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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1917

1,758 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 54 of 88

Killingworth Coal Stack. Operations Cease

Northern Times · Thursday 2 August 1917 · page 3

About 40 men, who have been engaged at Killingworth for some weeks past, lifting coal from grass from a big stack containing some 90,000 tons,…

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Industrial Matters. Northern Coal Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1917 · page 4

The Northern Coal Board, Mr. G. E. Flannery chairman, will continue its sittings at the Newcastle Courthouse this morning, when matters affecting Seaham…

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Kurri Colliery Rates. Go to Tarro Shire. Needed in Kurri

Northern Times · Thursday 2 August 1917 · page 4

When the boundary between the Tarro and Cessnock Shires was delimited, it was arranged in such a manner that the Stanford Merthyr and…

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Northern Coal Beard. SEAHAM No. 2 PILLARS

Northern Times · Thursday 2 August 1917 · page 4

The Northern Coal Board, under the chairmanship of Mr. G. E. Flannery, sat again at Newcastle Courthouse this morning, when further…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 August 1917 · page 7

A meeting of the Lambton miners was he'd in Malbon's Hall on Tuesday. Mr. James Morgan occupied the chair. Included in the correspondence was a…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 August 1917 · page 7

A special meeting of the Wallsend miners was held at the school of arts on Wednesday evening. Mr. T. Richardson presided…

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Coal Loading Ceases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 August 1917 · page 5

About 40 men who have been engaged loading coal into trucks at Killingworth have had their services dispensed with. They were paid 11s a day, with tram fares…

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Federal Coal Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 August 1917 · page 5

The Federal Coal Board will sit in the southern district next week, and the following week will be given to matters in dispute in the northern district. The board…

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Bellbird Mining Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 August 1917 · page 6

The adjourned inquest concerning the death of Thomas Wilmott, who met his death as a result of injuries received at the Bellbird Colliery on July 25, was…

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Northern Coal Board. Seaham No. 2 Claims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 August 1917 · page 6

The sittings of the Northern Coal Board were resumed at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, under the presidency of Mr. G. E. Flannery…

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Burwood Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 2

Further consideration was given to the Burwood claims. The assessors were Messrs. F. Croudace and N. J. Clark, for the proprietors, and Messrs. G. Jones and…

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Ashtonfield Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 2

The claims with respect to rates and conditions to govern the Ashtonfield Colliery were considered in conference by the board in the evening…

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Alleged Theft. Colliery Boy Charged

Northern Times · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 4

Before Mr. F. G. Adrian. S.M., at Newcastle Police Court this morning, a youth of 16 years, Roy William Boyd, employed as a screen hand at…

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R[?]thbury Colliery. Still No Work

Northern Times · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 6

At a meeting of the Ro[?]thbury miners' lodge held at the beginning of this week, all the minutes of the delegate board, regarding the afternoon…

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Northern Coal Board. Neath Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 2

The sittings of the Northern Coal Board were continued at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, under the presidency of Mr. G. E. Flannery…

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Northern Coal Board. Pacific and Northern Extended Claims

Northern Times · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 6

The Northern Coal Board met again at Newcastle Court House this morning under the chairmanship of Mr. G. E. Flannery, Consideration was given…

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Neath Colliery Reference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 August 1917 · page 4

Reference was made to the stoppage at the Neath Colliery. Mr. M'Donald said that the dispute was one between the miners and the machine men at the…

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Lambton B Colliery Idle

Northern Times · Monday 6 August 1917 · page 5

Besides the collieries mentioned above, Lambton B mine is idle to-day, owing to the miners being uncertain as to the running of truins…

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Mines Idle

Northern Times · Monday 6 August 1917 · page 5

The miners at Dudley, Burwood and Burwood Extended collieries, the greater portion of whom live a distance from their work, turned up at…

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Miners and Peace. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 August 1917 · page 5

The South Wales Miners' Conference, by a vote of 112 to 43, has recommended the institution of a peace movement in belligerent countries, with a view to…

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