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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

1,402 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 67 of 71

The Coal Trade. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1894 · page 7

Sir,—In your issue of 10th inst. one Mr. George Pile—whovever he may be, does not earn his living by cutting coal by the ton—refers us…

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The Victorian Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1894 · page 8

THE managers of the various coal mines in Victoria issued the following reports on Saturday:—Great Morwell, Gippsland.—Output…

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The Newcastle Colliery. The Reduction Refused

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1894 · page 5

A special mooting of the Glebe Minors was held in Mr. Simpson's Hall, Merewether, on Monday evening to hear the report of the deputation that waited upon the management…

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The Californian Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1894 · page 4

Australian coal in San Francisco is in full supply, and prices are cut very fine, with no immediate prospect of any improvement. Mr. J. W. Harrison writes of the market :"Since last Australian…

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The Ferndale Colliery. Seized by the Union Bank

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1894 · page 5

YESTERDAY morning the Ferndale Colliery in the municipality of Wickham, was seized by a bailiff on behalf of the Union Bank of Australia. The advent of the stranger was…

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Competition in the Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1894 · page 4

THE close of the year is usually an anxious time in the coal business, for at that period arrangements as to prices and contracts are made for the…

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A Local Cargo of Coal. Case in an English Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1894 · page 3

IN the Queen's Bench Division of the English High Court of Justice, sitting at Guildhall on October 29, before Mr. Justice Bruce and a special jury, the local…

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State of the Coal Trade. the Proposed Reductions. Conference at Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1894 · page 5

IN accordance with the arrangement entered into last week another conference took place yesterday afternoon between Mr. F. W. Binney, the secretary of the Wallsend Coal…

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Brown's Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1894 · page 5

The Back Creek miners' cavils have not been drawn yet, although two months have passed since the time fixed for the usual quarterly cavil. It is now quite evident that…

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The Ferndale Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1894 · page 5

A special meeting of the Ferndale miners was held in Lloyd's Hotel, Islington, yesterday morning, for the purpose of considering their position new that the colliery has been…

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The Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1894 · page 5

For some time past the miners of Lambton Colliery have been anxiously looking forward to the quarterly cavil, and particularly those (numbering over 40) who several weeks ago…

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The Greta Miners' Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1894 · page 5

Our Greta correspondent writes:—The Greta miners hold their usual roll all meeting on Monday evening, Mr. J. Hawley presiding…

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Proposed Reduction at Wallsend. Special Miners' Meeting. The Men Decline the Terms Offered

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1894 · page 5

A SPECIAL meeting of the Wallsend miners was held in the Wallsend School of Arts yesterday afternoon for the purpose of dealing with the proposals for a reduction in…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Latest from Coolgardie. Coolgardie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1894 · page 4

RIVE tons of stone from the New Victoria mine, treated at Bendigo, has returned 42oz 7dwt of gold. Water has risen in price, and is now selling…

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The West Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 December 1894 · page 5

A SPECIAL meeting of the West Wallsend Miners' Lodge was hold in Sharp's Hall on Wednesday evening, Mr. G. Ford in the chair…

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New System of Loading Coal. Trial of Spencer's Patent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 December 1894 · page 4

AT the invitation of the firm of R. B. Wallace, a large number of gentlemen representing nearly all the collieries in the district, as well as these interested in the coal trade…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1894 · page 12

WHEN the financial crash came the Miners' Association had £2000 lying at fixed deposit in the A.J.S. Bank. As the money was required the…

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The Wallsend Colliery. Notice to Terminate Existing Agreements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1894 · page 5

SINCE the proposals of the Wallsend Coal Company, submitted by Mr. Binney to the men, were rejected, speculation has been rife as to what the next movement on the part of…

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Summons Division. Coal for Nothing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1894 · page 6

A 10-year-old boy named George Wright took a bag to the coal trucks at Carrington and stole 36lb weight of the black combustible, and Senior-constable Meara was a…

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The Discovery of Coal at Inverell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1894 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT writes:—It has long been known in Inverell that there were several localities in the district showing pronounced indicates of coal deposits. At Fraser's…

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