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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

1,640 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 62 of 82

Miners' Meeting. Glebe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 September 1893 · page 3

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

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 September 1893 · page 5

THE third British furnace now being worked will probably be blown in on Friday. The north drive from Retallie's shaft in the 220ft face is much mixed with sandstone and quartz…

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The Austinmer Colliery Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 September 1893 · page 5

MR. JAMES CURLEY, secretary of the Miners' Association, has received a communication from Mr. Henderson, stating that the strike at the North Bulli or Austinmer Colliery in…

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West Wallsend. the Coal Trale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 September 1893 · page 5

To-morrow night a gentleman well known throughout the district is to deliver a lecture here upon "The depression in the coal trade; its cause and its cure." This momentous…

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East Lambton Miners. the Wages Case. Application for a Prohibition Refused. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 September 1893 · page 5

IN Chambers, before Judge Foster, to-day, an application was made in the cases of Alexander Fairfull, R. Jonson, and T. J. A. Clarke, ex parte Russell and another, for a…

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New Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 September 1893 · page 8

THE miners who are left at the New Lambton Colliery held a meeting on Wednesday night at Gray's hotel, Adamstown, Mr. R. Craig in the chair. There were only seven present…

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Duckenfield and Back Creek Miners. Special Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 September 1893 · page 3

THE Duckenfield and Back Creek miners held a special meeting on Tuesday evening in Sharp's Hall, Mr. J. M. Gray presiding…

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Parliament. Thursday, 28Th September. Legislative Assembly. Purchase of Firearms. Coal Mines Bill. The Rack and Thumbscrew. The Proposed Sinking Fund. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 September 1893 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m, and presented the Governor's commission authorising Mr. Melville, as Chairman of Committees, to administer the oath of…

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Miners' Risks. Accident in the Newcastle A Pit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 September 1893 · page 5

YESTERDAY afternoon a young man named Joseph Wright met with severe injuries whilst following his usual employment as a minor in the Newcastle Coal-mining…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. Mining Appointments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 September 1893 · page 5

Mr. A. E. Hog[?] has been appointed general manager of Block 14 Company, Broken Hill in succession to Mr. Zackariah Lane, and Mr. P. J. Greenway has been…

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The Mount Morgan Gold Robberies. Houses Searched. A Wife Thought to be Insane. Mount Morgan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 September 1893 · page 5

FOUR policemen and Detective Gabriel left Rockhampton at midnight yesterday, and arrived at Mount Morgan this morning. They searched the house of David Hughes, a…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1893 · page 11

THE anticipations that the reduction in the production of silver in the United States would not be permanent in cases where gold, lead, and copper…

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The East Lambton Wages Case. The Miners Still Refused Payment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1893 · page 5

MESSRS. Alexander Fairfull, R. Jonson, and T. J. A. Clarke, who obtained a verdict for amount of wages due against Mr. Henry Wright, the manager of the East Lambton…

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Depression in the Coal Trade. Lecture at West Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1893 · page 8

MR. JAMES F. KERR delivered a lecture on Thursday evening in Sharp's Hall upon the "Depression in the coal trade; its cause and its cure." A good audience greeted the…

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Accident to a Coal-miner in the South. The Claim for Damages. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1893 · page 5

AN application was made in Chambers to-day, before Mr. Justice Fester, for leave to proceed in the matter of William Thompson against the Southern Coal Company. Dr…

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The British Coal Miners' Strike. a Conference Refused. Levy Upon the Working Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 October 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The National Miners' Federation has refused to interview the mine owners who have expressed their willingness to meet…

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Mining Disaster in America. Thirty-seven Miners Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 October 1893 · page 5

NEW YORK, Saturday.—A serious mining disaster has occurred at Michigan. A mine filled with water while a large number of men were…

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The East Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 October 1893 · page 5

THE East Lambton miners, according to arrangement, met on Saturday morning at Adamstown for the purpose of devising means for the recovery of their wages. There…

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Natal Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1893 · page 7

THE continuation of the coal strike at home (states the Natal Mercury) has evidently commenced to re-act upon our own trade. We may, therefore,…

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CABLEGRAMS. Chicago Exhibition Awards. Local Collieries Successful

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.—Additional awards have been made to New South Wales exhibitors at the Chicago Exhibition. The Department of Mines has…

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