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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1879

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The Scottish Australian Mining Company—Limited

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

THE N. Chronicle, Jan. 25. 1873, says:—The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held on the 8th December 1872, at the London…

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Miners' Grievances at Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 4

A SPECIAL meeting of the Lambton miners was held in Stoker's Hall, on Friday evening (last night) for the purpose of considering the following letter from the manager. There…

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The Barrington Gold-fields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 February 1879 · page 2

ON Saturday morning we were favoured with an inspection of some splendid specimens of quartz, obtained by Mr. James Robertson's prospecting party, from a place which is at…

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Government Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 February 1879 · page 2

MR. LACKEY, in reply to Mr. Hurley, of Hartley, on Thursday, said tenders had been accepted for supplies of coal from collieries in Lithgow Valley. The coal was to be from…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1879 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the above was held on Monday evening. The vend question was postponed for final settlement till Wednesday, March 6th. The report did not reach…

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Special Meeting of Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1879 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the Lambton miners was held in Stoker's Hall on Monday evening last, for the further consideration of grievances existing at the colliery. Mr…

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Heavy Pitfall at the Wallsend Colliery. One Body Missing. Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1879 · page 2

AT about seven o'clock this morning the news ran like wildfire through the town that a heavy fall had taken place in that part of the pit known as the "back of the pump."…

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The Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1879 · page 8

WE have been handed the following extract from a letter, dated London, 80th December, 1878, to one of our leading firms. The writer is the…

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The Australasian Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 March 1879 · page 2

IN Melbourne, at a meeting of the Australasian Coal Mining Company last Friday night, the directors recommended mortgages on the property. The great bulk of the share…

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The Examiner of Coal-fields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 March 1879 · page 2

THE Examiner of Coal-fields (J. Mackenzie, Esq.), visited this district in the latter part of last week (says the Illawarra Mercury, of the 28th ult.), to ascertain particulars concerning…

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Lambton Miners

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

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Wednesday evening last, in the Druids' Hall. There was a very large attendance; Mr. William Thornton in the…

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The Australasia Coal Company

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

THE ordinary half-yearly meeting of this company was held in the Temperance-hall, last night. About 120 shareholders were present. Mr. Francis, M.L.A., presided…

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Dreadful Colliery Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1879 · page 3

Another of these terrible mining disasters which have of late years given such unhappy notoriety to the Rhondda Valley district occurred late…

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Mass Meeting of Miners

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

WE notice by advertisement that a monster meeting of all the miners in the Hunter River District is to be held on Thursdays next, in the Crystal Palace Gardens, Waratah…

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The Lambton Miners' Decision on the Vend

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

A LENGTHY letter on the above question appears on our eighth page…

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Correspondence. the Lambton Miners' Decision on the Vend. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

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

SIR,—In your issue of Thursday last, I notice a report of the Lambton miners' meeting held on Wednesday evening, at which I was present, and at which the Vend…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Output of Coal at Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1879 · page 2

THE Illawarra Mercury says that the output of coal by the two Wollongong mines during the past month was as follows:—Mount Pleasant, 2690 tons; Mouut Keira, 300…

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Serious Accident at Lambton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1879 · page 2

AN accident happened in the Lambton Colliery on Monday morning, whereby two men named John Weary and Joseph Tranter sustained very serious…

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Mr. Gardner and the Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1879 · page 3

SIR,—As the mover of the amendment on the vend question, at the meeting of the Lambton miners, held on Wednesday last, I crave a small space in your paper…

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Australasian Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1879 · page 2

ON Friday evening last, says the Age, a meeting of the shareholders of the Australasian Coal Company was held at the Athenæam Hall, Mr. Staff, the convener, occupying…

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