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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
2,096 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 50 of 105
Since the new year seventy million working days have been lost, owing to labour disputes. For the first time in the history of industry in Britain not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inspector Hindmarsh, in the course of his annual report on the collieries in the South Coast district, says:—"The ventilation of the various collieries in my…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The last of the coal stacked near the Sulphide Works at Cockle Creek has been lifted during the week, and shipped to New Zealand. The contents of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reporting on the condition of the collieries in the northern district which come under his official notice, Senior-inspector Tennant states that the emission…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Brighton Conference carried a resolution that all possible support be accorded the miners. Speeches showed a desire to give financial help…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sir,—In your issue of 17th instant appears a report under the heading "Mining Explosives—Question of Duties," the contents of which are…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A deputation representing the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation and the coal mine owner waited on Mr. Greene, the Minister for Customs,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On March 30th, the notices served by the colliery companies terminating all individual contracts expired, and on April 1st all the pits throughout the United…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mr. Connell, M.P., has received the following from Mr. W. H. Cambage, Under-Secretary for Mines:— "In reply to your representations in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Connell. M.L.A, has been informed by the Mines Department that in cases where minerals in private lands are not reserved to the Crown in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The man who made the statement which acted as a wedge to over throw the General Strike last week was Frank Hodges, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The benefits that may be derived from coal-washers is illustrated by the following instance cited by the United States Bureau of Mines. A coal-mining company…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The coal miners and the owners have agreed to moot on Monday. Owing to complete failure to secure support for a general strike, or anything…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →With the realisation of a project to bring coal through a pipe from the anthracite regions of Pennsylvania to New York, the metropolis will have to fear…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The spontaneous combustion of coal lies at the bottom of the subject of storage. Every engineer is familiar with the phenomena of self-heating coal. For all that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A conference took place in Newcastle on Friday between Mr. N. J. Clark, superintendent of the Caledonian Collieries, and representatives of the South Aberdare…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Lambton Municipal Council recently directed the attention of the Mines Department to damage to streets caused by coal mining within…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anxiety is growing among the miners of the northern district relative to the [?]hood of an increase in the [?] on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The recent intimation that most of the big trade unions had declined the miners' invitation to strike on the wages question is confirmed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. E. P. Gain, secretary to the New South Wales Colliery Engine-drivers and Firmen's Association, stated yesterday that a resolution had been carried to the…
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