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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1895

1,038 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 52

Loading Coal at the Dyke

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1895 · page 4

Two berthing accommodation at the dyke wharf was fairly well taxed yesterday, when it is estimated that between 10,000 and 15,000 tons of coal were shipped. This quantity would have been very much…

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The Londonderry Mine No Swindle Suspected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—In connection with the Londonderry Mine, Mr. Horace Plunkett, who is acting under power of attorney from the Earl of…

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The Mining Situation. Result of the Recent Ballot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1895 · page 5

NEWS of considerable importance was received in the city last night to the effect that a meeting of the Wallsend miners will be held this evening for the purpose of considering…

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Waratah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1895 · page 5

The notice of the Waratah miners expires to-day, but it has been agreed between the miners and the company that the men work another week, and come out with the other…

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The Londonderry Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1895 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—In connection with the reported exhaustion of the rich shoot in the Londonderry Mine, Coolgardie, Professor Nicholas, who…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1895 · page 12

DURING the week several developments of considerable importance in the crisis in the coal trade have taken place, with the result that the…

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The Wallsend Miners. Notice Withdrawn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1895 · page 5

A special meeting of the above miners was held in the hall of the School of Arts on Thursday evening. There was a very large attendance, and considerable interest was…

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The Mining Situation. Meeting of the Delegate Board. The Mayor Moving for a Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1895 · page 5

MUCH satisfaction was expressed throughout the city and district yesterday when it became known that the Wallsend miners, at their meeting on Thursday night, had…

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The Co-operative Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 April 1895 · page 5

Mr. D. M'Leod writes:—"In your issue of Thursday, in the part alluding to the Co-operative mining affairs, you mention one man who was paid off on Tuesday last with…

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The Coal Trade. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 April 1895 · page 5

Sir,—During the last few days several letters have appeared in your paper on the present situation, and, judging from the arguments used by most of them, it is…

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The Mining Situation. Views of the Men

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 April 1895 · page 5

OUR Adamstown correspondent writes:—In common with other parts of the district, the strike question is foremost. The result of the meeting of the Wallsend miners held on…

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The Victorian Coal Trade. Aggregate Meeting at Korumbarra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1895 · page 6

IN the present situation of the coal trade the report of an aggregate meeting of the Korumburra (Victoria) Coal-miners' Association is of more…

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Correspondence. the Mining Situation. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1895 · page 8

SIR,—The all-absorbing topic in this district is the general strike. It is almost a thing of the past. On Thursday night last the Wallsend…

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Miners' Aggregate Meeting. an Unanimous Gathering. Ballot for a Strike Endorsed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1895 · page 5

AN aggregate meeting of miners was held on the Lambton Park yesterday morning, over 2000 miners being present. The meeting was announced to open at 10 o'clock, and…

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The Mining Situation. Lambton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1895 · page 5

AN adjourned meeting of the Lambton miners was held yesterday morning, when it is understood that the whole of the minutes of the last delegate meeting were adopted. The…

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The Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1895 · page 5

Our Wallsend correspondent writes:—The Wallsend miners have now, in conformity with the almost unanimous decision arrived at last Thursday, withdrawn the 14 days'…

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Hetton and Wickham and Bullock Island Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1895 · page 5

A combined meeting of the miners working at the above collieries was held in the hall of the Wickham School of Arts last evening to discuss the present position in…

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The Mining Situation. Affairs at Minmi

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1895 · page 5

MR. THOMAS, the manager of Brown's collieries, states that work is going on very satisfactorily at the Back Creek mine, and that the new hands are proving themselves good…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Latest Developments Coolgardie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1895 · page 5

PARKE, the discoverer of the Lake Darlot alluvial field, has brought in 700oz of gold, the result of three months' work. Another parcel arrived to-day from the same rush…

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The West Wallsend Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 April 1895 · page 4

Our West Wallsend correspondent writes:—Meetings of the West Wellsend and Seaham miners were held on Wednesday night, and it was decided unanimously at…

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