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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1918

1,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 62 of 65

Mining Secretaries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 4

The Government should not hesitate to grant the inquiry which has been asked for by the Coal aid Shale Employees' Federation in connection with…

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Abermain Colliery Case Man With Abnormal Heart

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 5

The Maitland District Court Registrar this morning received the judgement of Judge Fitzbardinge in the District Court claim under the…

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Coal Federation. Council Meeting in Sydney. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 5

A special meeting of the council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Federation was held at the federation's offices, in Sydney, to-day. The business paper was…

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Miners and Tunnellers

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

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig has issued a special order in which he congratulates the mining and tunnelling units, and says they demonstrated their…

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The Miners' Federation. Sydney

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

The adjourned meeting of the council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Federation was resumed to-day, and the few remaining matters on the business…

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Industrial Matters. Coal Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 December 1918 · page 5

At the meeting of the council of the Coal end Shale Federation, held in Sydney affidavits were presented in connection with members of the organisation…

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New Mining Act. Chief Provisions. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 December 1918 · page 6

Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, the Minister for Mines, stated yesterday that the Mining Act Amendment Bill, which passed the Legislative Council on Friday, would…

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Burwood Extended Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1918 · page 4

A meeting of the Burwood Extended Miners' Lodge was held yesterday at Adamstown, to arrange for conveyance to the colliery in consequence of the…

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Dudley Miners' Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1918 · page 5

Dudley miners met at Adamstown yesterday afternoon and considered the stoppage of the miners' trains. The meeting was adjourned till 7 o'clock, when a large…

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Charge Against Mining Secretaries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1918 · page 7

Sir,—While fully appreciating your valuable sub-leader of 6th instant, under the heading of "Mining Secretaries," and having reference to questions tabled in…

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Richmond-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 December 1918 · page 6

Richmond-Main colliery was idle yesterday. Some of the wheelers complained that their horses had been worked through two shifts, and it had been proposed to…

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Miners' Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 December 1918 · page 6

A combined meeting of Dudley, Burwood, and Burwood Extended miners was held last night at Adamstown to further deal with the stoppage of the miners'…

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Miners' Phthisis. Board of Trade's Report. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 December 1918 · page 5

The Board of Trade's report upon miners' phthisis was laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly by Mr. Holman, the Premier, to-night…

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Bellbird Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 December 1918 · page 5

The question of victimisation at Bellbird was considered yesterday at a conference held at the colliery proprietors rooms, Newcastle, between Mr. C. M…

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Miners' Train Stoppage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 December 1918 · page 5

Dudley, Burwood, and Burwood Extended Collieries worked yesterday. The miners and off-handed men got to work as best they could. All classes of conveyance were…

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Floating Mines. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 December 1918 · page 5

Captain Dawson, the master of the steamer Perth, said that a floating mine was sighted off the New Zealand coast, within a tow miles of the position where…

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Abermain Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 December 1918 · page 4

The long-standing dispute at the Abermain No. 1 and No. 2 collieries will this afternoon form the subject of a conference at the office of the company in…

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Colliery Inspections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 December 1918 · page 3

Mr. J. Barnett and W. Hughes, chock inspectors, made an inspection of the West Wallsend colliery on December 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th, 1918, and report as…

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Abermain Colliery

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 December 1918 · page 4

It is understood that a basis of settlement has been arrived at in connection with the long-standing trouble at Abermain Col[?]ery…

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Electric Cables in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1918 · page 7

Electric-cable installations in collieries are extremely important, and this is not an attempt to deal with the subject in anything like its entirety, White both…

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