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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

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The Cardiff Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 July 1893 · page 8

MR. JAMES CURLEY, the general secretary of the Miners' Association, proceeded to Cardiff on Monday afternoon, and after meeting the miners of that colliery he accompanied a…

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The Seaham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 July 1893 · page 8

A SPECIAL meeting of the Seaham miners was held on Monday night in Sharp's Hall, Mr. J. D. Robinson in the chair. The meeting opened with 11 members present out of a…

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The English Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 July 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Owing to the decision arrived at by the miners respecting the proposed reduction of the wages paid to colliers 280,000…

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The Local Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 July 1893 · page 4

THE condition into which the coal trade of this district has fallen was very forcibly demonstrated at the conference held on Monday between…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Prospects of Coolgardie. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 July 1893 · page 5

THE warden of the Yilgarne goldfields has forwarded an official report on his visit to the Coolgardie fields. He estimates the number of men on the field to be 1700, many of whom…

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English Coal-miners. Increased Wages Demanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 July 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The miners in Northumberland demand an increase of 16½ per cent. in wages, and those employed in the Durham coalfield an…

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The Southern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 July 1893 · page 8

AT intervals during the last year or two the rumour has been circulated that the Coal Cliff Company intended sinking a shaft on their property at…

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The Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 July 1893 · page 4

YESTERDAY the men cavilled out at the Co-operative Colliery received the first instalment of relief from the district, comprising a donation of £10 from Stockton, £10 from Wickham…

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Minmi. Gold Fever

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 July 1893 · page 6

During the last couple of weeks there has been a tremor of excitement running through the town owing to the slackness in the coal trade, which…

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Stockton Coal Company, Limited. Half-yearly Meeting. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 July 1893 · page 8

THE twenty-first half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Stockton Coal Company, Limited, was held at the Chamber of Commerce this morning. Mr. Thomas…

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The Bonang Gold Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 8

IN the Equity Court on Wednesday before Mr. Justice Manning, the case of the Bonang Gold Mining Company and the Companies Act came on for hearing. Mr. Gregory…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 6

THE regular monthly meeting of the Burwood miners was held at the Albert Victor Hotel on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. J. Reynolds presided…

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Western Australia. Perth, Thursday. Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 5

It is reported that permanent alluvial diggings have been found 60 miles north of the Dundas Hills. The latter are 100 miles north of Esperance Bay, which is a good…

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A Mining Case. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 5

THE attention of the Full Court was occupied this morning over a special ease stated by the warden at Silverton under the provisions of the Mining Act…

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A Coal-mining Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 8

IN Banco on Thursday, before Mr. Justice Windeyer, Mr. Justice Innes, and Mr. Justice Foster, the case of Russell and another v. Burwood Coal-mining Company was…

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Coal-mining in New Zealand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 7

THE following is an abstract of a paper read before the British Federated Institution of Mining Engineers by Mr. George J. Benns:— "Richly as the colony of New Zealand has…

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A Victorian Coal-mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 7

A DEPUTATION consisting of the directors and mining manager of the Coalville (Gippsland) Coal Company interviewed the Premier on Wednesday with an alleged grievance against…

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Burwood Coal-mining Company, Limited. Half-yearly Meeting. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 5

THE eighteenth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Burwood Coal-mining Company, Limited, was held at the Union Chambers, Pitt-street, this morning. Mr…

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Cardiff Colliery. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 7

Sir,—In reference to the paragraph re above colliery in your issue of Wednesday, the 26th inst., in which I'am reported to say that I offered the miners 3s per ton hewing…

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Miners' Meeting. Borehole

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 3

THE Borcholo miners held their monthly meeting at Williams' Premier Hotel, Broadmeadow, yesterday morning, Mr. Thomas Wilson in the chair…

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