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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

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Miners' Congress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 May 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The International Minors' Congress at Brussels has resolved by a large majority to include surface workers in the resolution passed…

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Stockton Coal Company's New Shaft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 May 1893 · page 4

AUTHENTIC information as to the progress of the new shaft which this company has for a long time been sinking near the sea beach above Flint-street, and about a mile from the…

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Mr. A. Brown and Miners' Strikes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 May 1893 · page 6

MR. F. W. BINNEY has sent the following letter to the Sydney press:—"Sir,—I have read Mr. Brown's last letter. In reply, I would only say…

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Miners' Meeting. Duckenfield and Back Creek

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 May 1893 · page 7

THE Duckenfield and Back Creek Lodge of miners held their usual monthly meeting last Thursday evening, in Sharp's Hall, Mr. J. M…

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English Coal for the German Navy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 May 1893 · page 3

IN a recent discussion on the navy estimates before the German Reichstag, Vice-Admiral Hollman, Secretary of State for the Navy, defended…

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Miners' Risks. Accident at Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1893 · page 4

A VERY serious accident occurred yesterday at the Wallsend colliery to a miner named Francis Sanderson, who resides in Boscawen-street, Plattsburg. From particulars to hand…

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Society for the Discussion of Mining Science. Preliminary Meeting at Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1893 · page 5

A PRELIMINARY meeting was held in the Hamilton Mechanics' Institute on Saturday, for the purpose of forming a society for the discussion of mining science. In response to…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, May 29. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M.) Important Mining Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1893 · page 7

MESSRS. Adam Cook and David Forrester summoned Mr. James Barr, manager of the Co-operative Colliery, for the sum of £4 7s 6d, for ten and a…

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East Lambton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1893 · page 5

THERE has been trouble at the East Lambton Colliery in different forms since the tributors (Messrs. M'Nay, Collins, and Co.) have had the pit, but a dispute has taken place this…

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The Lithgow Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1893 · page 5

MR. JAMES CURLEY, general secretary of the Miners' Association, has received a letter dated 26th inst., from Mr. Owen, secretary of the Lithgow miners, in which the writer…

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Miners' Risks. Accident at the Glebe Pit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1893 · page 5

YESTERDAY morning, soon after starting work, a man named Thomas Hedley, residing at Adamstown, was injured whilst in the Globe pit. He was managing the skips…

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Scottish Australian Mining Company, Limited

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1893 · page 7

Thu directors of the above company in submitting their report and accounts, embracing the operations of the company for the six months ending…

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Wallsend Police Court. (Before M. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Tuesday, May 30. the Important Mining Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1893 · page 3

THE hearing of the ease of Messrs. Cook and Forrester v. Mr. James Barr, manager of the Co-operative Colliery, for a claim of £4 7s 6d for 10½yds of…

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New Goldfield in Burmah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—A telegram from Rangoon states that an extensive field has been discovered at Wuntho, Burmah. The area of the field is said to…

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Wallsend Police Court. Wednesday, May 31. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) the Important Mining Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1893 · page 3

THE hearing of the case Cook and Forrester v. James Barr, manager of the Co-operative Colliery, for a claim of £4 7s 6d for 10½ yards of cutting…

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The Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 June 1893 · page 8

A SPECIAL meeting of this lodge was held last night; Mr. J. Leitch, local chairman, presiding. The business proper of the meeting was receiving and dealing with the minutes…

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The Co-operative Colliery Case. A Verdict for the Plaintiffs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 June 1893 · page 6

The hearing of the case Cook and Forrester v. James Barr for a claim of £4 7s 6d for ten and a half yards of driving through a pillar, was resumed this morning…

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Gold for the Bank of England Collapse in Discounts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 June 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—Large shipments of gold have been received from America by the Bank of England, amounting to over £1500,000…

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Accident at Wallarah Colliery. Narrow Escape of 50 Men. A Miner Seriously Hurt. BELMONT

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 June 1893 · page 5

AN accident which narrowly escaped proving fatal to several men occurred at the Wallarah Colliery, Catherine Hill Bay, to-day, caused by some means unknown. The points of a…

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Victorian Coal Industry. Deputation to Mr. Patterson. Home Production to be Encouraged. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 June 1893 · page 5

AN influential deputation of coal importers and shipowners interviewed the Premier to-day, to protest against the alleged breach of agreement between them and the Railway…

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