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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1918

1,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 65

Firedamp in Gold Mines. Trouble in West Australia

Northern Times · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 3

Word has come recently, from a correspondent in Western Australia, regarding the alleged occurrence of firedamp in the or more of the good…

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Housing Coal Miners. Southern Experience. Abandonment of Old Scheme

Northern Times · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 5

The suggestion made by Mr. Downward (Victorian Minister for Mines) that the New South Wales Government should consider the employees…

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South Seaham Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 5

South Seaham Colliery is now working as usual. All the wheelers, with the exception of the one involved in the dispute have returned. The Colliery last two days…

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Maitland Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 5

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, the president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, visited Richmond-Main, Pelaw-Main, and Standford Merthyr yesterday, and…

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Coal Trimmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 5

At the meeting of the Newcastle Coal Trimmers, held at the Dyke yesterday, it was stated that about 150 members of the union had agreed to sign on. Some…

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Victorian Coal Contract. Government Hesitation

Northern Times · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 5

The Victorian Cabinet lias considered the proposed agreement proffered by the Now South Wales Government for the supply of coal to Victoria…

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Pulverised Coal. Brazilian Fuel Situation

Northern Times · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 4

As much as the railroads and industries in this country are suturing from the present fuel situation, the problem is insignificant when…

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Mining and the State

Northern Times · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 4

The negotiations between the Victorian Government, represented by Mr. Downward (Minister for Mines), and the New South Wales Cabinet…

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Protection by Mines In the English Channel

Northern Times · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday—Mr. Lloyd George announces that two now British mine fields for the protection of merchantmen against submarines…

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Stanford-merthyr Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president of the Northern Colliery Employees Federation, was in attendance at the Trades Hall yesterday after his visit to the…

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Lymington Colliery (To the Editor.)

Northern Times · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 5

Sir,—I beg to correct a statement made in your issue of the 8th ins., under the heading "Lymington Colliery—Wet Places Difficulty," wherein…

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Queensland Coal and Iron

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. D. A. Gledson, who represents Ipswich in the Queensland Parliament, arrived at Newcastle by the Brisbane express yesterday morning. Mr. Gledson is…

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Southern Miners' Troubles. Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 4

The district executive officers, according to an agreement, interviewed the manager of the Scarborough Tunnel Colliery last evening in connection with the…

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Industrial Matters. Victorian Coal Supply. Contract Not Agreed to Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 4

The Victorian Cabinet has decided that no contract be entered into with any parties for the supply of coal, that the control and equitable distribution of coal…

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Sydney Coal-lumpers

Northern Times · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 3

The Sydney Trades and Labour Council yesterday had reference to the present position of the members of the Sydney Coallupmers' Union…

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Victorian Brown Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. Downward, the Victorian Minister for Mines, has arranged to visit the Morwell mine to-day, in company with officials of the Mines Department, and from…

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Victoria Coal Contract

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 4

The somewhat unusual and remarkable contract proposed to be entered into between the New South Wales and Victorian Governments for the…

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Coramba Mining

Northern Times · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 5

In tho year gone by Coramba was one of the busiest mining centers on the coast, in the Clarence River district (says the Grafton "Daily…

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Industrial Matters. Victorian Coal Contract. N.S.W. Minister Surprised. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 4

The feeling among New South Wales Ministers to-day was one of astonishment when they found that the Victorian Government had rejected the coal contract,…

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Motor Fuel Supplies. Use of Coal Gas. Great Possibilities. (Written for the "Newcastle Morning Herald.")

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 4

The war has given an enormous impetus to the use of the internal combustion engine. In the early days the omnibuses and lorries which had been used in the…

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