New Lambton Miners
AN adjourned meeting of the Now Lambton Miners Committee was held at Hardy's Hotel on Thursday evening last for the purpose of investigating the discharge of Frank O'Brian…
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Mining & the mines, 1875
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New Lambton Miners
THE usual monthly meeting of the New Lambton miners was held at Hardy's Hotel, on Tuesday evening, July 13th, 1875.—Mr. J. Rippon in the chair…
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THE Herald of Thursday contains the following:— "From official sources we learn that the output of coal at the various mines in this colony,…
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What is known in mining parlance as a creep occurred at this colliery yesterday in No. 3 heading, which has thrown about twenty men out of work…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →(To the Editor of the Miners' Advocate.)
SIR,—In the last issue of your journal there appears a paragraph under the heading of "Want of Cash," in which it is stated that a Post Office Order presented at this office could not be paid for want of funds; that £2…
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SIR,—It is much to be desired that some independent member of Parliament would take in hand to set forth one element which is absent from all private Railway Acts, and which yet as it appears to me, ought to be an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Report of the Examiner of Coal Fields
WE have received a copy of Mr. Mackenzie's report for the year ending 1874, in which the yield of coal from each colliery is given. The report is comprehensive, without the fault of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Colliery Townships. Wallsend. Half-yearly Meeting of the School of Arts
The ninth half-yearly meeting was held on Wednesday evening, at the School of Arts. The hall was well filled, and at eight o'clock the president, J. Y. Neilson, Esq., took the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Winding Creek. (To the Editor of the Miners' Advocate.)
SIR,—In your issue of Saturday last there appears a paragraph concerning the stoppage of the Australasia Coal Company works at this place. Being fully acquainted with the particulars of the case, I may…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Harper and the Main Road. (To the Editor of the Miners' Advocate.)
SIR,—I see by to-day's paper that Mr. Harper has again favoured the public with a specimen of his " profound argument." I am glad to see that he has adhered to his maxim,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Colliery Townships. Waratah. Grand Orange Demonstration
On Saturday morning, about two thousand people assembled in Mr. Sparkes' paddock, two miles from Waratah, to celebrate the anniversary of what was considered a prominent day…
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Agincourt and Dartmouth Castle, ships, loading Wallsend Cape Sable, ship, loading New Lambton Maggie Scott, ship, finished loading New Wallsend; Fanny Fisher, barque, commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →(To the Editor of the Miners' Advocate.)
SIR,—I have seen by a recent issue of the S. M. Herald that most extraordinary case—Smeltzer v. the Hunter River District I.O O. F.M.U.—has a length found its way into the highest judicial court in the…
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BAND OF HOPE.—A large number of adults and children met last Monday night, at the Primitive Methodist Church, for the purpose of giving recitations, songs, &c., &c. The Rev. Mr…
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A SERIOUS ACCIDENT occurred at the Lambton colliery on Thursday last, whereby a miner named Robert Taylor was very much injured and other three persons had a very narrow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Colliery Townships. Wallsend. Town Council
[?] meeting of the Council was held on Thurs[?] evening last, at the Council Chambers. [?]est: The Mayor, Aldermen Abel, Currey, [?]ton, Barns, Laing, and Birrell…
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We understand there are from 20 to 30 men out of places at this colliery, and are now going about idle in consequence. Great dissatisfaction exists amongst the men at this state of things, as it appears Mr. Fletcher…
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By the Gazette we notice that the Government offer a reward for the discovery of a payable gold field in New South Wales in the following terms:—For the discovery of a new gold field distant not less than four miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →(To the Editor of the Miners' Advocate.)
SIR,—I noticed in your Saturday's issue that your correspondent at Greta and Anvil Creek should say that there was only one poor solitary butcher to supply 1200 beef-eaters, and he can only get a glimpse of him…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bye Road, Via New Lambton and W. T Dent. (To the Editor of the Miners' Advocate.)
SIR,—It matters not what I do or what I write, I cannot please him, nor yet make him understand the difference between personal abuse and fair and open criticism. If I write…
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