Collections for Distressed Miners
WE are requested to mention that the following is a correct list of the authorised collectors appointed to canvass the city and suburbs for subscriptions in aid of the…
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Mining & the mines, 1880
573 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 29
Affairs at the Mines
MATTERS at the several mining localities still continue quiet. It is understood, from official sources, that the tone of the miners has been such, during the past…
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FOR some little time (says the Maitland Mercury) it has been reported that gold was being obtained by a prospecting party in the vicinity of Scone. Two prospectors…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal-miners' Wages. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—A few days ago I noticed in your journal a letter which had previously appeared in the Evening News. The letter in question put the matter in…
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YNSTERDAY afternoon a delegate meeting was held at Waratah to consider the present position of affairs. The minutes of the proceedings have not reached us,…
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MR. CURLEY, the miners' treasurer, accompanied by Mr. Thomas White, interviewed all the brewery establishments to-day, and were well received by the…
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AN engine and van arrived at the New Tunnel this morning with a contingent of about 30 men. The reason of their coming was soon ascertained from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence Mining Affairs at Greta. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate)
SIR,—At present Greta is having her full share of troubles; and if there be any truth in what we hear, there seems to be some doubt who is to blame. The miners say,…
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THE usual meeting of the above miners was held yesterday morning, Mr. James Duke in the chair. The chief business consisted of the…
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OUR Wallsend correspondent states that, yesterday eighteen men again arrived by train at the new tunnel, and instead of going to work, fell in with the miners who…
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WE learn that a public meeting had been in contemplation for yesterday (Thursday) evening, at the Black Diamond Hotel, at which matters of interest would be…
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THE Illawarra Mercury of 21st inst., states that the briskness of the coal trade continues unabated. For three weeks there has not been an idle day…
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AT the anti-Chinese meeting, on Wednesday, Mr. Curley, in supporting the first resolution, said that the importation of an alien element, such as the Chinese, must…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Miners' Wages. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—In your issue of Thursday you have a reprint from the S. M. Herald of a letter signed "Director." Judging from the title of the letter in question…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Correspondence [Advertisement.] the Coal Miners' Wages. [To the Editor of the S. M. Herald]
SIR,—In your issue of to-day a letter appears signed "A Director," and in dealing with the subject in dispute the writer may appear to have made a very fair case out, but this view…
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FURTHER excitement spread itself in Newcastle yesterday, in consequence of a rumour that the Wallsend and Plattsburg miners had arranged to roll up en masse…
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Mr. John Dixon (Miners' General Secretary) informs us that he has received from Mr. D. Morison, secretary Eight Hour Conference Iron Trades, Sydney,…
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It will cause not a little surprise in some quarters to learn that the non-strikers at present working at the Borehole Pit, are not only filling small coal, as…
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At a meeting of the Trades and Labour Council last evening, Mr. Curley, representative of the Newcastle miners, said his mission to Sydney was for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Selling Price of Coal. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—The old saying is, that a man's opinion is, generally worth something, should it be ever so poor. First, then, I would suggest that the working…
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