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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1918

1,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 65

Trades and Labour Council. Western Colliery Mechanics

Northern Times · Wednesday 20 February 1918 · page 5

The Newcastle Trades and Labour Council met at the Trades Hall last night. Mr. R. Marjoribanks (vicepresident) occupied the Chair…

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Industrial Matters. the Arbitration Bill. Adverse Mining Comment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1918 · page 5

The drastic nature of the penal clauses in the Amending Arbitration Bill is considered by the miners' executive to be a sufficient reason for its complete…

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Summonses Against Miners. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 5

Following upon the distress caused through victimisation, the Coal and Shale Federation decided to impose a levy upon members with the view of relieving…

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Newcastle Debaters. Nationalisation of Mines

Northern Times · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 5

Newcastle Literary and Debating Society discussed the nationalisation of coal mines at the weekly meeting last night, in the Chamber of…

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Desert Gold's Gal Lop

Northern Times · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—At Flemington this morning Desert Gold ran half a mile in 47 4.5 secs. A wager of £250 to £100 has been…

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South African Coal. Trade with Argentina

Northern Times · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 3

The Special Trade Commissioner appointed by the South African Union Government to inquire into trading opportunities with Argentina, who…

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Burwood Extended Mine. Compulsory Conference To-day

Northern Times · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 3

Messrs, J. M. Baddeley (president) and A. Lewis (treasurer) of the Colliery Employees' Federation are in Sydney to-day, for the purpose of…

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Heating Value of Coal. Influence of Storage

Northern Times · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 3

The United States Bureau of Mines has recently issued a report on the deterioration in the heating value of coal during storage, covering a…

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Coal Famine

Northern Times · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 3

The city of Baltimore (U.S.A.) was recently caught in the greatest coal famine of its history. Thirty of the largest industries, including…

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Coal Trimming Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 6

Sir.—I notice in your issue of Tuesday that a correspondent, signing himself "Henry Dean Hook," makes reference to the letter written by "One of Them," and…

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Molybdenite Mine. Bright Prospects Ahead

Northern Times · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 2

The Grafton "Daily Examiner" states that the property the Queen [?]gate Molybdenite Syndicate has been formed to develop was prospected and…

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China's Resources. Iron and Coal

Northern Times · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 3

A recent issue of the "Far Eastern Review" reprints an article which appeared in an English paper, by Mr. V. K. Ting, the director of the…

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Colliery Working. Burwood Extended Trouble. Justice Edmends to Inquire

Northern Times · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 4

A compulsory conference in reference to disputes that have arisen at the Burwood Extended coal mine was held yesterday in Sydney. The…

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Novel Coal Hoist

Northern Times · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 2

The George S. Baldwin Coal Company, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.A., has recently had erected an electric coal hoist incorporating some novel…

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Coal in Korea

Northern Times · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 2

The Acting-British Vice-Consul at Seoul, in some notes sent to London, deals with the State coal mines at Jido, in Korea. The mines were…

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Brown Coal. Victorian Price Raised

Northern Times · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 2

On every ton of brown coal sold from the Morwell deposits a loss to the Victorian Mines Department is said to have been incurred. This…

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Miners' Rescue Helmets. Their Use Condemned

Northern Times · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 5

Mr. James W. Paul, Chief of Coal Mining investigations of the United States Bureau of Mines, in a recent article pointed out that the helmet type…

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The Newcastle Mines. Returns of Working

Northern Times · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 3

The returns for the collieries in the northern district show that the full time that could have been worked in the fortnight ending to-day was 10…

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Colliery Working Strike in Western Australia Unions in Disagreement

Northern Times · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 3

Work has been suspended on all the Collie mines in Western Australia until Wednesday next. when the result of the Collic deputation to the…

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Burwood Extended. Judge To Inspect Mine. Inquiry at Court House

Northern Times · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 3

Messrs. J. M. Baddeley (president), and A. Lewis (treasurer) of the Colliery Employees Federation, returned to Newcastle last night from a visit…

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