Miners Meeting
The quarterly meeting of No. 3 Lodge of the Lambton branch of the Miners' Union, was held in Mr. Stoker's Hall on Tuesday evening, 30th instant. Mr. Wm. Dunn in the chair…
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Mining & the mines, 1874
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Agreement for 1874 Between the Associated Colliery Masters and the Officers and Delegates of the Coal Miners Association of the Hunter River District
WE have great pleasure in announcing that the Agreement with the Masters and Miners for 1874 has been signed, and a strike during the ensuing year, if both parties adhere to…
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On Tuesday evening last a meeting of the men employed in the Waratah Colliery was held at the Prince of Wales Hotel, for the purpose of deciding at what hour they should commence work daily…
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THE Conference of the Amalgamated Association of Miners at Bristol terminated on Wednesday, after disposing of some miscellaneous business…
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IF we take the area of Lincoln's Inn Fields measured close up to the houses, at eleven acres—about the dimensions of the base of the Great Pyramid—and could stack the coal…
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THE executive committee of the above Association held a private sitting at the offices in Manchester on Wednesday. Mr. Thomas Halliday the president occupying the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →(To the Editor of the "Miners Advocate.")
SIR,—[?] Lambton district news last week I noticed a paragraph respecting the road from Dark Creek to Wallsend. As I understand the tenders have not yet been accepted, perhaps a suggestion…
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SIR,—We did think the age of ghosts were passed, but it is clear from "Observers" letter in a late issue, that there are men who are utill troubled by them, and see them in everything. We do not like…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?] Intelligence. Wall[?] and Plattsburg. [?] of Wallsend Miners
[?] larg[?]ded meeting of No. 2 Lodge held in Assembly Rooms last night. Mr. [?] Wat[?] the chair. The principal [?] was [?]ction of officers, which took…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Amalgamated Association of Miners. Annual Conference in Bristol
THE annual conference of the Amalgamated Association Mines commenced on Tuesday, at the Athenseum, Corn-street, Bristol. The sitting was held in the lecture-hall, And there…
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An "Anti-Coal Ring Association" was formed at a conference of representative workmen, held at the Crown Inn, Clerkenwell-green, last September. Resolutions were then passed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local Intelligence. Wallsend and Plattsburg. Wallsend Gold Mining Co
The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at Mr. Johnson's Northumberland Hotel, on Friday last, Mr. John King occupied the chair. The Secretary (Mr. Robt House) presented…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal in Gipps Land
REGARDING the discovery of coal in Gipp's Land, the following telegram appears in the Australasian:—"A splendid block of coal from the Excelsior Mine, near Hazlewood, six…
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WE are sorry to have to announce another dispute at New Lambton. It appears that two miners named Platt and Fleming, who have been employed at the above colliery, took…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal and [?]On Trade of South Wales
DURING the past week the coal trade has been in the same unsatisfactory condition which has been characteristic of the l[?]st few months; in fact, any difference which might be recorded…
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LAST evening (Friday) a special meeting of No. 3 Lodge of Miners was held in Stoker's Hall, Lambton. The Hall was crowded, and Mr. Enoch Davis was chosen chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Special Agreement Between the Greta Company and Miners, for the Year 1874
WE have been favored with the following agreement by our Greta correspondent, which has been agreed to by the manager and men of that colliery, and now only awaits Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Explosion
Shortly before noon on November 2nd, an explosion of firedamp took place at the Mesnes or Barcbones Colliery, belonging to Messrs. W. mid J. Turners, and situated in the borough…
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Owing to the serious derangement of enterprise in the United States and on the continent, an unfavourable change has come over the prospects of the iron trade. Every…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →(To the Editor of the "Miners' Advocate.")
Mr. Editor,—You are possibly aware of the existence of a hospital, but I do not think you are aware that they have no rules. Two meetings of late have taken place, and after much controversy and…
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