Wallsend Miners
A SPECIAL MEETING of the Wallsend miners was held in the Assembly Rooms on Friday evening last. The attendance was large, and the chairman (Mr. David Mitchell) presided…
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Mining & the mines, 1875
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Borehole Miners
THE usual meeting of the was above was held on Saturday evening, at the Black Diamond Hotel. There was a good attendance. Mr Duke in the chair…
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At a meeting of the Wallsend miners, held last Friday evening, for the consideration of the working rules, an addition was moved to the clause providing for the proper conduct, of meetings, "That smoking be…
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SIR,—Will you allow me a small space in your journal to call attention to what I consider is not fair play. In the vicinity of Newcastle there is a gentleman who teaches music, and he has so many pupils that…
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SIR,—The following information may interest some of your readers:—From the 8th June to this date, fully six months, the exact rainfall registered here has been 12½ inches. The rainfall for the same period in 1873…
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SIR,—I notice a letter signed by a "Mr Gardiner" in last Saturday's Advocate, animadverting upon a statement made by Mr. Simmons, of Wallsend, to the effect that there were certain parties who did not treat the…
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SIR,—In justice to myself just allow me a short space to answer that literary luminary, Mr. Gardiner. He attacks me for not giving names; the next time I write down an evil I will send for Mr. Gardiner, and…
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A Council meeting was held last Monday evening at the Council Chambers. Present—Aldermen Harper (in the chair), Whiteman, Bell, McMicheal, Jones and Marriott…
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THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held in Stoker's Hall, on Wednesday night last,—Mr. James M'Williams in the chair.—The minutes of last meetings were…
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THE duty of electing a doctor for the Wallsend Colliery miners will again devolve on the medical committee next Monday,—and, no doubt, applications will be numerous as usual,…
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PLATTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOL.—The anna examination of scholars took place last Thursday afternoon. There were nearly 300 scholars [?]amined, and there were also a number of…
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The greatest quantity of coal drawn by any pit in the North of England is Ryhope Colliery, where 2000 tons are drawn in 10 hours. The coal is raised from two shafts each 265 fathoms deep, each cage carrying three…
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THE members of the above fund celebrated their anniversary by a banquet in Stokers' Hall, Lambton, on Saturday evening, the 11th inst. At the Waratah Colliery the day men…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Blasting. to Miners, Quarrymen, Well-sinkers, and Others
Blasting is a troublesome and often very dangerous operation. In some of the country papers, we continually meet with sad accounts of loss of life and also of mutilation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Saturday, December 18Th. Scottish Australian Mining Company (Limited), V. Garrett and Another
The rule nisi for an injunction to restrin the defendants, in this action, the Hon. Thomas Garrett, Minister for Lands, and Mr. Thomas Evans, District Surveyor. from cutting down the fences on the plaintiff company's…
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FROM the fact of the coal proprietors and the miners having been all but unanimous on the various clauses of the above bill, we fully expected that the measure would have met with…
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MINUTES of general monthly meeting, held at the Northumberland Hotel, on Tuesday evening, Dec. 14th. Mr. J. Ashburn in the chair.—There was a good attendance…
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A meeting of the miners and others employed at the Wallsend colliery, was held in Harris' Rooms, Wallsend, last evening (Tuesday), for the purpose of electing a medical officer for the colliery.—The attendance was…
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A SPECIAL MEETING of the above miners was held at Hardy's Hotel, on Thursday evening last,—Mr. John Rippon in the chair.—There was a very good attendance…
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As a great many are interested in knowing who are likely to be the future proprietors of his estate, we insert following, which is appearing as an advertisement in the Sydney Herald:—"Wentworth Coal…
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