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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1886

786 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 40

The Wollongong Mining Disputes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 August 1886 · page 4

ALL lovers of freedom of opinion and of true manhood will have read with the deepest regret the report of the proceedings of the miners on strike at Mount Pleasant…

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The Redhead Coal Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 August 1886 · page 4

PERHAPS the truth of the familar expression with reference to the "glorious uncertainty of the law" was never more strongly exemplified…

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Wollongong Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 August 1886 · page 5

The accused who were remanded on Tuesday, on the charge of intimidating, have been sentenced—Grace Grayson, to four months; Hargreaves, to three;…

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Gold in Borneo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 August 1886 · page 5

Captain Beeston reports a payable goldfield at the Segama River, North Borneo. The gold is coarse, and distributed in the bed and banks of the…

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Supreme Court. Tuesday, August 17. In Banco.—(Before His Honor the Chief Justice) the Queen V. Redhead Coal Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 August 1886 · page 6

THIS was an application to set aside a writ of scire facias. The writ, which was issued at the instance of the Attorney-General, who was set in…

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H.M.S. Raven. The H.M.S. Raven arrived to-day Mining Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 August 1886 · page 5

The Lithgow Collieries dispute is likely to end, as the manager has acceeded to the miners' rules in every respect. Work is to be resumed at…

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Illawarra Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1886 · page 3

A LARGE number of the Mount Pleasant and Mount Kembla miners was held on Monday forenoon in the Assembly Rooms of the Mount Keira Hotel…

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The Vale of Clwydd Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1886 · page 5

Mr. J. D. Turnbull having taken the Vale of Clwydd Colliery on the tribute principle, and having conceded the miners' demands, work will be…

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Cumberland Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1886 · page 5

A private cablegram announces that the Cumberland Coal Society has been floated in London with a nominal capital of £800,000…

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The Wollongong Miners and Dynamite

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1886 · page 3

THE stupid, foolhardy, and unwarranted act on the part of a portion of the miners working in the Illawarra district in the attempt to forward their cause by the use of…

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Bay of Islands Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1886 · page 3

THE half-yearly meeting of the Bay of Islands Coal Company was held at Auckland, (N.Z.) recently, when half-yearly reports were submitted as follows:—"The directors…

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Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 August 1886 · page 5

THE usual monthly meeting of the Co-operative miners was held in the Lodge-room of the Plattsburg Mechanic's Institute on Saturday evening. Mr. William Laing in…

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The Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1886 · page 5

Work is again suspended at the Vale of Clwydd Colliery. There is some dispute between the Sydney management and Mr. Turnbull. The…

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Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1886 · page 5

The Day Dawn and Wyndham Mining Co., Charters Towers, has been floated with £460,000…

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Latest District News. Greta. MINERS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1886 · page 8

The difficulty that had existed as to the carrying out of the new agreement, has been smoothed over. At the meeting held last night, the district officers were…

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Illawarra Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1886 · page 5

The miners sentenced in the Police Court for participation in the Mount Pleasant riot, have been liberated on bail, and notice of appeal to the…

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Greta. MINERS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1886 · page 8

The amended agreement was before the miners' meeting last night, when it was adopted unanimously, and there is every prospect of better times for the future…

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Colliery Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 August 1886 · page 5

The Yale of Clwydd Colliery resumed work on Wednesday, after being idle for two days. The cause of the temporary…

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New Limited Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 August 1886 · page 5

Burgoyne and Co., wine agents, are about to convert their business into a limited liability company…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 August 1886 · page 3

The above miners held their monthly meeting on Wednesday evening, Mr. H. Agnew in the chair. The minutes of last meeting were read…

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