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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1895

1,038 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 52

The Manila Coal Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 4

Of the Manila coal market, under date 7th January, Messrs. Warner, Blodgett, and Co. report :—The Edouard and Suzanne has arrived from Newcastle with a cargo to consumers. Stocks of this grade are…

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The Glebe Miners. Monthly Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 7

THE regular monthly meeting of the Glebe miners was held in Mr. Simpson's Hall on Monday evening. The attendance was, as usual, good, and…

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Sensational Report From Coolgardie. Gold and Outrage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 7

A ROMANTIC story, involving a find of gold and serious charges against prospectors, is reported from Western Australia. The locality thus given…

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Coal Haulage Rates. Alleged to Be Excessive. Reasons for a Reduction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 5

FOR some considerable time past great dissatisfaction has existed in the coal trade because of the refusal of the Railway Commissioners to reduce the haulage rates…

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Laidley v. the Borough of Plattsburg. the Equity Suit. The Co-operative Coal Company's Tramway. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 5

IN the Equity Court this afternoon, before the Chief Judge. Mr. Justice Owen, the case of Laidley v. the Borough of Plattsburg was resumed. The action was one brought by…

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The Waratah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 5

THE Waratah miners held a special meeting at the pit on Tuesday evening. The only business dealt with was the business from the delegate board re declaring all strikes off, and…

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The Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 5

AT a meeting of the Lambton Miners' Lodge, held last night, the delegate minute declaring all strikes off was adopted. The minute, "That a levy of 5 per cent. be struck…

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Brown's Collieries. The Proposed Reduction. Rejected by Both Lodges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 5

A COMBINED meeting of both the Duckenfield and Back Creek Lodges was held in Wile's Hall yesterday afternoon. About 500 were present…

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The United States Treasury. Heavy Balance in Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—The free gold balance in the United States Treasury amounts to forty-one million dollars, which is the greatest on…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Gold on the Upper Murray

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 5

A GOOD gold discovery has been made on the Upper Murray, five miles from Toolong and 22 from Kiandra. The wash is payable. From the grass down 20ft there are…

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The West Australian Gold Mines. Another Sold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday. — The Western Australian Development Corporation has purchased the Moyston Gold Mine, near Ararat…

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The Mining Situation. Co-operative Colliery. a Further Reduction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 4

OUR Wallsend correspondent writes:—It is understood that the secretary of the old Cooperative miners yesterday received a reply from the manager, in answer to the terms…

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The Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 4

A SPECIAL meeting of the Lambton miners was hold on Wednesday evening in Stoker's Hall, Mr. D. Mason in the chair. The minutes of the fortnightly committee…

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The West Wallsend Colliery. Big Reduction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 4

Our West Wallsend correspondent writes: —The manager of the West Wallsend Colliery sent a communication to the miners' secretary, asking for a deputation to…

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The Mining Situation. Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 5

OUR Wallsend correspondent writes that it does not appear as if any special effort is being made by the Wallsend Coal Company to increase their trade, that in judging from…

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Coal Freights

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 4

It is safe to say (says an English exchange) that coal freights have never been so low as in 1891. A carefully-prepared list of estimated average freights on coals from the Tyne has just been issued by a…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 12

EVER since the Stockton Coal Company succeeded in working the colliery by non-unionists there has been a strong feeling in the district that the…

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The Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 5

A special meeting of the old Co-operative miners was held in the ball of the Mechanics' Institute prior to the distribution of the nominal sum of eight shillings per man…

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Haulage Rates for Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 4

FOR a long time past the tendency of the Newcastle coal trade has been towards reduction. Great as the alterations in that direction have been…

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The Miners' Association. No More Help for the Unemployed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 5

The recommendation of the delegate board, that the lodges should collect a special levy of 5 per cent. at yesterday's pay to support those members who are unemployed, ban not…

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