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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1882

350 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 18

TELEGRAMS. Inspector of Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 June 1882 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. John Dixon is gazetted Inspector of Collieries, vice Mr. Thomas Lewis, resigned. The appointment is to take effect from the fifteenth instant…

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The Borehole Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 June 1882 · page 4

AT a meeting of the Borehole Miners, held yesterday morning at Hamilton, the last communication from Mr. Gregson, relative to the fixing of a basis for arbitration was…

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Local News. Borehole Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 June 1882 · page 2

AN important meeting of the Borehole minors in connection with the steps taken towards a settlement of the present strike among the A.A. Co.'s men will be…

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Borehole Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1882 · page 2

THE Borehole miners held their usual meeting at Williams' Assembly Ground yesterday morning, Mr. James Duke presiding. The minutes of the previous meeting were…

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Warning to Coal Hewers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1882 · page 7

THE Newcastle-on-Tyne Chronicle of April 1st says:—"The dangers of mining were exemplified in a case recently heard at the Newcastle Police…

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The Miners and their Employers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1882 · page 7

THE Newcastle-on-Type Chronicle, of April 1, says:—The last Congress of miners, held at Birmingham, appointed twelve of their number as a…

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Correspondence What Do the Borehole Miners Want? (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1882 · page 5

SIR,—I am a shepherd and tend my master's flocks, bunt like your correspondent "Digger," I happened to come to town on business, and met with an old…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1882 · page 2

The above miners held a special meeting on the Cricket Ground on Tuesday evening, Mr. W. Kerr presiding. The business of the meeting was to consider the matter in…

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The Ferndale Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1882 · page 2

The above miners held a special general meeting on Tuesday evening, to consider the fourth clause in the arbitration basis to which Mr. Gregson objects, viz.: "that the…

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The Borehole Miners. a Settlement at Hand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1882 · page 2

WE are glad to inform our readers that the matter in dispute between Mr. Gregson, General Superintendent of the A.A. Company, and the Borehole miners, with…

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Borehole Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1882 · page 5

THE Borchole miners met at Hamilton yesterday morning ; Mr. James Duke Presiding. Lodge matters having been preliminarily disposed of, a meeting was…

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Wallsend Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 July 1882 · page 3

THE usual monthly meeting of the Wallsend miners was held on Friday evening; Mr. Gibson in the Chair. The minutes of the previous meetings—the 7th, 10th, 12th and…

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Fatal Colliery Explosion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 July 1882 · page 2

Reynold's Newspaper of April 30 says:—Early on Wednesday morning a serious colliery explosion occurred in Lord Lonsdale's colliery, at the north…

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Colliery Riots in North Wales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 July 1882 · page 2

Reynold's Newspaper, of April 30, says:—On Monday afternoon a mass meeting of about 5000 North Wales colliers was held on the racecourse at…

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Colliery Explosions. (Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, May 14.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1882 · page 2

ON Tuesday afternoon an explosion took place at the Crown Level Colliery, Treorky, Rhondda Valley. It had been closed, and was opened for exploration previous to…

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Lambton Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 July 1882 · page 3

AT the monthly meeting of the above, held in Stoker's Hall, on Wednesday evening, Mr. W. Kerr presided. The notice of motion from the Co-operative Miners—"That any…

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Miners' Delegate Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 July 1882 · page 3

MINUTES of a quarterly delegate meeting held at Lambton, on Thursday, July 6th, 1882. Lodges represented: — Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, Glebe, Back Creek,…

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Borehole Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 July 1882 · page 5

AN important meeting of the Borehole miners was held at Williams' Assembly Ground, Hamilton, yesterday morning, Mc. James Duke presided. The chief business…

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The Glebe Colliery Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 July 1882 · page 8

IT will be in public recollection that for some time past a dispute has been in existence between the colliers employed at the Newcastle Coal Company's Pit, Glebe, and…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 July 1882 · page 5

MR. C. B. RANCLAUD, District Coroner, and a jury of twelve, held an inquest at Fenwick's Hotel, Jesmond, yesterday, touching the death if Michael Hanley, who was…

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