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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1887

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Lambton Miners' Meeting. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1887 · page 6

SIR,—In your issue of the 20th inst., and in the report of Lambton miners' meeting, Mr. Agnew, one of the deputation, in giving the result of…

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Sandhurst Gold Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1887 · page 5

The South Prieman mine, Sandhurst, Victoria, has been sold for £4000, subject to the approval of the shareholders…

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Newcastle Coal Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1887 · page 5

THE half-yearly meeting of the directors and shareholders of the above company was held at the offices, Scott-street, yesterday. Mr. W. A. Steel, chairman of the…

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Colliery Explosion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1887 · page 8

THE coroner's inquest which was opened at Altofis near Leeds, recently, with respect to the disastrous colliery explosion at the Silkstone pit of Messrs…

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Burwood. Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1887 · page 2

THE above miners held a special general meeting on Monday evening in Simpson's Hall, Merewether, for the purpose of dealing with the lock-out at…

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Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1887 · page 6

A SPECIAL meeting of the Co-operative Miners was held in the hall of the Plattsburg Mechanics' Institute on Monday evening, 24th instant; Mr…

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New Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1887 · page 5

THE above miners held a special meeting on Monday night for the purpose of hearing the report of the delegate meeting re Lambton lock-out, Mr. W. Cowan in the…

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District News. Wallsend. Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1887 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held in Harris' Assembly Rooms on Monday evening; Mr. James Baird in the chair…

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Wages in the Home Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1887 · page 8

ON December 9th, the second meeting of the recently appointed Joint Committee of Northumberland Coalowners' and Miners representatives…

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Queensland Gold Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 January 1887 · page 5

The directors of the Day Dawn Block and Wyndham (Queensland) Gold Mining Company have announced their intention to issue 40,000 fresh…

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Miners!

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 January 1887 · page 5

IF you want strong pit boots, or real good boots and shoes for your wives and children very cheap, do not forget to call at Joshua Smith's, next Beale and Co.'s, Hunter-street…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 January 1887 · page 6

A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held in Ralph's Hall on Wednesday evening. There was a large attendance; Mr. H. Hanlon in the…

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A Miners' Representative

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 January 1887 · page 6

AT their meeting held last Tuesday the Glebe miners brought forward a motion to the effect that the time has now arrived for the miners being…

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Stockton Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 January 1887 · page 4

THE eighth half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the company's offices, Sydney, yesterday. Mr. Thomas Cowlishaw presided. The report and…

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Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 January 1887 · page 4

THE usual half-yearly meeting of the above was held at noon yesterday in the company's office, Bridge-street. Mr. N. C. Danger, deputy-chairman, presided over an…

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Miners!

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1887 · page 5

IF you want strong pit boots, or real good boots and shoes for your wives and children very cheap, do not forget to call at Joshua Smith's, next Beale and Co.'s, Hunter-street…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1887 · page 3

The above miners held a special meeting on the Reserve on Tuesday evening, Mr. H. Hanlon in the chair. The result of the balloting on the…

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Illawarra Co.'s Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 February 1887 · page 5

A BULLI correspondent writes that North Illawerra Coal Company successfully shipped their first consignment of coal consisting of 400 tons, per…

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Coal Dust and Colliery Explosions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1887 · page 2

THE inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of the twenty-two men who lost their lives through the explosion in the Silkstone Pit of…

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Northumberland (England) Miners' Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1887 · page 7

THE report of the committee of the Northumberland Miners' Association, signed by Messrs. Covell, Grocock, Richardson, Hunter, Whitefield, Boyle,…

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