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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1885

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Correspondence. a Coal Mines Labourers' Union. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 11

SIR,—We have arrived at a period of the world's history when trades unions are acknowledged by all nations to be beneficial and essential to the…

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CORRESPONDENCE. The Selling Price of Coal. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 3

SIR,—If it is matter of great importance to all the miners of this district that the selling price of coal should be maintained, how much more…

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Miners' Delegate Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 September 1885 · page 2

MINUTES of a conference delegate meeting held at Newcastle on Saturday, September 12th. Lodges represented; Bore-hole, Wallsend, Lambton, Co-operative…

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The Mount Kembla Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 September 1885 · page 5

The Mount Kembla dispute was settled to-day in accordance with the following scale of prices:— From 6 feet to 5 feet 3 inches, 2s, 9d.; 5 feet 3 inches to 5…

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Coal in the Otway Forest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 September 1885 · page 5

THE Warrnambool correspondent of the Argus states that Messrs. Scown and Murton have returned from an inspection of the Warrnambool Coal-mining Company's…

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Associated Coal Trimmers' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 September 1885 · page 2

A general meeting of the above body was held at the All Nations Hotel, Bullock, Island, on Monday evening last. CORRESPONDENCE…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 September 1885 · page 4

THE above miners held a meeting on Wednesday evening in Stoker's Hall. There was a large attendance; Mr. H. Agnew in the chair. The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed…

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Colliery Strike Settled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1885 · page 5

The extensive colliery strike at Elswick, Northumberland, has been settled, and work resumed…

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West Wallsend Coal Company, Limited

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1885 · page 4

A general meeting of the West Wallsend Coal Company, Limited, was held at the Great Northern Hotel, Newcastle on Thursday, 17th inst., when the report of the interim directors was received and…

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Mass Meeting of Miners at Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1885 · page 2

A Mass meeting of the miners of the Northern district will be held at the Lambton Reserve this morning. The business for consideration is the important…

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Aggregate Meeting of Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 September 1885 · page 2

ONE Of the most important miners' general meetings that has taken place for some time in this district occurred on Saturday, in the Lambton Recreation Reserve. The…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Friday. The Silverton Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 September 1885 · page 3

Mr.Pilcher, manager of the Town and Country Bank, has Just returned from a trip to Silverton, having visited the leading mines, He was present at, the Day Dream when the first ingots were turned…

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Western Australia. Perth, Friday. Discovery of Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 September 1885 · page 3

Further news from Kimberley states that two prospecting parties under Hall and Slattery who have discovered gold at Kimberley, will come to Perth by the O[?]way, s. to obtain concessions from…

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Riotous Proceedings at a Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1885 · page 3

Riotous proceedings took place at Ilkeston on August 5, in connection with the colliers' strike. It having become known that some men had resumed work in one of the pits at…

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Miners' Delegate Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1885 · page 4

MINUTES of delegate meeting held after aggregate meeting, on Saturday, 19th September, 1885. Lodges represented:—Borehole Wallsend, Lambton, Co-operative, New…

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The History of a Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1885 · page 7

THE winding-up of a company that has made itself historic—the Magdala Company—was effected on the 15th instant (writes the Ballarat Star.)…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1885 · page 2

THE above miners held a meeting in Stoker's Hall on Wednesday evening last. There was a large attendance; Mr. H. Agnew in the chair. The minutes of last…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Saturday. Gold at Kangaroo Island

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 September 1885 · page 3

Warden Hacks, who has returned from Kangaroo Island, is moderately impressed with the gold prospects there…

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Gold Quartz

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1885 · page 5

A discovery of gold-bearing quartz has been made by a diver in Mourilyan Harbour, Townsville…

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Silver and Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1885 · page 5

There have been large finds of silver and gold in Wiseman's Creek, 16 miles from Bathurst. There is a rush for claims…

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