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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1917

1,758 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 88

Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 5

Messrs. E. Pendlebury, chairman, W. Waller, socretary, and J. Williams, treasurer of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, have returned from the Sydney…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 5

Owing to the holidays intervening, the full working period at the northern collieries for the fortnight was nine days. Work was again brisk, and 24 mines…

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U.s. Coal in 1915

Northern Times · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 2

The production of bituminous coal and anthracite in the United States in 1915 amounted to 531.619,487 short tons, valued at £137,338,237, an…

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Judge Edmunds's Order. Miners Receive Report

Northern Times · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 4

A combined meeting of Stanford Merthyr and Pelaw Main miners was held at Kurri Kurri on Saturday evening, at which Mr. J. M. Baddeley…

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Colliery Employees. Take Ballot To-morrow

Northern Times · Tuesday 2 January 1917 · page 5

In accordance with the arrangements made by the representatives of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, a ballot will take…

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A Queensland Colliery. Change of Ownership

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1917 · page 4

Brisbane newspapers report that an important commercial transaction has just been completed by which Messrs. Macdonald, Hamilton, and Company become…

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Victoria's State Mine. a Year's Working

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1917 · page 4

The annual report of the operations of the Victorian State coalmine at Wonthaggi, presented by Mr. G. H. Broome, the manager, states that the net surplus,…

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Greta Mining Employees. Consideration of Agreements

Northern Times · Tuesday 2 January 1917 · page 2

Members of the Colliery Mechanics' Union employed at the collieries in the Greta district have expressed satisfaction at the result of the…

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Hebburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 8

The quarterly meeting of the Hebburn Miners' Lodge was held in Jenkins' Olympin Hall on Sunday morning, Mr. W. Wardle presiding. A letter was received…

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Miners' Ballot. South Maitland

Northern Times · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 1

Them is no noticeable excitement or apprehensive feeling on the South Maitland field in respect of the ballot which is being taken to-day on Judge…

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Queensland Coal Selling Price Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 7

The Queensland Government is not satisfied with the demand made by the suppliers of coal for an advance of 3s per ton in consequence of Mr. Justice…

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Coal Gas for Motors. Experiments in England

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 7

Experiments in England, brought about by the limitation of petrol to motorists, have proved that it is possible to obtain at least 85 per cent. of…

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Colliery Mechanics. the Agreement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 4

The following is a copy of the agreement arrived at between representatives of the Colliery Proprietors' Association and the executive officers of the Federated…

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Miners' Ballot. Progress Returns

Northern Times · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 5

This afternoon at the office of the Colliery Employees Federation, the first of the returns of the ballot held yesterday. regarding the acceptance…

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Coal Experts to Norway

Northern Times · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 5

CIIRISTIANIA, Wednesday.—The "Aftenposten" states that the stopping of exports of British coal to Norway is because Great Britain…

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Railway Workers and Miners. Proposed Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 4

The executive officers of the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation are in touch with the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation with a view…

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Expelled from Union. Colliery Mechanics. Work During Strike Alleged

Northern Times · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 1

Consideration was given to the case of a man who worked on the Central Aberdare dam during the recent stoppage, by the Cessnock section of the…

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No U.K. Coal for Norway

Northern Times · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 1

COPENHAGEN. Wednesday.—Great Britain has prohibited the export of coal to Norway. The British Legation at Christiania states that this is…

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Lymington Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 4

The Lymington Collieries, Limited, has been registered with capital of £60,000 in shares of £1 each. Its objects are to purchase and acquire the…

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The Coal Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 4

The Coal Board will resume its sittings on Monday next, probably at Bulli, to consider the claim of the Scarborough miners for a reduction in the…

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