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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

1,027 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 52

Mining Corps Recruits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 6

Lieutenant Loftus Hills is spending a few days in the district, with a view of securing recruits for the No. 4 Tunnelling Company of the Australian Mining Corps…

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Mining Corps

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 6

Lieutenant Hill, of the Mining Corps, went to a soldiers' farewell at Abermain on Thursday evening, and was allowed to state the case for the corps, and…

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Broken Hill Miners. Fort Pirie's Example. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 5

In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day it was announced that an agreement had been arrived at with the Port Pirie branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Association…

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Australian Coal and U.s.a. Army Samples Invited for Testing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 4

Mr. Lucien W. Sullivan, U.S.A. Consul at Newcastle, has received a communication from the Quartermaster-General of the United States Army at the…

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Wallsend Miners' Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 April 1916 · page 4

A special meeting of the Wallsend Miners' Lodge was held at the school of arts on Friday evening. Mr. T. Richardson, who presided, explained that the…

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Australian Mining Corps

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

Lieutenant Loftus Hills, recruiting officer for the Australian Mining Corps, has obtained approximately the number of miners required, but any practical miners…

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Broken Hill Miners. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1916 · page 7

In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day Mr. Justice Higgins said that in reading the rules of the Barrier branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Association he…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1916 · page 6

Mr. W. Waller, general secretary of the Federated Mining Mechanics and Surfacemen's Mutual Protective Association, is in receipt of a letter from Mr. Wilfrid…

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Mining Matters. Maitland Field Disputes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1916 · page 6

After a prolonged stoppage for 36 weeks, there is a prospect of the differences between the proprietary and employees at the Richmond Main Colliery…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 5

The quarterly meeting of the Globe Miners' Lodge was held in the Merewether Hotel on Tuesday evening. Mr. J. Penman presided…

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Colliery Officials. Wages Board Sitting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 5

The Coal-mining (North) No. 1 Wages Board sat at the Newcastle Courthouse last evening. The chairman, Mr. Halse Rogers; employers' representatives were…

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Colliery Officials Wages Board Sitting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 4

The Coal-mining (North) No. 1 Wages Board sat at the Newcastle Courthouse again yesterday to further consider claims by the Colliery Officials' Union for…

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Lambton Miners

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

A meeting of the Lambton Miners' Lodge was held at the Central Hotel, on Friday evening, Mr. James Morgan presided…

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Maitland District. Off to the War. Pelaw-main Miners' Farewell

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

The members of Pelaw-Main Colliery entertained 96 of their fellow-workers who have enlisted, and are at present in the Broadmeadow and Maitland camps,…

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The British Front. Mining and Bombing. London

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

Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commander-in-Chief, reports: Several small enemy bomb attacks have been made on our craters at St Eloi. All the attacks were…

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Maitland District. Cessnock Miners' Lodge. Farewell to Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1916 · page 8

Thirty more members or the Cessnock Miners' Lodge were entertained at a farewell social in Attwater's hall, on Friday night, and each man was presented with…

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Letters to the Editor. Abermain No. 2 MINERS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1916 · page 5

Sir,—I would like to draw the attention of the public to the position of the Abermain No. 2 miners, who are at present out, after having only worked about…

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Colliery Officials' Wages Board

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

The Coalmine (North) No. 1 Wages Board at the Newcastle Courthous last night resumed the hearing of evidence in connection with a claim by the Colliery…

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Colliery Mechanics. the Court's Judgment. Living Wage Principle. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1916 · page 4

Mr. Justice Heydon, in the industrial Court to-day, delivered his reserved judgment in the appeal by the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association…

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Colliery Officials' Wages Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 4

The Coalmine (North) No. 1 Wages Board at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday continued the hearing of evidence in connection with a claim by the Colliery…

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