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On a Mine Layer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1916 · page 10

The great Italian writer Gabriele D'Anunzio gives a vivid description in the London "Telegraph" of a night at sea when he was on the Italian mine-layer…

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Mining Matters. C.e.f. Delegate Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1916 · page 5

A lengthy meeting of the Delegate Board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades Hall, Newcastle, yesterday. All the officers and a large…

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