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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
2,346 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 118
Miners' wages were so good that the men were able to take care of their on holidays, Mr. J. E. Gassidy, K.C., who appeared for the coalowners, argued…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Shots were fired by wheelers and the managers only fired shots when an inspector was present. This was the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Evidence that he had heard miners say they would rather fight fires in collieries without Proto apparatus, was given by a witness before the Health and Safety in Mines Commission at West Maitland Courthouse to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Parties represented at the Royal Commission on Health and Safety in Coalmines, sitting at West Maitland. Mr. Justice Davidson (centre), and Commissioners Mr. S. McKensey (left) and F. Lowden (right) are in the foreground…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stockton Borehole colliery was again idle yesterday. The stoppage was the result of a dispute concerning deputies allegedly doing work that was ordinarily that of the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Gold Rod was the most discussed Doncaster Handicap horse to-day, and in some quarters is threatening St. Constant's popularity…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Disagreement with the method adopted to quell the fire which broke out in Waratah Colliery on November 16,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fall of coal at Aberdare Colliery on March 20 fatally in lured William Evans, a miner of Mayfield-street, Cessnock. The accident was described…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Outbreak of fire at Waratah colliery last November was considered before the Royal Commission on Health and Safety in Mines at West Maitland yesterday. A Miners' Federation witness said he doubted the value…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Gold Rod is almost on terms with St. Constant in wagering on the Doncaster Handicap. The demand for the chestnut was particularly keen to-day, and he is…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →It would be neither practical nor economic, to reduce the working hours of coalminers below their present standard of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day, when Judge Drake-Brockman resumed the hearing of the miners' log of claims, Mr. J. E. Cassidy K.C., on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fog prevented many gallops at Randwick this morning being timed. It war impossible to see across the tracks until after 7 o'clock. Many trainers waited…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Northern Miners' officials said to-day that the management of Dudley mine would notify the lodge when the men could take their tools from the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tenders for 451,000 tons of coal costing £269,260 and involving freight to the Railway Department of £201,753, will…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The ballot for the election of representatives of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation to the Easter conference of the Heffron Labour party closed…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Through the installation of standard elevator controls and pushbutton stations at the top and bottom landings passengers now are able to operate the man hoist at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The action of the management of Waratah colliery in attempting to fill out a fire in the old workings of the colliery last November…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Interstate and oversea transfers of Newcastle coal totalled 42,415 tons this week compared with 65,688 for the previous week…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Assisted by his wife, a young prospector has made a valuable gold find near Riverina, 30 miles north-west of Kalgoorlie, in wild country…
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