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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

1,402 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 69 of 71

Meeting of the Wallsend Miners. Delegate Minutes Discussed. Mr. Curley on the Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 December 1894 · page 5

A special meeting of the Wallsend miners was held in the Wallsend School of Arts on Wednesday evening. Mr. R. Punton in the chair. The first business dealt with was a motion from the…

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The Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 December 1894 · page 4

THE other day, in dealing with the position of imports in Victoria, it was stated that a local body had accepted a tender for Victorian coal in the face…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 14

IT is very evident from the proceedings of the recent special meeting of the miners' delegates that the members of the association as a whole are…

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The Back Creek Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 6

THE Back Creek miners held their monthly meeting on Thursday evening, Mr. J. M'Cartney presiding. There was a good attendance…

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The Sydney Coal Deposits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—At the Imperial Institute to-night, Mr. James Inglis, of Sydney, read a paper upon "The Minerals of New South Wales."…

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Meeting of the Greta Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 5

At the meeting held on Thursday evening the lodge delegate, Mr. Waugh, gave a verbal report of the business done at the previous day's delegate meeting, and the lodge…

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The Wallsend and Seaham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 5

The all-absorbing topic at West Wallsend is the threatened reduction at several of the collieries in the district. The general feeling seems to be in favour of resisting the…

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Correspondence. the Coal Trade. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 2

SIR,—It is certainly a matter for sincere regret that at this peculiarly festive season of the year, that bugbear of our northern district existence—mining troubles—should have…

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State of the Coal Trade. the Proposed Reductions at Hetton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 6

Mr. Alexander Mathieson, the manager of the Hetton Colliery, has pointed out a small error in our report of Wednesday with regard to the payment of powder money. It was…

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State of the Coal Trade. the Proposed Reductions. Delegate Board Minutes Considered

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 5

THERE were no now developments in the coal trade yesterday; and now that things have had a little time to quieton down, it would seem that the new year will bring…

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The West Australian Goldfield. Water More Plentiful. Coolgardie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 5

A GOOD supply of water has been struck at the Cr[?]sus mine. Hannan's Bendigo and Coolgardie Proprietary Company put their battery under…

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The Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 December 1894 · page 5

THE Sea Pit Miners met in the lodge-room on Friday evening to consider the minutes of the delegate meeting, held on Wednesday last. Mr. J. Fraser presided. The…

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Electricity in Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 December 1894 · page 5

AT the usual fortnightly mooting of the members of the Mining Students' Institute, held in the Technical College, Hunter-street, on Saturday afternoon, Mr. J. A. Neilson,…

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The Mining Crisis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 December 1894 · page 4

THE friendly greetings which are the usual and seemly concomitants of the festive season cannot altogether banish from the mind of this community the…

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Meeting of the Glebe Miners. the Situation Discussed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 December 1894 · page 7

A SPECIAL meeting of the Globe miners was held in Mr. Simpson's hall on Saturday morning. There was a large number present, and Mr. J. Curley was also in attendance…

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Correspondence. the Coal Trade. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 December 1894 · page 7

SIR,—The miners in this district are face to face with critical times, and I hope common sense will be brought to bear on the question before us, and nothing done with…

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Correspondence. the Coal Trade. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 December 1894 · page 8

SIR,—Probably most of the miners, as well as the remaining portion of the population of the Newcastle district, will agree with me in stating that the lethargy shown by the…

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The Waratah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 December 1894 · page 5

THE Waratah miners held a special meeting yesterday afternoon, after the pit knocked off, to deal with the two resolutions passed by the delegate board, re the proposed reduction…

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The Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 December 1894 · page 5

THE quarterly meeting of the Lambton miners was to have been held last evening to elect officers and deal with the delegate minutes, but owing to the small attendance…

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The New Zealand Coal Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 December 1894 · page 6

WHILE on a visit to Huntly recently, Mr. Seddon, the New Zealand Premier, received a deputation from employees of three of the coal mines there in reference to a reduction…

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