Miners' Meeting. Co-operative Miners
THE regular monthly meeting of the Co-operative Colliery Miners was held at Lorey's Hotel, Plattsburg, on Saturday evening last. Mr. R. Ingram in the chair…
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Mining & the mines, 1878
317 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 16
Miners' Meeting. Wallsend Lodge
THE meeting, adjourned from Saturday evening last, was resumed on Wednesday evening, for the consideration of the circular upon the standard weight question…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Vagabond" and the Anvil Creek Colliery Strike. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR—If "Vagabond" would confine himself to descriptions of his travels, adventures, and charities—of of his bestowing a sixpence on a Sydney. Arab, or dropping a coin in a collier's hat, he…
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ABOUT 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon an accident occurred at the New Lambton coal train, by which a temporary obstruction to the general traffic was occasioned. It appears that the train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Greta Miners
ON the 15th inst., a letter appeared in the Excusing News, signed by E. S. Chester and Co., agents for the Greta Coal Company, respecting a difficulty the writers alleged the company…
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THE Tribune, Hobart Town of March 9th says that a number of gentlemen interested in the developement of a new coal mine—the property of Messrs. H. Williams, J. Pike, J. Watchorn,…
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THE miners of Northumberland have just taken a decision which must be applauded by many who in ordinary circumstances have little sympathy…
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IN order to gain some definite and reliable information respecting the genuineness of Mr. Watkins' offer to employ 500 miners from the Newcastle district on his railway…
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A REPORT of the meeting of the Borehole Miners' held on Saturday last, is unavoidably held over; also, several matters of local interest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wallsend Miners and the Standard Weight. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—Some time ago letter appeared in the "Pilot" singed "Wallsend Miners," advocating certain alterations in the felling price of coal. The Wallsend miners,…
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[?] usual monthly meeting of the above miners held in the Black Diamond Hotel, Blane[?]et, Newcastle, on Saturday evening last; Samuel Selby in the chair…
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THE quarterly meeting of the above society was held in the Black Diamond Hotel, Blane-street, Newcastle, on Saturday evening. Mr. Jabez Canavan in the chair…
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MR. JOHN DIXON, Miners' Secretary, has written to the Echo in answer to a letter published in that journal from the secretary of the Anvil Creek Coal-mining Company, concerning the present…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TELEGRAMS. The Forthcoming Exhibition. Garrotting on [?]yde Park. Price of Coal Supplied to Government from Ferndale Colliery. Stockton and Raymond Terrace Road. The Volunteer Question. Singleton Refreshment Room. Electoral Bill. SYDNEY. Reed. Wednesday, 3 30. p.m
THE number of electors in the colony is 170,317, giving 1738 votes to each member in the proposed new Electoral Bill. At the Metropolitan Quarter Sessions,…
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THE usual meeting of the above miners was held at the Druids' Hall, Lambton, on Wednesday evening, the 3rd inst.; Mr. E. N. Brown in the chair…
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A CORRESPONDENT of the Westport Times states that the New Sunderland Coal Company have laid bare one seam of hard, bright coal 7ft. in thickness, at an elevation of 400ft. above the level…
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A CORRESPONDENT of the Dunedin Herald, writing from Palmerston, says: "It may not be generally known that one of the best—if not the best—coal mine in the province is on fire. I…
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A DISCOVERY of coal has been made about twenty miles up the Hokitiki river, between Bald Hill and the south side of the river, at the foot of a range. Messrs. Grimmond, Zala, and party, of…
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THE Clutha Leader states that the shaft at Shore's Coal Pit, Kiatanga, is now down about 210ft., and has passed through no fewer than fourteen coal seams, varying in thickness from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Meetings. Wallsend Miners
THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners, was held at Harris' Assembly Rooms, on Friday evening last. The chairman opened the meeting by…
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