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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1892

1,106 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 56

Commercial. Coal, Wool, and Freights

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

MESSRS. Dalgety and Company, Limited, under date 1st instant, report:—Coal: The output for foreign export during the month has been 68,287 tons, which may be considered a fair average…

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O'Sullivan and Another v. West Wallsend Coal Co

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

This was an action for the recovery of £200, for alleged breach of contract, but Mr. Windeyer intimated that it had been settled, and it was accordingly struck out…

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Flanagan and Wife v. Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Co

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

This case was, on the application of the defendant company, postponed till Monday. £3 3s being allowed the plaintiffs for expenses…

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West Wallsend Coal Co. v. Nicholas Johns and John O'Sullivan

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

This action was brought for the recovery of £41 17s 3[?], for coal alleged to have boon supplied to the defendants. Mr. Windeyer appeared for the plaintiff…

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Kelly and another v. the Hetton Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1892 · page 7

This was a test action brought by James Kelly and his mate (two miners) against the Hetton Coal Company to recover the sum of £1 6s, alleged to be due for 4 tons 19cwt of…

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Burwood Extended Coal Company. Extraordinary General Meeting. SYDNEY

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

AN extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Burwood Extended Coal Company, Limited, was held at the office, Pitt-street, to-day. Mr. M. C. Cowlishaw…

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Flanigan and Wife v. Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1892 · page 7

This was an action in which John Flanigan, of Linwood, and his wife, Mary, sued the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company to recover the sum of £200 as…

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The Crisis in the Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday—The miner's federation is unyielding in its intention to cease work on the 12th inst. A paralysis of industry is impending in every manufacturing…

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A Question Regarding Coal. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1892 · page 5

MR. EDDEN will ask the Secretary for Mines, to-morrow:—1. Is it a fact that E. C. Merewether made application on 3rd February, 1892, for permission to mine…

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The Wheelers' Difficulty. Intervention of the Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 5

THE 14 days notice given by the wheelers employed in the Borehole and Sea Pit Collieries will be up on Thursday, and unless some settlement is made the lads intend to…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Coal-Mining Legislation. Standard Weight Question. Public Works Committee. Mr. Toohey's Action against Mr. Melville. The Military Estimates. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 5

IN the Assembly after midnight Mr. Sheldon continued the discussion on the Military Estimates. The Chairman left the chair for half an hour, and upon the committee…

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The Durham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—It is considered probable that the strike of Durham miners will extend over a fortnight…

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Miners' Meeting. Sea Pit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 8

THE above miners held their quarterly meeting on Thursday evening last, in the Merewether Hotel, Mr. J. Halliday in the chair. Mr. J. Curley was present…

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All that Glitters Is not Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 2

SOME burglars who have continued to elude the researches of the Birmingham police are at this moment in possession of an article which, from a…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Thursday. South Australian Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 5

Leigh's Creek coal was tried to-day for the first time for pulling a train from Port Augusta to Quorn. The success of the trial exceeded expectations. The coal made little…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 5

The weather during the past few days has been intensely hot, reaching as high as 115 in the shede. It culminated to-night in a terrific dust storm, but though there were…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. An All Night Sitting. The Railway Estimates. Twenty-five Charges of Mismanagement A Question of Coal Mining. Murrurundi Engine Sheds. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 5

THE Assembly sat until 5 minutes to 5 o'clock this morning discussing the estimates of the Railway Department, the total amount being £,158,795…

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The Small Coal Question. Work Stopped at the Glebe Pit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 5

YESTERDAY morning the miners employed in the Newcastle Company's B Pit at the Glebe were forced to cease work, owing to the action of the management in giving…

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Fall Down a Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 7

AN extraordinary accident recently occurred at the Silkstone shaft of the Barrow Collieries, Worsborough, near Barnsley. Four men were suspended…

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District News. Wallsend. Colliery Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 5

THERE is scarcely any improvement to record in connection with the collieries. Wallsend has made a decided improvement compared with the previous fortnight however, having…

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