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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

1,402 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 55 of 71

The Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 October 1894 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the Globe miners was held in Mr. Simpson's hall on Monday evening, the business of which was to consider and deal…

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The Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 October 1894 · page 4

THE present position of the local coal trade is anything but satisfactory. When the briskness of business which has distinguished the last few…

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West Australian Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 October 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The West Australian Gold Trust and Agency, with a capital of £150,000, of which shares to the extent of £50,000 are issued to…

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The Miners and Their Employers. Request of a Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 October 1894 · page 5

IN accordance with a resolution passed by the delegate board, Mr. James Carley, general secretary of the Miners' Association, has sent letters to all the colliery managers in the…

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State of the Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 October 1894 · page 4

SINCE 14 days' notice was given by the A.A. Company that the Sea Pit would be shutdown all kinds of rumours have been in circulation with regard to several other large…

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The Recent Gold Discoveries. a Revival in Commerce Expected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 October 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Mr. L. H. Courtney, Chairman of Committees, in addressing a meeting at Liskeard, in Cornwall, yesterday, said he…

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The Water Board and the Coal Companies. Appeal to the Privy Council. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 October 1894 · page 5

IN Chambers, before the Chief Justice, Mr. C. B. Stephen (instructed by Messrs. Weaver and Hale, for Mr. W. H. Baker, of Newcastle) made an application on behalf of…

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The Greta Collieries. in Liquidation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 October 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—It has been arranged that the Greta Collieries Company shall be liquidated under the supervision of the Court…

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Check-Inspectors' Report Hetton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 October 1894 · page 2

THERMOMETER at surface, 6.30 a.m., 53deg; ther, at downcast shaft, 73deg. Total intake at downcast shaft, 60,450 feet; intake at high side of shaft,…

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The West Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 October 1894 · page 8

A MEETING of the West Wallsend Miners was held in Sharp's Hall on Tuesday evening, Mr. G. Ford in the chair. The quarterly balance-sheet, which showed…

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The Greta Colliery. Additional Non-unionists Despatched

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

A SECOND batch of 17 additional non-unionists were sent from this city by train to Greta at half-past 5 o'clock last evening. The whole thing was very quietly arranged, the…

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The Sea Pit Colliehy. Meeting of the Miners

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

A SPECIAL, meeting of the Sea Pit minors was held in the Merewether Hotel last evening to consider their position in reference to the 14 days' notice given to close down the mine,…

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The Greta Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 4

THE usual meeting of the Greta Miners' Lodge was held on Tuesday, Mr. J. Connelly in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were road and confirmed…

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Miners' Meetings. Lambton Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 6

A SPECIAL meeting of the Lambton miners was held in Oldham's Hall on Thursday evening, Mr. D. Mason in the chair. There was only a small attendance of members…

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Our Oversea Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 4

THE position of the local coal trade, notwithstanding the spurt of nativity which proved so welcome during the last quarter, cannot no regarded as…

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The Greta Colliery. State of Affairs. Local Opinion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 5

A REPRESENTATIVE of this Journal visited Greta yesterday with a view of ascertaining how matters wore progressing in that depressed quarter. Arrived at Greta railway…

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Mining in Western Australia. Another Company Floated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—The Hampton Plains Gold Mining Company, Western Australia, has been successfully floated, the capital being over…

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The Carriage of Coal. Questions in the Assembly. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 5

MR. EDDEN will be Wednesday next ask the Secretary for Public Works :—"Will he lay upon the table of this House a tabulated statement showing —1. The names of each…

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The Victorian Coal Industry Intentions of the Minister for Railways. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 5

MR. WILLIAMS, the now Minister for Railways, has declared his intention of making arrangements for the carriage of Victorian coal, which will entirely shut out the…

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The West Australian Goldfields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 5

MR. HENRY WRIGHT, formerly manager of North Stockton Colliery, left Albany for London during the week for the purpose of floating three claims at Coolgardie into a…

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