The Australasia Coal Company
An extra-general meeting of this company was held on Wednesday evening, in the Temperance Hall, for the purpose of considering and deciding whether…
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Mining & the mines, 1879
392 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 20
Alarming Accident in a Mine
AN accident of rather an exciting nature occurred on Friday afternoon (the Stawell Chronicle reports) at the Great Southern Mine, Garden Gully. In the morning a new…
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MARTIN WIBERG and Joseph Pearce were again brought before the City Court yesterday, the first named charged with stealing 5000 sovereigns…
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THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners were held on Thursday evening last, in the Prince of Wales Hotel, Lambton, Mr. H. Grant in the chair…
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WE (Illowarra Mercury) are happy to be enabled to report that the matter of weighing the coal has been satisfactorily settled between the Mount Pleasant Coal Company and…
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A SPECIAL meeting of miners and others in the employ of the Bulli Coal Company (says the Illawara Mercury) took place on Thursday evening last, in Mr. C. Wilson's Assembly…
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TIE output of coal from the two Wollongong mines for the month of May was as follows: Mount Pleasant, 5807 tons; Mount Keira, 5000 tons. Total, 10,807…
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THE usual, monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the Glebe Assembly Rooms last evening; but, in consequence of the length of the Council meeting and…
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NEW South Wales has claimed to be in possession of the richest, mist accessible, and most extensive coal fields in the southern hemisphere, which must…
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ONE of the most important events in connection with the relations between Capital and Labour—and one likely to affect many manufacturing industries…
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SIR,—I notice in your issue of Friday last, a telegram to the effect that there are at the present time 100,000 of our fellow workmen on strike in the county of Durham, not for…
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THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the Assembly Rooms, Glebe, on Monday evening. There was only a fair attendance, and Mr. T. E. Jones…
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THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held at the Black Diamond Hotel, Blane-street, Newcastle, on Saturday evening last. There was a good attendance. Mr…
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THE quarterly meeting was held at the Black Diamond Hotel, Blane-street, Newcastle, on Saturday evening last. There was a good attendance. Mr. John Dunn in the chair…
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THERE is one peculiarity attached to the miners' strike at Durham, that is well deserving of attention. In most cases, the wives of those who are ens…
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THE matter of the appeal by the proprietors of the Ferndale Colliery against the rate and assessment imposed by the Wickham Council, which was postponed from 16th…
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THE masters terms were rejected by a majority of 21,278. The ballot votes in favour of accepting the coal-owners terms were 222; for continuing the…
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THIS company (says the Singleton Argus) has been very successfully carrying on operations at the mince, Rix's Creek, for the past six mouths. The increase of trade, and the…
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MARTIN Weiberg and Joseph Pearce (says the Argus) were brought up on remand at the Melbourne City Police Court on Friday, the former charged with the larceney of 5000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. the Durham Miners. (To the Editor of Herald and Advocate.)
DEAR SIR,—In taking up your paper from time to time, I see you have repeatedly called the attention of the miners to the strikes at present in the county of Durham. First you…
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