Meeting Wallsend Miners
A general meeting of the Wallsend miners' took place in Harris Assembly Room last evening, but we are obliged to hold over a full report to our next issue…
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Mining & the mines, 1874
602 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 31
The Waratah Coal Company
The report of the directors of the Waratah Coal Company, to the twenty-first half-yearly general meeting of shareholders, was brought up on Monday, Mr. C. Smith in the chair. It ran as follows:—…
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A FULL meeting of the employees of the Greta company was held in the carpenters' shed adjoining the Greta pit on Monday evening, the 27th instant, to take into consideration whether it was advisable…
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SIR,—It appears by the Parliamentary proceedings published through the press that the Government are getting on very slowly with their Electoral Bill, and that that obnoxious £50 cause and those…
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DEAR SIR,—I was much surprised to hear that the English Church day school is about to be closed This, I think, is a great mistake, and also unjust to that Church, who no doubt, contributed to have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Building Society for Wallsend. (To the Editor of the Miners' Advocate.)
DEAR SIR,—I see by your advertisements that Mr. T. Alnwick has called a public meeting to form a Building Society, and that "A Subscriber" rejoices at the fact. If a Building Society is such a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →(To the Returning-officer for Wallsend Borough per favour the Miners' Advocate.)
SIR,—I insert this letter because I consider myself to have been unfairly dealt with at the election of aldermen for this borough, by being denied the right to vote, both you and the scrutineers affirming that…
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ON Friday evening last the monthly meeting of the Wallsend miners took place in the Assembly Rooms.—There was a large attendance. Mr. T. Aluwick occupied the chair.—…
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The export of coal from Newcastle for the week ending Friday, 1st inst., amounted to 16, 034 tons.—2874 tons of which were shipped to Sydney, 2316 to Melbourne, 600 to Geelong, 1282 to Adelaide, 213 to…
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AN interesting report (says the Colliery Guardian, of Feb. 6, upon, this subject has been addressed to the French Commission of Enquiry with regard to coal by M. Am…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →(To the Editor of the Miners' Advocate.)
SIR,—I feel it incumbent upon me, or as Carlyle would say, "An unwonted desire has arisen within me" to address, through you, the inhabitants of this district upon the very important question of the…
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DEAR SIR,—Can you or any of your numerous readers inform me what we are to understand by that part of the Coal Fields Bill which says "the lessees shall expend at the rate of five pounds per…
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SIR,—Will some of your numerous readers more conversant in Municipal law than myself, oblige me with a reply to the following:—A., B., and C. are aldermen of a certain municipal district. Also,…
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SIR,—For my own part, and also on behalf of the thousand old miners of the district, I beg to offer sincere thanks to the friendly masters for the blessings they have conferred upon us. Thinking of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Mining in China
ONE of our consuls in China, Mr. Baber, has collected some information with regard to coal mining and the coal trade of that country with particular reference to the mines in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Meeting
The usual fortnightly committee meeting of the Waratah miners was held at Mr. David Jenkins' Prince of Wales Hotel, on Wednesday evening last. Present: Thomas…
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SIR,—Will you allow me to express my regret for inadvertently wounding Mr. Williams' feelings by depriving him of his vote. How his name came to be overlooked, I cannot say, but I beg to assure him…
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SIR,—In your last two issues you have referred, in your usual and very forcible manner, to the way in which the Government propose to cut up this electorate, and calling on the miners to arouse from…
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SIR,—According to advertisement which appeared in the local papers, also seeing and hearing a boy going round the town and suburbs, calling a meeting of be held in the Rechabite Hall, where…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend Municipal Council. (To the Editor of the Miners' Advocate)
SIR,—It is to be regretted that the proceedings of the first formal business meeting of the Wallsend Municipal Council should have been disfigured by such irregularities as those which characterised…
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