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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1892

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Miners' Meeting. Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 8

The quarterly meeting of the above miners was hold in Conn's Hall on Wednesday evening. The minutes of the previous meeting were…

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The Wallsend Colliery Dispute. the Company's Official Statement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 7

THE dispute at the Wallsend Colliery continues, and no effort has been made during the week to bring about a settlement. There are some 1100…

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District News. Stockton. Election of a Colliery Doctor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 8

On Wednesday evening, at the colliery, a ballet was taken for the purpose of selecting from five candidates a medical officer to the Stockton Colliery. The result gave an easy…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 4

ALTHOUGH the reduction in the price of coal from the pits of the Associated Collieries of the Northern district took effect yesterday, yet, owing to…

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Correspondence the Working of Bottom Coal. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 5

SIR,—In reading the Wallsend Coal Company's official statement re the dispute in your issue of yesterday, I notice he states the working of the bottom coal with the…

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The Price of Coal. Action of the Non-Associated Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 5

THE reduction in the selling pries of coal dates from the 1st January, but actually commences to-day, and considerable interest exists as to the result in the district. None…

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Colliery Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The colliery owners in South Wales end the miners, resulting in a general strike. In Monmouthshire 85,000 men are idle…

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Correspondence the Wallsend Colliery Dispute. Another Statement of the Miners. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 5

SIR,—In your issue of Friday appears the company's official statement of the above dispute, in which they say the miners have not give the correct story…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 3

AN adjourned meeting of the above miners was hold on the park rotunda on Saturday morning. Mr. H. Hanlon presided. It was explained that, as a reason for call…

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Miners' Meeting. Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 8

A special meeting of the Borohole Lodge was held on Saturday, evening, in the Mechanics' Institute, for the purpose of hearing the statement of the representatives…

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Queensland Opal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The company recently formed to work the Queensland opal mines will shortly be placed in liquidation. The stones have turned out to be of inferior…

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The Local Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 4

THE figures relative to the export of coal from the port of Newcastle which were published at the close of the third quarter of last year showed that…

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The Position of the Miners. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 7

Sir,—The miners of this district cannot very well be congratulated on the position they find themselves in at the present time. On the one hand…

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District News. Wallsend. Co-operative Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 7

WORK at this colliery has slightly improved of late, and considering that the men are now working at the reduced hewing rate, it is to be hoped…

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Miners' Meetings. New Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 8

A MEETING of the above miners was held yesterday morning on the pit top. Mr. G. Hogg, the overman, was asked if the hewing rate was to be reduced at the…

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Wickham and Bullock Island Miners. the Reduction Discussed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 5

A SPECIAL meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island minors was held in Fleming's paddock yesterday afternoon for the purpose of considering the minutes of the recent…

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The Mining Situation. Effect of the Reduction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 5

THE reduction in the selling price of coal and the consequent decrease in the hewing rates paid to the minor continues to attract the attention of the district. Considerable…

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South Waratah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 5

THE above miners met again yesterday to hear the result of the deputation's interview with the manager. The reply received was to the effect that the pit was open to the miners to…

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Miners' Meetings. Burwood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 7

A SPECIAL general meeting of the above miners was held on Monday evening, in the Albert Victor Hotel. Mr. W. Howes occupied the chair…

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Boring for Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 3

THE Colliery Examiner states:—The deep boring which has been carried on, at Haverton Hill, near Middlesborough, for the Ecclesiastical…

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