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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1918

1,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 65

South Maitland Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 4

It was learned in Newcastle yesterday that a batch of Victorians, numbering 19, passed through to the South Maitland coalfields…

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Pelaw Main Miners. a Victorian Protest

Northern Times · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 4

The following motion was agreed to at a special meeting of the Powlett River branch (Victoria) of the Coal and Shale Employees Federation:—…

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Miners' Conference. Not Held To-day

Northern Times · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The compulsory conference concerning the working conditions of the miners which was arranged by the Department of…

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Miners' Big Union. Employers' Prohibition Order

Northern Times · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 4

As already briefly reported, the High Court in Melbourne has granted an order nisi, at the instance of the properties of various coal mines, for…

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The Mining Conference. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 4

Owing to the difficulty in getting together the employers' representatives, some of whom are detained by business in Melbourne, the compulsory mining…

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New Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 5

Mr. Justice Edmunds, accompanied by Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. A. Lewis, treasurer of the Colliery Employees' Federation, inspected the New Greta Colliery…

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Weighing Coal

Northern Times · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 5

The District Superintendent of Railways, in reply to a communication from Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, on the subject of short-weight…

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Rothbury Colliery Afternoon Shift Question

Northern Times · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 5

An important conference is being held this afternoon at the office of Mr. J. Reid, the shipping agent for Rothbury Colliery, on the question of the…

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Mine Explosions Emission of Gas

Northern Times · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 4

Immediately following an explosion of gas or dust in mine workings, there is formed a more or less vacuous condition of the air in the mine. While…

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Bulgarian Coal-Fields Great Mineral Wealth

Northern Times · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 6

Consul-General D. L. Murphy, of Soda, in a recent report on the coal mines of Bulgaria, Says:— "Bulgarian has great wealth in its…

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Miners' Big Union Proprietors' Intervention Mr. Lewis Wonders Why

Northern Times · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 5

"The recent application made to the High Court by the Broken Hill Mining companies and others for an order against registration, with regard to the…

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South Maitland Mines Delegate Board Discussion. Question of Aggregate Meeting

Northern Times · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 5

A well-attended meeting of the Minors' Delegate Board was held in the Trades Hall to-day, Mr. J. M. Baddeley presiding…

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V.R.C. Races C. M. Lloyd Stakes Cetigne or Desert Gold

Northern Times · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 5

A feature of the third day of the V.R.C. Autumn Meeting to be held to-morrow will be the race for the C. M. Lloyd Stakes, in which the…

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Rothbury Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 7

The question of the abolition of the afternoon shit at Rothbury Colliery, at the end of the present quarter, was the subject of a conference in Newcastle…

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New Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 7

In accordance with arrangements, Mr. Justice Edmunds, accompanied by Mr. Levis, the district treasurer of the federation, visited Now Greta Colliery with the…

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Spanish Coal

Northern Times · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 5

At a joint meeting of the shareholders of the Altos Hornos de Vizcaya and those of the [?]del Turon an agreement was reached for the…

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Colliery Working a Fortnights Returns

Northern Times · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 3

The returns of the number of days worked by the collieries in the northern district, made available by the various shipping and colliery agents,…

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Patriotic Miners. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 7

The Bristol miners have decided by ballot in favour of the Government's proposal to comb out 50,000 miners for the army…

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Coal and Shale Workers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 7

The opposition that has been shown to the application of the Coal and Shale Workers' Federation for an alteration of its constitution to embrace a wider field,…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 6

The convening of an aggregate meeting at Kurri Kurri on Monday to protest against the employment of alien labour on some of the mines was a…

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