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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1879

392 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 20

The Wallsend Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1879 · page 3

THE half yearly meeting of shareholders was held at noon on Thursday, at the Exchange, Mr. M. Metcalfe presiding, when the following report was read and…

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Correspondence. the Lambton Management—the Vend and Their Miners. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1879 · page 2

SIR,—Having been a coal miner for a number of years in the district, I trust that this will be sufficient excuse for troubling you with the following crude ideas on the present…

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Lambton Miners'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 8

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held in Stoker's Hall, on Wednesday evening last. There was a very large attendance, Mr. Wm…

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Newcastle Coal Sales Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 4

WE understand that the directors of the Newcastle Coal Mining Company, at their meeting held on Thursday last, in Newcastle, decided to join the above Association, therefore they…

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Grievances at the Lambton Colliery. Monster Meeting of the Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1879 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the Lambton miners, was held on Monday evening last, for the purpose of hearing and considering the managers answer to the…

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Barrington Gold-fields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1879 · page 2

SOME very good news was sent yesterday to shareholders in some of the reefs on these goldfields. A share in the No. 2 Hidden Treasure reef was offered for sale in town yesterday…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1879 · page 5

An adjourned meeting of the Lambton miners was held on Thursday evening last, in Stoker's Hall, for the purpose of receiving Mr. Croudace's answer to…

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Starved Out Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1879 · page 3

ON the arrival of the Egmont considerable excitement was (says the Townsville Herald) occasioned by the fact that a crowd of miners, to the number of sixty…

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Wallsend Coal-trucks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1879 · page 5

BY the s.s. Tasmania twenty-five new coal-waggons have been brought over here from Sydney, transhipped from the ship Yarra Yarra, from London, for the use of the…

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The Bay of Islands Coal Company, New Zealand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1879 · page 2

BY the yearly report of the above company ending December 31st, 1878, we see that the affairs of the company are in a very progressive state. The total quantity of coal…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1879 · page 3

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Friday last, at Harris's Assembly Rooms, Mr. J. Gibson in the chair…

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Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1879 · page 3

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the hall on Friday evening last, Mr. D. Gardner in the chair…

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Breach of the Coal Mines Regulation Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 February 1879 · page 2

WE have received telegraphic intelligence from the Vale of Clwydd Colliery, to the effect that the manager of that mine, Mr. Wilson, was summoned by the Examiner of Coal…

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Tenders for Government Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 February 1879 · page 2

IN the Assembly on Tuesday night, Mr. Lackey, in reply to Mr. Cameron, said the following tenders were received for coal for the Southern and Western lines, viz.,…

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Mr. Morehead's Late Circulars to the Lambton Miners, on the Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1879 · page 1

IN some of our late issues, we reviewed these Circulars from several stand-points, among others, Mr. Morehead's probable reasons for addressing the…

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Miners' Grievances at Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1879 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Lambton miners was held in Stoker's Hall on Wednesday evening last, for the purpose of receiving Mr. Crouduce's answer to the Miners'…

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Scottish Australiaan Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1879 · page 2

THE Half-yearly Meeting of the Shareholders of the above company was held in December, 1877, at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon street. Mr. Adolphus…

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The Miners' Strike at the Vale of Clwydd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1879 · page 2

HE Secretary of the Miners' Protective Association, Vale of Clwydd, has, in a very lucid and straight forward manner, laid the grievances of its members before…

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The Scottish Australian Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1879 · page 2

THE half-yearly meeting of this company was held on October 30th 1878 Mr. A. W. Young, M. P., in the chair. The sales of coal during the half-year showed an…

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The Scottish Australian Mining Company—Limited

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1879 · page 1

REPORT by the Directors of The Scottish Australian Mining Company Limited, to the Shareholders at the Half-yearly General Meeting of the…

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