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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

1,027 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 52

Shortage of Miners. on Southern Field. Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 March 1916 · page 4

Owing to a large number of miners and wheelers having enlisted, a shortage of men is at present being experienced in his district. The coal trade is at…

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Mining Matters. Greater Government Aid Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 March 1916 · page 4

Mr. Estell, Minister for Mints, has been giving special attention the question of assisting the mining industry in this State, and has decided to have a…

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State Mining Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 4

Mr. Estell, the State Minister for Mines, proposes to ask Parliament to consent to amendments of the regulations regarding the vote which is…

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Auxiliary Cruiser. Sunk by a Mine London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 5

The Admiralty announce that the auxiliary cruiser Fauvette has been mined and sunk on the east coast of England. Fourteen lives were lost…

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Mount Oxide Mines. Suit in Equity. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 4

In the Equity Court to-day Mr. Justice Harvey commenced the hearing of the suit of the Mount Oxide Mines, Limited, against Sir Albert John Gould ant the…

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Miners' Lodges. Industrial Court Finding. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 5

In the Industrial Court to-day, Mr. Justice Edmunds delivered judgment in regard to a matter of the fixing of a day for the bona-fide lodge business of coal miners…

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Unemployed Miners. Prospects of Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 4

In consequence of reports that there was work available, a number of miners from the Northern districts have gone to the South Coast in search of employment…

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Mining Matters. Coal Trade Restrictions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 5

The falling off in the coal trade continues to give both the mineowners and the miners of the Newcastle and Maltland districts cause for much anxiety…

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Wallsend Miners' Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 2

A sepcial meeting of the Wallsend miners was held in the School of Arts on Wednesday evening. Mr. T. Richards an presiding. Mr. F. Dunieavy, industrial…

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Mining Matters. the Delegate Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1916 · page 4

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

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1916 · page 3

A special meeting of the Wallsend Miners' Lodge was held in the school of arts, Wallsend, on Tuesday evening, Mr. T. Richardson in the chair…

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Miners and Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1916 · page 7

Sir.—I think it is time a stop was put to the practice of miners on idle days doing other class of labour. This practice is very rife in the Teralba and Cardiff…

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The Northern Collieries. Conference Adjourned. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 5

The conference of representatives of the colliery proprietors and miners in the northern district, arranged to deal with a number of questions of interpretation in…

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Springing a Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 6

An officer writing from France says in a letter published in "The Times":— Jan 24th, 1916. We came out of the trenches last…

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Miners and Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 7

Sir,—As I am one of the miners alluded to by "Unionist," I must take exception to some of his remarks. As he draws attention to my earning £250 in twelve…

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Southern Miners' Grievances. Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 March 1916 · page 4

The Federal Arbitration Court having decided that the newly-appointed Reference Board should deal with the grievances of the Scarborough and Clifton…

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Miners & Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 7

Sir,—Regarding miners and work, we get a few facts that will, I think, open the eyes of the public. Mr. Hopkins states the majority (I suppose he means…

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Victorian Brown Coal. Question of Development

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 5

Mr. Livingston, the Victorian Minister for Mines, Intends to make strong efforts to procure the development on a firm commercial basis of the State's brown…

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A State Coal Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 6

Mr. Estell, the State Minister for Mines, did not have any very strong or definite criticism to face when he introduced the measure to authorise…

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Steamer Freight for Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 6

Mr. Watkins, M.H.R., had addressed a letter to senator Pearce. Minister for Defence and Acting Prime Minister, making strong representations regarding…

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