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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

1,027 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 52

Monster Mine. Exploded by the British. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1916 · page 5

A wounded sergeant gives a graphic description of the explosion of a monster mine at Beaumont liamel. It took crack Lancashire miners seven…

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Newcastle Coal-mining Co

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 July 1916 · page 5

Notwithstanding, the embargo on foreign shipments and the general reduction in trade consequent upon the war, the Newcastle Coal Mining Company, Limited,…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 July 1916 · page 5

A meeting of the Colliery Employees' Federation delegate board was held at the Trades Hall Newcastle yesterday, there being a full attendance of lodge…

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Colliery Officials' Award. Hearing of Appeal Concluded. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 July 1916 · page 4

The hearing was concluded in the Industrial court to-day of the appeal by northern colliery proprietors and cross appeal by the Colliery Officials' Association, in…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 July 1916 · page 4

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

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Mining Matters. Colliery Mechanics. Trouble Expected To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 July 1916 · page 4

The trouble in the Colliery Mechanics' Association arising out of the rejection of the claims put by the association before the Wages Board is likely to reach the…

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Work of the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 July 1916 · page 4

There was a revival of trade at several of the collieries during the fornight, and fourteen of them recorded full time of eleven days for the period while…

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Colliery Officials' Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 July 1916 · page 4

The members of the No. 1 Group Coalmining (North of Sydney) Board for deputies shortfires and waste examination resumed its sitting at the Newcastle…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 July 1916 · page 6

A meeting of the Lambton Miners Lodge was held last evening, Mr. James Morgan presiding. The minutes of the delegate board…

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Mines and Distress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 July 1916 · page 3

Sir,—I notice that the delegate board has been asked by the Killingworth and West Wallsend miners to intercede on their behalf with the Superintendent of…

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Loyal Miners. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 July 1916 · page 5

The Miners' Federation has decided to forego the August holidays…

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Gaseous Mines. a Dangerous Practice. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 July 1916 · page 4

The question was raised in the Federal Arbitration Court recently as to the safety of the practice of "shooting off the solid" in coal mines where gas is present…

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Mining Matters. Colliery Mechanics. Four Collieries Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1916 · page 5

The colliery mechanics at Pelaw Main, Richmond Main, Stanford Merthyr, and Abermain No. 1 Collieries refused to work, yesterday in protest against what they…

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German Gold Famine. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1916 · page 5

Mr. von Wiegand, the correspondent of the "New York World," says that in order to strengthen the Imperial Bank a gold purchasing office has been opened in…

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Tin Mining. in the Northern Territory

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1916 · page 6

According to a report received by Mr. Mahon, the Minister for External Affairs, from the Director of Mines, in the Northern. Territory, the outstanding difficulty…

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Aliens at Pelaw-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 4

Sir,—At the last meeting of the Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge the subject of the dismissed employees of enemy origin was meeted by Mr. A. Lewis. The speaker…

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Mining Matters. Maitland Coalfields Idle. Proprietors' Offer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 7

With the exception of South Greta, all the collieries on the Maitland coalfield were idle yesterday. The colliery mechanies refused to work, and the…

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Colliery Mechanics' Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1916 · page 5

Mr. W. Brennan, secretary of the Colliery Employees' Federation, when spoken to yesterday concerning the situation which has been created by the action of…

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Britain's Gold Resources. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1916 · page 5

Canada is sending to the United States £1,000,000 worth of gold daily, of which much is said to come from South Africa and Australia…

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Mining Matters. the Aggregate Meetings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1916 · page 5

Stop work meetings will be held to-day in various centres throughout the Commonwealth of the employees of the collieries affiliated with the Australasian…

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