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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

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Fire at a Colliery. Fifteen Lives Lost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 11

AN accident recently occurred at the Bamfurlong collieries, near Wigan, belonging to Messrs. Cross, Tetley, and Co., Limited, whose pits are…

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The Victorian Coal Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the shareholders of the Moe Coal-mining Company was held in Melbourne on Wednesday on the requisition of several shareholders, to consider a proposal…

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Wallsend Mining Hospital

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 8

THE first annual meeting of the subscribers to the Wallsend District Mining Hospital will be held in the hall of the Plattsburg Mechanics' Institute on Monday evening, for…

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Correspondence. the Gartlee Miners. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 7

SIR,—Will you allow me a little space to reply to Mr. Connelly' letter in your issue of the 23rd. Mr. Connelly starts with a puerile jibe about writing under a nom de plume. I…

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The Miowera's Record Passage.—the Coal Used

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 4

An Auckland report dated the 17th January says: —Early this morning the New Zealand and Australasian S.S. Company's steamer Miowera, Captain James Stott, arrived from Sydney, bringing a large…

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Miners' Meetings. Burwood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 7

THE regular monthly meeting of the members of the above lodge was held at the Albert Victor Hotel on Wednesday night, Mr. M. Minto in the…

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Mine Managers' Reports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 5

The Broken Hill Proprietary, Block 10, Company, Limited.—"Report for week ending 21st January: Campbell's shaft: Men engaged timbering, patting in…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Saturday. Burwood Coal Co

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 5

PROFESSOR BENTON, it is understood, has resigned his position as coal viewer of the Burwood Coal Mining Company, and has returned to England in connection with the…

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Mass Meeting of Illawarra Miners. Co-operative Industries Advocated. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 5

A MASS meeting of the miners of Illawarra was held at Wollongong to-day. The chairman of the council of the union presided. Resolution were carried, "That this…

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Redhead Coal-mining Company, Ltd. Half-yearly Meeting. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 5

THE tenth half-yearly meeting of the 10 Redhead head Coal-mining Company, Limited, was held to-day, when Mr. J. F. Burns presided. The following report and balance-sheet were…

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Miners' Meetings. Borehole

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 7

THE usual monthly meeting of the members of the above lodge was held in Williams' Assembly Rooms, Hamilton, on Saturday night. Mr. John…

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The Miners' Association. Severance from the Trades and Labour Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 5

IT will be remembered that at the recent quarterly meeting of the delegates from the various lodges in the district, a motion was carried to the effect that the Miners'…

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Miners' Meeting. Hetton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 8

THE monthly meeting of the Hetton Miners' Lodge took place last night at the Albion. Hotel, Wickham. Mr. Parker presided, and there was a good attendance of miners…

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Newcastle Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 2

THE thirty-second half-yearly meeting of the Newcastle Coal-mining Company was held in the offices, Scott-street, at half-past 12 o'clock…

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The Proposed German Coal Syndicate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 2

A BERLIN correspondent writes:—The news as to the famous German Coalowners' Syndicate is not encouraging, and doubts are expressed as to the…

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The Southern Coal Trade. Retrenchment at Mount Keira

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 3

BETWEEN 50 and 60 employees at the Mount Keira Colliery at Wollongong have received 14 days' notice that their services will not be required after…

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Local Miners and the Trades and Labour Council. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 4

REGARDING the statement published in the press regarding the proposed secession of the Newcastle miners from the Trades and Labour Council, our representative was requested…

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Miners' Meetings. Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1893 · page 8

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held last evening in Baker's Druids' Hall; Mr. M. Gray hi the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were…

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Permanent Relief for English Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1893 · page 4

THE figures contained in the report for last year of the Northumberland and Durham Miners' Permanent Relief Fund show what great results have accrued from the…

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Great Britain's Product of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1893 · page 4

THE wonderful wealth of coal in Great Britain is again illustrated by the returns of the production of the mineral in that country during last year. The total is set down at…

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