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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1892

1,106 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 47 of 56

Our Coal Trade. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1892 · page 5

Sir,—Week after week we see that the shipments of coal from Newcastle are diminishing. What is the reason? It cannot be altogether because the selling price has…

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Mining Affairs. The Co-operative Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1892 · page 5

A SUB-COMMITTEE of the Proprietors' Association will meet the district officers of the Miners' Association on Saturday next for the purpose of considering the stoppage which…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1892 · page 7

THE regular monthly meeting of the members of the above lodge was held in Simpson's Hall on Monday night last. Mr. John Lloyd occupied the…

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A Statutory Eight Hours' Day. Ballot of Durham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—A ballot has been taken amongst the Durham miners on the statutory eight hours' question. It resulted in a majority…

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Accident at the Lambton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 October 1892 · page 4

YESTERDAY afternoon William Mason, a wheeler at Lambton Colliery, had his thigh broken. It appears that the youth was in the act of putting the limmers on to a full skip,…

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Miners' Meetings. GRETA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 October 1892 · page 3

A SPECIAL miners' meeting was held or Tuesday evening, Mr. J. Spinks in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting…

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The Mines Working Well. The Trouble Virtually Over. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 October 1892 · page 5

At the South mine the surface works are being speedily renovated, and the boiler-maker who left at the time of the strike have returned, and are now at work again…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Strike of French Miners. the Men Refuse the Arbitrator's Award

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 October 1892 · page 4

PARIS, Wednesday.—The award of M. Loubet, the Premier, who was appointed arbitrator in the strike of miners at Carmaux, has been made…

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Mining Affairs. The Co-operative Colliery Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1892 · page 5

A SUB-COMMITTEE of the associated proprietors will meet the district officers of the Miners' Association at the A.A. Company's office this morning for the purpose of…

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Mining Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1892 · page 12

IN the year 1891 the railway companies of the United Kingdom expended £3,491,000 on coal and coke, this total being £343,000 above that of 1890,…

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The Co-operative Colliery. The Splint Question

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1892 · page 3

THE following letter recently appeared in the Australian mining Standard:— "Sir,—In your issue of the 24th ultimo appears an article under the above heading,…

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Correspondence. Coal Trimming in Newcastle. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1892 · page 5

SIR,—Would you allow the a small space in your valuable paper, to the present dispute between the Coal Trimmers Union and the stevedores employing the sanze…

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CABLEGRAMS. The French Miners' Strike. Action of the Government. Conditional Pardon Offered

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1892 · page 4

PARIS, Friday.—In connection with the strike of the miners at Carmaux, the situation is virtually unchanged. The strike still continues. The…

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Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company. Half-yearly Meeting. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1892 · page 5

THE half-yearly meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company, Limited, was held to-day, Mr. J. F. Burns being in the chair…

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The Co-operative Colliery Dispute. An Unsatisfactory Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 October 1892 · page 5

A CONFERENCE between a sub-committee of the Proprietors' Association and the district officers of the Minors' Association took place at the A.A. Company's office on Saturday,…

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Scottish-Australian Mining Co

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 October 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—At a meeting of the shareholders, of the Scottish-Australian Mining Co., Limited, hold to-day, the chairman of the board of directors referred to the…

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The French Miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 4

London, Saturday.—The Council for the Department of the Seine, France, has voted 10,000 francs for the support of the Carmaux miners on strike…

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District News. Stockton. Accident in the Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 5

EARLY yesterday morning, while on his way to his work in the pit, a miner named William Cobley had the misfortune to break his right leg through inadvertently treading…

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The French Miners' Strike. Return to Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 4

PARIS, Monday.—The strike maters at Carmaux have been ended. The strike committee has acted on the advice of the Socialist members of the…

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The Barrier Miners and Their Late Strike Defence Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 3

AT a public meeting held in the Islington Reserve on Sunday afternoon, presided over by Mr. D. Moore, the trial and conviction of the Barrier…

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