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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1895

1,038 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 52

The Mining Situation. All Strikes Declared Off. Work To Be Resumed This Morning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 April 1895 · page 5

As anticipated, the decision arrived at by the delegate board at their meeting on Friday to declare all intended strikes "off," and to recommend lodges on strike, or looked out, to…

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Waratah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 5

The Waratah miners met yesterday at Adamstown for the purpose of dealing with the recommendations of the last delegate meeting. The minute that all make the…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 5

The miners of the Glebe met yesterday afternoon (writes our correspondent) to receive the report of the deputation appointed to wait upon Mr. Keightley with regard to a…

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Accident to a Mine Manager

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 5

MR. JOHN PORTER, mining manager at the Unicorn mine, Devonshire line of reef, Eaglehawk (Vic.), met with terrible injuries in the shaft of that mine on Friday, and now…

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Loss of Life in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 5

THE official return relating to the loss of life in the mines of the United Kingdom for the year 1894 has been issued. It shows that in the mines under the Coal Mines Regulation Act…

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The Londonderry Mine Sir Wm. Robinson's Opinion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Sir William Robinson, Governor of Western Australia, has been interviewed with reference to the prospects of the…

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[From Metropolitan Papers.] The Scottish Australian Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The report of the directors of the Scottish Australian Mining Company, Limited, shows a balance to credit of profit and loss…

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The Mining Situation. Work Resumed at Duckenfield. The Position at Lambton. New Arrangements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 5

CONSIDERABLE surprise of a pleasurable character was felt in Minmi yesterday when it was learned that, despite the assertions frequently made during the past few months by…

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The Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1895 · page 5

A special meeting of the Lambton miners was held last night in Stoker's Hall, when the secretary (Mr. D. Paterson) read a communication from the manager, to the effect…

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Wallsend. the Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1895 · page 7

BUSINESS is now assuming its normal condition, and the prospects of the future are of a bright aspect. The Wallsend Colliery, with the exception…

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The East Greta Colliery. Work Resumed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1895 · page 5

Our Maitland correspondent writes:—"Matters connected with the working of the East Greta Colliery have not yet assumed their normal condition, but there is a hopeful…

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Parliament. Tuesday, April 23. Legislative Assembly. Subsidences on the Commonage. Coal Mines Bill. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1895 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at 3.30 p m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. BRUNKER, in reply to Mr. WADDELL, said that representations had been repeatedly…

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Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company. Half-yearly Meeting. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1895 · page 5

THE half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company was held at the Chamber of Commerce this morning. There was a large…

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The Mining Situation. Difficulty at Seaham Settled. a Reduction Accepted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1895 · page 5

MR. ROBERT ANDERSON, secretary of the Seaham Coal Co., visited West Wallsend yesterday to confer with the unionist miners of Seaham Colliery, with a view to the…

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Coal Creek Proprietary Company. Proposal to Sell the Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1895 · page 6

AN extraordinary meeting of shareholders in the Coal Creek Proprietary Company was held in Melbourne on Monday to consider a proposal by the…

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East Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1895 · page 5

Our Maitland correspondent writes:—Matters are still quiet at East Greta, and the men who have gone into the pit are working steadily. A couple of police officers attend…

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The Mining Situation. Lambton Colliery to Be Re-opened. Another Hitch at Seaham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1895 · page 5

THE gloomy predictions regarding the outlook at Lambton are fortunately not to be realised after all. Mr. T. Croudace, upon his return from Sydney, announced yesterday that he had…

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Lithgow Vale Colliery Co. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1895 · page 5

IN Equity to-day, before Mr. Justice Manning, Mars. Frances M'Kenzie, a shareholder in and creditor of the Vale Colliery Company, Limited, at Lithgow, petitioned for the…

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Death of a Mining Engineer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1895 · page 6

THE Island Reporter announces that Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, has lost another good man in the death of Mr. William Routledge, sen., who died…

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The Coal Industry. Proposed Royal Commission. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1895 · page 5

ACTING upon a letter from Mr. Curley, secretary of the Miners' Association, who conveyed to the members for the district a resolution passed by the delegate board…

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