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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

1,402 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 71

The West Australia Goldfields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 June 1894 · page 5

MR. ABEL SAGE, late of Melville-street, Junction, writes as follows from Hannan's Find, W.A., under date May 19th:—"We left Newcastle on the 16th February in the…

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The Bonang Gold-Mining Case. Leave to Appeal Granted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.—In the matter of the official liquidator of the Bonang Gold-mining Company v. Brown, leave to appeal to the Privy Council has…

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Sydney Harbour Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.—Mr. Jas. Inglis, M.P., has succeeded in getting the capital of the Sydney Harbour Coal Company underwritten, and the…

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The West Australian Gold-fields. a New Rush. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 5

A NEW find is reported to have been made about 150 miles north of Coolgardie, and about an equal distance south of Cue. It is said that the new find is situated in a large…

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Alleged Cartridges in Coal Cargoes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 4

THE dangers of the seas are sufficiently great for the mariners who have to face them, without the addition thereto of perils connected with…

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Northern Institute of Mining Students

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 7

THE fortnightly meeting of the Northern Institute of Mining Students was hold in the Technical School on Saturday, Mr. R. J. Jury presiding…

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A Coolgardie Newspaper. Report on a Locally-owned Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 5

Coolgardie now boats a well-printed four-page newspaper named the Coolgardie Miner, which is published weekly at 6d per copy Looking over it one is struck by the…

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Water Board v. Scottish-australian Mining Co. Case in No. 1 Jury Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 5

THE case of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board against the Scottish-Australian Coal-mining Company was commenced before the Chief Justice and a jury…

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The Greta Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 5

THE interview between Mr. Harper, one of the directors of the Greta Coal Company, and a deputation of the Greta miners, which was to have been hold yesterday, has been…

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The Collieries' Water Supply Cases. In No.1 July Court. Sydney, Tuesday the Scottish Australian Coal Co

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 5

THE suit of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board v. the Scottish-Australian Coal Mining Company, Limited, was continued to-day before the Chief Justice…

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The Victorian Coal Miner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 7

THE managers of the various coal mines in Victoria issued the following reports on Saturday:— Coal Creek Extended,…

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Correspondence. the Co-operative Colliery. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 7

SIR,—Kindly allow me sufficient space for a few further particulars relative to the pay-ticket of Taylor, published in to-day's issue. The figures there…

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CABLEGRAMS. The British Coal Trade. Another Reduction Demanded. a Strike Feared

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The principal coal-owners of the United Kingdom are making a demand for a 10 per cent. reduction in the hewing rate paid to…

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Charge Against a Mining Agent. Acquitted Stainless. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 5

THOMAS FREDERICK DE COURCY BROWN, an elderly man, was indicted at the Sessions to-day, before Judge Murray, on a charge of larceny of £124 6s 3d, the property…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Welcome Rain. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 5

THE report from Southern Cross, dated June 11th, states that a sharp shower of rain began to fall at 3 p.m. on Monday. It has been raining continuously ever since, and there…

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The Greta Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1894 · page 5

A MEETING of the Greta Miners' Lodge was held in North's Hall yesterday, Mr. Kennedy in the chair. The roll was called, and the minutes of the previous meeting read…

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The Greta Collieries, Limited. Ordered to Be Wound Up. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1894 · page 5

THE hearing of the petition on behalf of Messrs. Hudson Brothers for the winding-up of the Greta Collieries, Limited, was resumed before Judge Owen, sitting in Equity…

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The Co-operative Colliery Where the Non-unionists Came From

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1894 · page 5

ALTHOUGH the Co-operative Colliery at Plattsburg burg is being worked quietly by considerably over 100 non-unionists, there. is an uneasy feeling at Wallsend, and, to quote one of the…

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The Collieries Water Supply Cases. In No. 1 Jury Court. Sydney, Wednesday. Messrs. J. and a Brown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1894 · page 5

IN No. 1 Jury Court this morning, before the Chief Justice, the case of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board against Messrs. J. and A. Brown, was continued…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1894 · page 5

NEWS from Coolgardie states that the reef at the deep level in Bayley's Consols is 4ft wide and showing a little ironstone in cleavage. No gold has as yet been seen in the stone…

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