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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1891

1,077 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 40 of 54

The Co-operative Colliery. Deputation of Miners. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 5

A DEPUTATION consisting of Daniel Rees and Adam Cook, representing the Co-operative miners, this afternoon had an interview with Messrs. Laidley and Company in connection…

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Miners' Meeting. Burwood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 6

THE above miners hold their quarterly meeting on Wednesday evening in the Albert Victor Hotel, Mr. William Howes in the chair…

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Co-operative Colliery. Investigating the Stoppage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 7

MESSRS. COOK AND REES, the deputation appointed to interview Messrs. Fletcher and Laidley, proceeded to Sydney yesterday morning, the object being, if possible, to…

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Rate of Mortality among Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 12

DR. WILLIAM OGLE, F.R.C.P., Superintendent of Statistics at the General Register Office, in a recent paper on 'Mortality in Relation to Occupation,'…

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Correspondence Miners and Bush Contracts. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 6

SIR,—Would you kindly grant me space in your valuable paper to show the unjust principles of the so called Miners' Union in this district, and to ask members of the same if…

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Check-inspectors' Report. Burwood Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 September 1891 · page 8

MAIN Intake, south side of pit: Air current, 28,704ft; thermometer, 66deg. In the 3rd and 4thloft-hand headings on south side: Air current, 10,584ft,…

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The Co-operative Colliery. Family Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 September 1891 · page 3

MR. COOK, the secretary of the Cooperative Colliery Family Relief Fund, desires to acknowledge the following additional donations towards the above…

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Strike of Moonta Miners. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 September 1891 · page 5

The difficulty which recently arose between the Moonta miners and the directors of the mine has culminated in a strike. The men sought the abolition of the contract system,…

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Organising Gold-miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1891 · page 8

MR. RICHARD SLBEATH, general secretary of the Barrier Miners' Association, Colonial District No. 3, passed through Newcastle yesterday en route to Tamworth and the…

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The Miners' Association. Election of President

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1891 · page 5

THE balloting for the election of president of the Miners' Association has been completed in all the lodges with the exception of Wickham and Bullock Island he…

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Strike of Moonta Miners. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1891 · page 5

THIS morning all the miners at Moonts mines stopped work, except the engine-drivers, who worked till 5 o'clock, when they came out also. About 10 o'clock in…

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Correspondence the Co-operative Miners' Case. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1891 · page 6

SIR,—During past mining struggles a large portion of the press and outside public have invariably thrown the onus of wrong-doing on the…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Monday. Adavale Goldfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1891 · page 5

The Minister for Mines has received information showing that the present aspect of the Adavale Goldfield is not encouraging. LIMESTONE CAVES…

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Exhibitions and Coal Exhibits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1891 · page 4

AT the International Exhibition of Mining and Metallurgy recently held in London, a fair number of exhibits from this district was shown. Of these 18 were of coal, one of…

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Peak Hill Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1891 · page 8

Messrs. Kelly, Turnrock, Swain, and party have struck very rick stone in some spare ground south of the Great Eastern, at a depth of 50 feet. The stone is identical…

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Miners and Coroners' Juries Their Pa[?]ment. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1891 · page 5

MR. ALFRED EDDEN, M.P, has received the following letter from the Under-Secretary Department of Justice:—"Referring to your letter of the 15th instant, asking that…

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Deputation Arrangements. Provisions of the Coal-mines Regulation Bill. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1891 · page 5

THE members for the city have arranged a deputation from the colliery engine-drivers to the Minister for Mines for Tuesday next, to ask that provision be made for the…

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South Australia. Moonta Miners' Difficulty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1891 · page 3

The Moonta miners answered the roll call on Tuesday. A telegram from the Broken Hill branch was read, expressing sympathy. The secretary of…

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Queensland. Adavale Goldfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1891 · page 3

The Government geologist has reported on the Adavale goldfield. He states that he saw a considerable number of fair prospects, but all were…

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Technical Instruction in Coal Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 October 1891 · page 7

THE West Riding of York County Council, at a recent meeting, sanctioned a grant for providing twenty scholarships of the annual value of £10 10s…

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