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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1896

1,413 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 71

The Mining Situation. the Ballot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1896 · page 5

THE ballot papers in connection with the impending mining trouble have seares been Issued ere there is a return to hand. The Waratah miners decided yesterday in favour…

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The Premier's Return. Mr. Reid on Scant Courtesy. Advice to the Newcastle Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1896 · page 5

THE Premier, accompanied by Mr. Morten, the member for The Shoalhaven, passed through Newcastle last evening on his return from a visit to Hillgrove and Armidale. The…

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The Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 March 1896 · page 5

A special meeting of the Co-operative miners was held in the hall of the Plattsburg Mechanics' Institute last evening. There was a good attendance, and Mr. David Rees…

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The Mining Situation. the Ballot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 March 1896 · page 5

SEVERAL additional lodges balloted yesterday upon the question of a general strike. In every instance the figures were unobtainable, but the result of the voting was pretty well…

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The West Australian Goldfields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 March 1896 · page 3

COUNCILLOR MALOCOLM REID, of Adelaide, who returned from a visit to Perth and the gold fields of west Australia last week, gave an interview to…

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A Romance of Coal-mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 12

A CHAPTER in the romance of the coalmining industry of South Wales is afforded by the discovery made at Abertillery recently. This consists in…

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The Newcastle and Stockton Gold Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 5

THE prospectus of the Newcastle and Stockton Gold Mining Company, to be registered as a no-liability company, appears in another part of this issue. The proposed capital is…

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The Miners' Ballot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 4

THE partial returns of the ballotting received on the subject of whether the miners favour a strike or not show a majority in favour of cessation of…

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The Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 5

The usual monthly meeting of the Wallsend miners was held in the hall of the Wallsend School of Arts last evening. There was a good attendance. Mr. W. Bower…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 12

THE balloting in the district lodges is still in progress. Several lodges have yet to send in their returns. All the ballot-papers have to be returned not…

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The West Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 5

A special meeting of the West Wallsend miners was held in Sharp's Hall on Wednesday last, Mr. G. Ford in the chair. The mooting was largely attended, an evidence…

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The Co-operative Colliery. Mr. Barr in Explanation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 5

With reference to the dismissal of the few Co-operative miners who interested themselves in the formation of a local branch of the Miners' Association, Mr. Barr, the…

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The Borehole Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 March 1896 · page 5

The members of the Borehole Miners' Lodge held their quarterly meeting at Thompson's Hotel, Hamilton, on Saturday night. Mr. T. Wilson occupied the chair,…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 March 1896 · page 4

THE result of the mining ballot, so far as it can be ascertained, shows the existence of considerable dissatisfaction on the part of the miners with the…

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The Mining Situation. the Ballot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 March 1896 · page 5

THE ballot upon the question of a general strike to demand the payment of a [?]wing rate of 3s 6d per ton was completed on Saturday, and the final returns will be in the hands…

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The Newcastle and Stockton Gold-mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1896 · page 5

MR. G. O. HYDE, legal manager of the Newcastle and Stockton Gold-mining Company, No Liability, reports that applications for shares have been numerous, and that early…

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Ventilation of Coal Mines. the Recent Test Case. Effect if the Decision is Upheld

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1896 · page 5

THE proceedings instituted against the Wallsend Company by the Crown, at the instance of Mr. William Humble, one of the Government Colliery inspectors, for not having the…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1896 · page 7

A HAMILTON correspondent writes:—"Anything that affects a community generally-especially when the vital medium of trade, the pocket, is likely…

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The Mining Situation. After the Ballot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1896 · page 5

THE delegate board of the Miners' Association will meet at an early opportunity to consider the returns of the ballot upon the question of a general strike. Though definite…

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Ventilation of Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 5

Mr. A. EDDEN, M.P., writes under yesterday's date as follows:—"In your issue of to-day appears an article under the above heading, which to many must be very interesting…

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