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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1890

1,777 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 63 of 89

Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 September 1890 · page 6

The above miners hold their usual quarterly meeting on Thursday morning at Parry's Hotel, Mr. John Hunter in the chair. The minutes of the last general and…

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Miners' Meetings. Borehole Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 September 1890 · page 6

THE usual quarterly meeting of the members of the Borehole Miners' Lodge took place on Saturday morning in the School of Arts, Hamilton. Mr. William Rouse…

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Miners' Association. Meeting of the Committee of Management

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 September 1890 · page 6

MINUTES of committee of management meeting, hold Saturday, September 13. Present: Messrs. A. Cook (in the chair), J. Duke, W. Blakey, L. Anderson, W. Hunter (treasurer),…

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Greta New Anvil Creek Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1890 · page 7

At the present crisis several of the miners consider they have been born under a lucky planet, as a large number of them have, during the past fortnight, obtained work at…

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Miners' Meeting. Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1890 · page 5

THE adjourned meeting of the above minors was held yesterday morning in the park, Mr. R. Mooney presiding. The minutes of the previous meeting were…

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Miners' Meetings. Sea Pit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1890 · page 7

A MEETING of the above miners was held in Parry's hotel yesterday morning. There was a large attendance, and Mr. John Hunter presided…

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Broken Hill. Position of the Miners. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1890 · page 5

A private meeting of the Broken Hill branch of the A.M.A. was hold to-day, from which the press was excluded. It is understood that the majority of the members are…

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The Maritime Strike. Work on the Dyke. Loading the Wastwater. Closing West Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1890 · page 5

NEARBLY all the cranes on the dyke were working off and on yesterday, and more coal was shipped than on any day since the beginning of the strike, now three weeks ago…

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Mining Affairs. All the Collieries Closed. The Strike Extending

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1890 · page 5

The miners in the South Waratah Colliery gave the manager notice on Monday evening that they did not intend to cut any more c[?]al while the present state of affairs existed…

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Oakley Creek Gold-mining Company, Wattle Flat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1890 · page 7

The mine manager reports, under date 13th September: Have driven the drive a further distance of 10ft towards crosscut, making a total of 10ft from rise. Stone broken for the…

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Miners' Meeting Ferndale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1890 · page 6

A SPECIAL meeting of the Ferndale miners was held at the Islington Hotel, at half-past 10 o'clock yesterday morning, to deal with the minutes of the last meeting of the…

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Miners' Meeting Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1890 · page 8

THE quarterly meeting of this lodge was hold yesterday morning; Mr. W. H. Fox in the chair. There was a very large but most orderly meeting…

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Parliament. Tuesday, September 16. Legislative Assembly. Botanical Survey. Coal Mines Bill. Leprosy. Imprisonment for Debt. Amendment of Liquor Laws. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1890 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at 4 30, Sir Henry Parkes being among the members present. BOTANICAL SURVEY…

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Broken Hill. Meeting of Miners. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1890 · page 5

To-day was about the quietest day we have experienced since the strike began. The Labour Defence Committee have not received any intimation from the Port Adelaide and…

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Castle Wellington Silver and Tin Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1890 · page 7

G. R. Fearby reports, September 14th: Silver shaft us when last wrote. Two men have driven 3ft. A resident of Broken Hill visited same, and expressed himself as sur…

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The Maritime Strike. the Struggle Extending. All the Mines Closed. Work on the Wharves

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1890 · page 5

IN connection with the strike yesterday, the subject of the greatest importance was the news received from Sydney that all unionists affiliated with the Trades and Labour…

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Mining Affairs. Rise in the Price of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1890 · page 5

Mining affairs were slack yesterday, and for the first time in the history of the district no colliery of any pretensions was at work. During the last general strike the Great…

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Terrible Mining Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—A terrible explosion has occurred in a coal mine near Saarbruck, in Germany, which resulted in the death of 24 colliers…

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Coal for H.m.s. Orlando

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1890 · page 4

The bargue Pet has been fixed in Sydney to load a cargo of coal at this port for transhipment into H.M.S. Orlando…

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MELBOURNE. The Recent Debate in the Council. Stevedores' Labourers and Non-union Ships. Supply of Coal to Railways. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1890 · page 5

There is nothing really new regarding the strike, but a good deal of opinionative matter is published in the press with regard to the debate in the Legislative Council last night,…

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