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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

1,027 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 52

Burwood Miners Resume

Northern Times · Tuesday 17 October 1916 · page 5

The trouble at the Burwood Colliery nan been settled under terms which were not disclosed by the management. Then men stopped work…

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Miners Called Up. Vacancies Being Filled. "No Need for Maltese."

Northern Times · Tuesday 17 October 1916 · page 6

Seventy-six young men from Wallsend who recently reported themselves for military service under the condition of the Defence Act, were…

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Industrial Matters. the Mining Situation. Federation Meets To-day

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

A special meeting of the council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation will be held in Sydney to-day, when the position in Its relation to the…

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Piteous Appeal for Gold. Germany's Economic Armoury. "Out With Your Ornaments." AMSTERDAM

Northern Times · Tuesday 17 October 1916 · page 5

The "Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" publishes a full-page appeal signed by the German imperial Chancellor (Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg)…

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Burwood Colliery Resumes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1916 · page 7

Following upon a day's cessation of work at the Burwood Colliery on Monday, in consequence of the dispute over the time of the departure of the train, the…

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Miners' Carbide Lamps

Northern Times · Wednesday 18 October 1916 · page 8

In Miners Circular No. 18. of the United States Bureau of Mine, on? "Notes on Miners' Carbide Lamps." there is the suggested rule, "Never…

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Burwood Miners Resume

Northern Times · Wednesday 18 October 1916 · page 6

The trouble at the Burwood Colliery has been settled under terms which were not disclosed by the management. Then men stopped work…

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Coal, Iron and Engineering Missed Holes

Northern Times · Wednesday 18 October 1916 · page 8

Missed holes in blasting constitute a danger that it is not always easy to avoid. A miner at one of the Anaeonda mines suggests in the "Anode"…

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Labourer Is a Mine Owner. Indian Chief Indifferent

Northern Times · Wednesday 18 October 1916 · page 6

The fact that Justin Wheel Head, an Indian of Trenton (U.S A.) in the owner of a large Government tract and copper mine in Arizona does not…

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Coal Crisis. Delegate Board Meets. Report to Be Considered

Northern Times · Wednesday 18 October 1916 · page 5

Important business will be transacted at the quarterly meeting of the Delegate Board of the Colliery Employees' Federation, which will be…

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Industrial Matters. Mining Situation. Meeting of Federation. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1916 · page 7

The Council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation hold a special meeting in Sydney to-day to discuss the position which has arisen out…

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Piteous Appeal for Gold. Germany's Economic Armoury. "Out With Your Ornaments." AMSTERDAM

Northern Times · Wednesday 18 October 1916 · page 6

The "Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" publishes a full-page appeal signed by the German imperial Chancellor (Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg)…

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Miners' Battalion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1916 · page 3

Sergeant J. O. Christianson, of the Miners' and Engineers' Battalion, writing from Perham Downs, Wilts (Eng.), to a Newcastle friend, says: "We put in two…

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Soapy Civilization. Using Coal as Coal Wrong

Northern Times · Thursday 19 October 1916 · page 4

"Let us slop talking about the war for a moment and consider a subject which is with us at all times," writes Sir Leo Chiozza Money, M. P., in the…

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German Gold Shortage. Copenhagen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1916 · page 5

Seven offices have been opened at Berlin for the collection of gold ornaments for coinage. A thousand residents of Berlin on the…

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Industrial Matters. the Mining Situation. Delegate Board Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1916 · page 5

At the quarterly meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation, which will be held to-day at the Trades Hall, the northern…

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Out With Your Gold. Process Commenced in Berlin. COPENHAGEN

Northern Times · Thursday 19 October 1916 · page 6

Seven offices have been opened in Berlin for the collection of gold ornaments for coingage A thousand Berlin people deposited ornaments in…

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Coal Mining Difficulty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 October 1916 · page 4

It is much to be regretted that there should be impending trouble in the coal trade. The present is a time when all concerned in industries…

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Miners Change Houses. American Innovation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 October 1916 · page 5

In a recently published technical paper, the United States Bureau of Mines states that in that country mining companies are providing building where the miners…

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Federal Coal Board. In Camera Sitting

Northern Times · Friday 20 October 1916 · page 6

Members of the federal Board appointed under the War Precautions Act to deal with the coal mining dispute in the northern district met at Newcastle…

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