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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1902

831 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 40 of 42

Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 December 1902 · page 6

The Burwood miners lodge met at Carnley's Hotel, Adamstown, Mr. John Thwaites in the chair. The delegate, Mr. J. Jones, reported the…

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The Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 December 1902 · page 3

Sir,—Through the cessation of five weeks' work caused by fire in the mine at the Stockton Colliery the Stockton miners forwarded an appeal to the delegate board…

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Plattsburg. Co-operative Miners' Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 December 1902 · page 3

The Co-operative Minors' annual picnic will take place on Saturday at Dora Creek. Ample train accommodation has been provided, a hand will be in attendance, and…

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The Curse of Gold. CHAPTER XXXVII.—(Continued)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 December 1902 · page 2

[?] with regard to Elsie Ford had been made about the time of Mrs. Barr's death, and the old people, by message and letter, made a…

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The Curse of Gold. CHAPTER XXXVIII.—(Continued.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 December 1902 · page 10

The smile upon Elsie's lips grew brighter. She stood up and looked earnestly through the window. A gleam of intelligence shot over her…

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The Curse of Gold. Chapter Xli. Nurses for the Children of the Poor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 December 1902 · page 2

I must go back a year or two, and take up an event, which happened during Catharine's sojourn in the Insane Asylum…

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Plattsburg. Co-operative Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1902 · page 6

The meeting of the committee of the Co-operative Colliery Miners' Accident Fund was held at the Great Northern Hotel on Saturday evening. The…

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World's Coal Output

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1902 · page 4

An article of great interest on the coal output of the world is contributed to "The Empire Review" by Mr. Benjamin Taylor. The main object of…

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The Curse of Gold. Chapter Xlii. the Adopted Son

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1902 · page 2

The next day Mrs. Dillon stood at the ferry at Randell's island, looking wistfully back toward the spot where she had just left the ewe lamb of her…

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The Curse of Gold. CHAPTER XLII.—(Continued)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 December 1902 · page 2

This was a kind of eloquence that neither the gentleman nor lady could withstand. The homely but pathetic cry of "mammy" ran like a thrill of music…

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Fire Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 December 1902 · page 3

There were many-unmarried men working at East Greta, and they batched, together. The lodge claimed a ton of coal for each adult each month…

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The Curse of Gold. Chapter Xliv. the Italian Villa

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 December 1902 · page 2

Within sight of the library window, and down upon the sloping grounds that rolled in broken hollows to the sea, Catharine had noticed the…

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Minmi. Colliery Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 December 1902 · page 6

The following is the result of ballots taken at Back Creek and Duckenfield Collieries for the following positions:—District auditor: David Wilkinson (Back…

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Stockton Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 December 1902 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the "Stockton miners was held in the Temperance Hall, Stockton, last evening. Mr. W. J. Donnelly in the chair…

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The Curse of Gold. CHAPTER XLV.—(Continued)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 December 1902 · page 2

At last shriek after shriek rent the air; but all in vain. Then he sunk to the ground. Lifting his eyes to the stars, and folding his hands palm to…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of the Sea Pit miners was held one Thursday evening, in Blackburn's Hotel, and largely attended…

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Gold Discoveries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 12

The Witwatersrand was declared a public goldfield in September, 1886. September, 1902, brings news of the alleged discovery of "another Rand." During…

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Pelaw Main. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 6

The Pelaw Main miners held a meeting on Wednesday evening, over which Mr. R. Armstrong presided. The president called upon the delegates to read and explain…

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Romance of a Coal Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 12

Four and a half tons of hard coal were stolen on a recent night from Jackson Boulevard and Market-street, Chicago. Chief of Police O'Neill says it is the…

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Arbitration Court. East Greta Miners. Claimants' Case Concluded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 3

The hearing of the case between the Colliery Employees' Federation (claimants) and the East Greta Mining Company (respondents) was resumed in the…

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