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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1918

1,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 56 of 65

Industrial Matters. Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 October 1918 · page 4

Fairly good time was worked at the various collieries of the Newcastle and South Maitland coal fields for the fortnight ended on Saturday last, but only…

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Germans Mine Roulers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 October 1918 · page 5

The Belgians emerged from the cellars in Roulers, ran to welcome the French troops entering the town, and embraced them. The Mayor rushed…

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Glebe Pit Miners Withdrawn

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 October 1918 · page 2

There were rumors abroad this morning concerning the withdrawal of the miners from the Glebe Pit. A collapse, a creep, and other disastrous…

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New Coal Device Mechanical Loading

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 October 1918 · page 1

Captain Kerr, of the Melbourne Harbor Trust, accompanied by almost all the inter-State shipping managers and an official of the naval coal staff…

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Glebe Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1918 · page 5

The management of the Glebe Colliery withdrew a portion of the men yesterday from a section of the mine where pillars had been removed, as one of the…

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Industrial Matters. New Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1918 · page 5

Now Greta Colliery, Greta, was thrown idle yesterday. One of the miners, who had been absent for some weeks, presented himself for work, but was not…

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Coal By-products Big New Industry Coming to Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 October 1918 · page 4

In the course of an interview in Sydney yesterday Mr. John T. Wynne, C.E., gave some interesting details of the proposal to establish in Newcastle…

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Abermain Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1918 · page 5

A conference was hold at the Abermain. No. 1 Colliery office on Monday, when representatives of the management of the two Abermain mines and of the…

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Glamorgan Colliery Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1918 · page 5

A dispute is in existence at the Glamorgan Coiliery, Wallsend, between the carters and the owners of the mine. In consequence of the trouble, the miners…

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New Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1918 · page 5

New Greta Colliery, Greta, resumed work yesterday, after a day's idleness, There appears to have been some misunderstanding respecting the…

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Cardiff Colliery Still Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1918 · page 5

The difficulty which has been in existence at the Cardiff Colliery, Belmont, has not yet been overcome. Efforts to arrive at a settlement wore made by the…

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Coledale Colliery Idle. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 October 1918 · page 5

Owing to a demand for payment to a miner working at a deficient place, the Coledale Colliery has been rendered idle. The matter was settled, but it is stated…

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Union Levies Echo of Strike Colliery Mechanics' Claim

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 October 1918 · page 5

Before Mr. Addison, Industrial Magistrate at Newcastle Courthouse to-day, Walter Waller, secretary of the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual…

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Industrial Matters. Abermain Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 October 1918 · page 4

A largely attended combined meeting of the Abermain No. 1 and No. 2 Miners' Lodge was held at Abermain Yesterday, to consider certain proposals from the…

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Weston. Heroic Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 October 1918 · page 6

At the conclusion of the inquest held at Weston yesterday into the death of George William Wilson, who was killed in the Hebburn Colliery on Saturday. Mr. S…

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Brown Coal Victorian Development

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 October 1918 · page 4

The Governor of Victoria (Sir Arthur Stanley) paid a visit to Morwell brown coal mine, accompanied by the Minister of Mines (Mr. Barnes), the…

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Colliery Mechanics' Case. Decision Reserved

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1918 · page 6

The hearing was resumed before Mr. G. C. Addison, Chief Industrial Ma[?]strate, at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, of the claim of the Colliery Mechanics'…

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A Coal-mining Battalion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 October 1918 · page 5

Dr. Richard Arthur writes:—The latest English papers make us realise the gravity of the coal shortage there. It is stated that it is far more serious than the food…

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Baths for Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 October 1918 · page 4

Mr. Holman, the Premier, has been in communication with the Department of Mines and the New South Wales Board of Trade with respect to the recent…

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Wickham Coal Coy. Half Year's Profits SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 October 1918 · page 5

Mr. Buchanan, chairman of directors, presided over the half-yearly meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Coy., Ltd, this afternoon…

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