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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1896

1,413 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 71

The Mining Situation. Four Other Lodges Give Notice

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1896 · page 4

YESTERDAY being a general holiday it could not be ascertained whether all the lodges had given 14 days' notice to strike, but it transpired that the information published in…

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The Mining Situation. Fifteen Collieries Receive Notice. Representing Over 4000 Miners. Position of the Smaller Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1896 · page 5

IT still remains a matter of much doubt as to whether there will be a general strike in the coal trade of the Newcastle district. Monday was the day upon which the notice were to…

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Coal in Natal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1896 · page 5

THE history and resources of Natal were dealt with recently at a meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute, London, by Mr. John G. Maydon, a member of the Natal Legislate…

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The Wallarah Miners Swansea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1896 · page 5

The Wallarah miners gave in their 14 days' notice this morning. The manager would not accept in because it was not signed by each individual miner. The miners have…

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Heating of Coal Cargoes. Another Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1896 · page 5

THE ship Morna, in which a portion of the stiffening coal was recently found to be heated, wont alongside the dyke on Saturday and took in 200 toes of Wallsend coal in…

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The Mining Situation. Sneddon's Colliery Receives Notice. The Co-Operative Miners Not Unanimous

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1896 · page 5

THERE is very little fresh to report concerning the mining situation. Though the public are deploring a strike, there is now a growing feeling that there will be something…

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Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1896 · page 5

Our Greta correspondent writes:—It was reported here yesterday that 14 days' notice to cease work had been sent in to the manager of the colliery, but the lodge secretary denies…

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The Coal-heating Cases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1896 · page 5

YESTERDAY Mr. T. Brooks, acting on behalf of Lloyd's, made a second examination of the Morna's heated cargo. In the after-hatch the coal was dug into, and a thermometer…

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Last Year's Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1896 · page 8

ADVANCE copies of the annual report of the Department of Mines have been furnished the press Last year the total mineral production of this colony was valued at…

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Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 5

The efforts of Mr. Curley, on his visit here on Wednesday, to get the recently-discharged charged lodge officials reinstated were unsuccessful. While not refusing point blank to…

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The Heated Coal Cargoes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 5

YESTERDAY morning Mr. T. Brooks, on behalf of Lloyd's, made a further examination of the Morna's cargo, The coal in the square of the after hatch was again examined, and…

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Duckenfield and Back Creek Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 5

The local Secretary for the above lodges, according to the decision of the special meeting held last week, tendered to the firm of Messrs. J. and A. Brown, on the 6th inst.,…

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The Mining Situation. Meeting of the Delegate Board. Situation at the Sea Pit. A Miner's Opinion. Position of the Non-Associated Men. A Test Case to be Tried. Serious Condition of Affairs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 5

A MEETING of the delegate board of the Miners' Association was held at the Trades Hall, Hunter-street West, yesterday. Mr. Adam Cook, the president of the association…

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Coal Mining Prospects

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 4

FROM all the information procurable on the local mining situation everything points to the strong likelihood of a cessation of work at many collieries…

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Wallsend Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 5

In connection with the mining situation the following notice has been forwarded to the miners' secretary, and posted up at the tunnel:—"Notice to the Wallsend miners.—…

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Coal Contracts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 5

Mr. Andrew Shaw writes as follows:—"I was expecting Mr. Gregson to reply to Mr. Curley relating to the A.A. Co. refusing to take contracts 10 years ago. I presume Mr…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 11

THE end of the impending trouble can be but little worse than the present state of uncertainty. The business of the port is almost at a standstill…

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Duckenfield and Back Creek Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 5

The miners of the Duckenfield and Back Creek Lodges held heir monthly meeting in Wile's Hall, Minmi, on Thursday night. There was a fair attendance, and Mr. Johh…

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Outlook in the English Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 6

ON the occasion of the recent meeting of the Federated Institution of Mining Engineers at Sheffield, Mr. Emerson Bainbridge, M.P., made some remarks with reference to the…

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The Mining Situation. Great Demand for Coal. Upward Tendency in Price. Possible Settlement by Some Proprietors. Mining Opinion. The Sea Pit Men. Notices at Wallsend and Glebe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 5

THE decision of the delegate board of the Miners' Association to allow the strike notices to take effect, as explained in yesterday's issue, has had a very material influence…

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