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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

1,027 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 52

"Man-o-war Coal." Miners' Speculations

Northern Times · Saturday 14 October 1916 · page 5

The Wallsend and Caledonian mining companies have recently adopted a practice of "stacking" all the coal procured from the pits at Wallsend…

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Fined for Striking. Illawarra Coal Miners. Sydney

Northern Times · Saturday 14 October 1916 · page 5

Fourteen members of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association were summoned at the Industrial Court this morning, before Judge Edmunds,…

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Wallsend Miners. Special Meeting Called

Northern Times · Saturday 14 October 1916 · page 5

A special meeting of the Wallsend Miners' Association has been called for Monday evening at seven o'clock. The nature of the business is…

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Colliery Officials. Wages Board Application. Conference To-day

Northern Times · Saturday 14 October 1916 · page 5

An application to determine number of matters was made before the No. 1 Board of the Coal Mining Group by the Colliery Officials' Association…

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Aberdare Trouble Settled. Miners Resume on

Northern Times · Saturday 14 October 1916 · page 5

After being stopped nearly a fort-night, Aberdare and Aberdare Extend collieries are to resume work on Monday, as Briefly reported in our…

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Coal Tar Distillation. Securing the By-products. a Pioneer Industry

Northern Times · Saturday 14 October 1916 · page 6

From the day the first gas works produced tar in Australia until quite recently, the matter of the redistillation of tar was something that was…

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Specks. From the Coal Lands. Maitland's Tram. the Puffing-billy

Northern Times · Saturday 14 October 1916 · page 4

Clear the way! I'm coming strong; Don't you argue, right or wrong. When I any I want to pass Make way Don't act like an ass,…

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Goal Mining Disputes. New Board of Reference. to Deal with Pelaw Main

Northern Times · Saturday 14 October 1916 · page 5

A special meeting of the Federal Executive Council on Thursday decided to go over the head of Mr. Justice Higgins and appoint a special…

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New Zealand Mining. State Collieries' Profit. Relief of Injured Miners

Northern Times · Monday 16 October 1916 · page 3

Owing to the abnormal conditions caused by the war and the shortage of miners due to enlistment for military service abroad, there was a…

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Second State Coal Mine. Minister's Inquiries

Northern Times · Monday 16 October 1916 · page 5

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Estel is prosecuting inquiries with regard to the establishment of a State coal mine in the northern district. The…

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Colliery Officials' Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 October 1916 · page 4

The Coal Mining North Group No. 1 Board sat at the Newcastle Courthouse on Saturday for the determination of certain claims presented by the Colliery…

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Colliery Bricklayers. Arbitration Sought

Northern Times · Monday 16 October 1916 · page 5

Endeavours are being mady by Mr. J. M'Donald organiser of the Bricklayers' Society, to have the matters in dispute between the bricklayers…

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Moisture in Coal

Northern Times · Monday 16 October 1916 · page 3

In a paper on the estimation of moisture in coal, Mr. T. F. Winmill, of the Doncaster Coalowners' Laboratory, recently summarised his…

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Wickham Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 October 1916 · page 4

The Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company, Limited, has, subject to audit, declared a dividend for the half-year ended September 30th at the rate of 12½…

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Burwood Colliery Idle. Train Arrangements Objected To

Northern Times · Monday 16 October 1916 · page 5

Burwood Colliery was idle this morning owing to the men refusing to turn to on account of the present train arrangements. The men…

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Spontaneous Ignition of Coal

Northern Times · Monday 16 October 1916 · page 7

Before the annual general meeting of the Institution of Mining Engineers in London recently, Mr. T. F. Winmill, of the Doncaster Coalowners'…

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Aberdare Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1916 · page 5

Work was resumed at Aberdare and Aberdare Extended Collieries yesterday morning, on terms of settlement arranged at the conference. The top hands…

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Chemistry in Coal Mining. a Value Making Branch

Northern Times · Tuesday 17 October 1916 · page 2

Before the American Institute of Mining Engineers. Mr. E. M. Chance discussed exhaustively the application of chemistry to the coal-mining industry…

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Wallsend Colliery. Effect of Enrolment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1916 · page 5

A special meeting of the Wallsend Miners Lodge was held at the school of arts on Monday evening. Mr. T. Richardson, who presided, said…

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Miners' Delegate Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1916 · page 5

The quarterly meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employee"' Federation will be held at the Trades Hall on Thursday…

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