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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1892

1,106 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 39 of 56

Bridgend Colliery Explosion. 100 Miners Perished. the Rescue Abandoned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—News from Bridgend, the scene of the terrible colliery explosion, reports that no more entombed man have been rescued. The search has been…

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Miners' Meeting. Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1892 · page 8

A SPECIAL meeting of the above lodge was held last night, Mr. John Leitch, local chairman, presiding. The business of the meeting was to receive, discuss, and deal…

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The Broken Hill Strike. the Mines at Work Again. a Number of Miners Going Back. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1892 · page 5

SEVERAL more men, principally miners, returned to the Proprietary mine to-day, and work is proceeding apace on this property, It is confidently anticipated that a number of…

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The Central Mine. Removal of Office. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1892 · page 5

A MEETING of the Shareholders of the Central Broken Hill mine was held this afternoon, when a motion was carried that the office of the company should be removed…

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Barrier Mining Companies' Association. a Telegram from Mr. Howell. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1892 · page 5

At a meeting of the Barrier Mining Companies' Association this afternoon, the secretary submitted a telegram from Mr. Howell, manager of the Proprietary mine, in which…

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Miners' Meeting. Glebe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1892 · page 6

THE regular monthly meeting of the members of the above lodge was held on Monday night last. Mr. John Lloyd occupied the chair, and there…

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The Broken Hill Contractors. Miners' Houses Picketed. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1892 · page 5

THE secretary of the Proprietary mine states that, although the week's notice given to the contractors to resume work at mines has expired, he has not received notice that…

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The Colliery Proprietors' Association. Eight Other Collieries to Join

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1892 · page 5

EVER since the reduction in the selling prices of coal from 11s to 10s per ton, which took place at the beginning of the present year, the Associated Colliery Proprietors, have…

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Co-operative Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1892 · page 5

THE dispute at the above colliery in connection with the splint coal question has now assumed a most serious aspect, and it is quite evident that if the management persists in…

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Greta. the Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1892 · page 6

Work was stopped at the colliery on Tuesday at three-quarter time. There is at present one ship in the harbour for our coal, which is…

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The Barrier Mining Companies. Protecting Miners' Families. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1892 · page 5

In Barrier mining companies hold a meeting today, at which it was decided that should it be found necessary they would take stringent measures to protect the wives and…

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Colliery Disaster. Recovery of Corpses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—The work of recovering the men who perished in the mine at Bridgend, Glamorganshire, where the fearful explosion recently occurred, has been come…

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Greta Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1892 · page 8

A MINERS' meeting was held in Page's Half on Tuesday night; Mr. W. Jackson in the chair. After the minutes had been read and…

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The Broken Hill South Mine. The Half-yearly Meeting. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1892 · page 5

The half-yearly meeting of the Broken Hill South Company was held this afternoon. The report showed that during the half-year bullion to the value of over £85,000 had…

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Parliament. Wednesday, August 31St, 1892. Legislative Assembly. Cost of Commissions. Little Redhead Coal. Butter Exportation. Debate on the Address in-Reply. SYDNEY, Wednesday. the Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Answers to Questions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1892 · page 5

Mr. SUTTOR, in reply to Mr. MOLESWORTH, said the total cost of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the charges made by Mr. Schey, M.P., against the…

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Miners' Meeting. New Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 September 1892 · page 3

THE above miners held their monthly meeting on Wednesday night at Gray's hotel, Adamstown. Mr. Isaac Robinson occupied the chair, and there was…

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Queensland. Strike of Miners at Herberton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 September 1892 · page 6

All the men have come out of the Muldiva mine in consequence of a threatened 15 per cent. reduction in wages owing to the fall in the price of…

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Co-operative Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 7

THE dispute at the above colliery has now become the chief topic of discussion, an day by day the number of the men stopped for filling the splint coal—now classified by the…

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Miners' Risks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 8

A MINER named John Brown, aged about 30 years, died at his residence last night, from injuries received while working in the Newcastle Coal Company's A Pit on Monday…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 5

A SPECIAL general meeting of the members of this lodge was held on Thursday night. The meeting was called for the purpose of dealing with the delegate minutes, and the…

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