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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1875

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Co-operative Miners

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 27 January 1875 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of this lodge was held on Saturday evening, at Lundy's hotel. There was a good attendance, Mr. Hurman in the chair.—The minutes of two meetings…

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Newcastle Wallsend Coal Co

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 27 January 1875 · page 3

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the above will be held at Sydney on Thursday next, when the report will be presented, which shows the balance to credit of profit and loss to be £17,962 6s. 3d.; the…

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(To the Editor of the Miners' Advocate.)

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 27 January 1875 · page 3

SIR,—In looking through the columns of your valuable newspaper of 16th January, I see a letter signed "George Lonsdale," in one part of which he says—" Mr. John Smith (a committee man) took…

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Civil War Declared by Wallsend and Brookstown v. PLATTSBURG. (To the Editor of the Miners' Advocate.)

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 27 January 1875 · page 3

SIR,—In strolling round our little township, on Thursday night, I accidentally dropped across a meeting of the Wallsend miners, and was not a little surprised to find that it had been convened…

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Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 28 January 1875 · page 3

Report of the Directors for the half-year [?] ended 31st December, 1874, to be [?] laid before the Shareholders, at the [?] meeting to-day (Thursday…

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Home Colliery News Important Mining Prosecution

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 30 January 1875 · page 5

AT Willenball, on Monday, before the Rev. G. H. Fisher and R. Mills, Esq., Thomas F. Fisher was charged on remand with that he, being the manager of a certain colliery, called…

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Greta Miners

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 30 January 1875 · page 3

A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Greta miners was held in the workshop adjoining the pit on Monday evening, January 25th, Mr. Berry in the chair. The minutes of…

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Waratah Miners

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 30 January 1875 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the Waratah lodge was held in the Rechabite's Hall, Lambton on Thursday evening January 28, 1875. Mr. T. Winterbottom in the chair. The…

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Lambton Miners

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 30 January 1875 · page 2

A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Lambton miners was held in Stoker's Hall on Thursday evening, Jan. 28, 1875, Mr. Tichard Mooney in the chair. The minutes of last…

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Lambton Miners

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 30 January 1875 · page 3

THE Lambton miners' committee held their usual monthly meeting in Stoker's committee rooms, on Wednesday evening, Jan 27th. Mr. R. Mooney occupied the chair. The…

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Reductions in Miners Wages

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 30 January 1875 · page 7

We have received by the Colliery Guardian a diagram showing the advances and reductions in miners wagen from 1871 to 1874. As it would be difficult to convey an intelligent description of the diagram in…

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The Lock-out of the Welsh Miners

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 30 January 1875 · page 2

IN our issue of Wednesday last a telegram appeared stating that it was the intention of the colliery masters to have a general lockout of the Welsh miners. Some weeks ago…

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Gold Robbery at the N Springs

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 30 January 1875 · page 5

A case of what is called "weed occurred at the Nine Mile Spring Jespite the general failure, a few continued to carry remunerative…

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Arbitration on the Deficient Work at Borehole and New Lambton Collieries

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 3 February 1875 · page 2

IT will be in the recollection of our readers that some two or three months ago great dissatisfaction existed among the miners in consequence of the deficient work they were…

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(To the Editor of the Miners' Advocate.)

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 3 February 1875 · page 3

SIR,—In your Wednesday's issue I see Mr. Stevens, member of the county, was at Wallsend on Saturday evening, for the purpose of fulfilling his promise of meeting the electors in a body to…

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(To the Editor of the Miners' Advocate.)

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 3 February 1875 · page 3

SIR,—I had intended not to write again, but now that another Daniel has came in judgment in the person of Mr. Don, I am obliged to trouble you [?] more. Now, Mr. Editor, I would like to know what…

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Telegraphic News. Immense Lock-out of Miners. London, January 30

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 3 February 1875 · page 3

In pursuance of the resolution arrived at by the colliery proprietors in South Wales, there will be a lock-out of 120,000 miners on Monday…

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Miners'

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 6 February 1875 · page 4

THE INTERVIEW OF CHARLES VAVASSLUR WITH MESSRS. SCRATCHET AND QUIBBLE…

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Lambton Colliery Wheelers

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 6 February 1875 · page 5

A MEETING of wheelers and other boys engaged on the Lambton Colliery, was held at the Lancashire Arms Hotel, on Monday evening. There was a good attendance,…

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The Late Colliery Dispute

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1875 · page 5

The following is a copy of the award given by the arbitrators in the late dispute between the Associated Colliery musters and the Coal Miners' Association of the H. R. District…

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