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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

1,402 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 71

West Australian Goldfields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1894 · page 5

MR. L. H. DAVIS, of Teralba, has received a letter from Mr. C. Kearns, of this district, who went to Coolgardie in March last. The writer states that he has a share in a claim at…

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The Monkerai Goldfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1894 · page 5

ABOUT a fortnight ago a series of articles appeared in this journal regarding the Monkerai goldfield, and the other alluvial centres in the vicinity of Dungog. Special attention was…

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Wallsend Mining Hospital

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 8

THE usual monthly meeting of the committee of management was held at the hospital on Wednesday evening. Present: Messrs. Ross, Williams, Steel, Tildesley, Weakley,…

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Patent System for Loading Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 5

AT a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce held some few months ago, Mr. R. A. Wallace referred at some length to a new system of loading coal which was patented by Messrs…

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West Australian Goldfields. Discovery near Mount Augustus. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 5

THE resident magistrate at Carnarvon wired yesterday that he had just received reliable information about a gold discovery near Mount Augustus, on the Lyons River…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 11

THE decision of the miners' delegate board to recommend the lodges to increase the allowance made to the members on strike or locked out from…

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The Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 7

THE regular monthly meeting of the Sea Pit Miners was hold in the Merewether Hotel on Thursday evening, the attendance being only moderate. Mr. J. Curley was present…

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The Co-operative Colliery. Condition of Affairs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 5

IT is now very nearly five months since the strike commenced at the Co-operative Colliery, and judging from appearances the end, so far as a satisfactory settlement is…

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The Eight-hour Question. Agreed to by the Berlin Miners' Congress. North of England Delegates in Opposition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 5

BERLIN, Friday.—The International Miners' Congress, now sitting here, has passed a resolution approving of an eight-hours' working day being…

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West Australian Goldfields. Latest from Coolgardie. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 5

THE latest news from Coolgardie states that a 50oz nugget has been found by a digger named Burrows, and also a 7oz slug in an unworked portion of an abandoned claim at…

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International Miners' Congress. Employers' Liability Question

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 May 1894 · page 4

BERLIN, Friday.—The International Miners' Congress, which has been sitting in this city for some days past, has not yet concluded its labours…

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COAL v. PETROLEUM

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1894 · page 4

At a special meeting of the local board, held on, April 10 at Wallsend-on-Tyne, plans were submitted by the Wallsead Slipway and Engineering Company, Limited, for the side of iron tanks, to be used as a…

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Depression in British Coal Freights

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1894 · page 4

In regard to the extreme depression in the British coal freights, what is believed to be the lowest rate on record was paid for London on the Newcastle-on-Tyne market in April. For the previous month or…

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International Miners' Congress. the Opposition of the British

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Further particulars are now available regarding the disputes which took place between the British and foreign delegates at the…

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Miners' Strike in New York. Attempt to Engage Italian Labour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1894 · page 4

NEW YORK, Monday.—A number of mine-owners in the State of New York are endeavouring to secure Italian labour to replace the miners on…

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The Coal Industry in Victoria. Both Sides of the Question

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1894 · page 7

UNDER the heading of "Hear Both Sides," the Melbourne Herald, in two articles, deals with the coal question, giving arguments for and against the…

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The Co-operative Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1894 · page 4

THE vacancies in the staff of employees at the Co-operative Colliery are steadily filling, but beyond the usual picketing no action has been taken to demonstrate that the unionists…

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(From Metropolitan Papers.) The Coal Strike in America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—Owing to the coal strike in Pennsylvania it is expected that a large number of factories in the United States will have to…

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The Dudley Colliery Rope-cutting Case. Release of the Culprits Asked. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1894 · page 5

A DEPUTATION consisting of Messrs. Edden, Walker, Melville, and Scott, Ms.P., interviewed the Minister for Justice this evening at Parliament House, and presented a…

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The Coal Industry in Victoria. Both Sides of the Question

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1894 · page 6

FOLLOWING up the article printed yesterday on the coal question, the Melbourne Herald writes:—Having yesterday stated the leading…

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