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Mining & the mines, 1892

4,834 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 242

Australasian Mining Exchange

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 4

A petition was presented to the Legislative Assembly yesterday by Mr. Carruthers covering a bill to provide for the distribution of the surplus assets of the Australasian…

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Australian Mining Stocks

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday Night. --Mount Morgan Gold Company's shares (London register), latest sales £2 7s ; Broken-hill Proprietary Silver Company's Shares (London register),…

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Mining Intelligence. Wednesday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 9

The fall in Junction consequent upon the closing of the mine led to many transactions being recorded, the lowest price touched being 6s 6d. Block 10 was 3s lower, and Contral 1s 6d. Some…

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Eight Hours for Miners. London, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 7

Lord Randolph Churchill states that he is prepared to support the Eight-hours Bill for miners, and he thinks it possible that the principle is capable of further…

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Gold Currency in Austria. London, February 10

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 5

It is anticipated that Austria-Hungary will succeed in obtaining 'sufficient gold from England to establish a two years' gold currency, and that the course will not…

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General Cable News. the Austrian Gold Currency

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. --It is expected that Austria-Hungary will succeed in obtaining sufficient gold from England to establish a two years' gold currency. This…

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The Durham Miners. a Ballot on the Wages Question

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. --A ballot has been taken of the Durham miners, who have decided adversely to an acceptance of a reduction in wages…

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Mount Stewart Mine. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 7

Sir, --You kindly published a letter of mine in your issue of yesterday, wherein I pleaded for certain information respecting Mount Stewart mine, and in to- day's issue of…

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Strike of Coal Porters in London. London, Feb. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 7

The Coal Porters' Union has called out 10,000 coal porters in London, in consequence of a dispute arising out of the employment of one man…

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Labor Struggles. Anarchy in Paris. An Editor Sentenced. The Xeres Outrages. Discontent in Spain-- Election of Engineers' Secretary-- The Durham Miners-- 10,000 Coal Porters Called Out. LONDON, February 10

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 5

The editor of an anarchist paper in Paris has been sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment for publishing an article inciting the people to pillage and murder…

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Accident to a Coal Train. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 7

Intelligence reached New castle this afternoon that an accident had occurred on the Dudley Coal Company's railway line, about a mile from the junction of the Sydney line. It appears that shortly after 3…

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Formation of a Coal Trust. a Huge Monopoly. Capital £2,500,000

Evening News · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—The Newcastle HERALD publishes the following to-day : The long talked of coal trust for this district has at last assumed a definite shape, and there is…

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Children of Darkness. [Now First Published.] a Romance of Mining Life. All Rights Reserved. Chapter Xvii --Continued

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 3

It would be simply impossible to overestimate the vicious influence Connelly's Lottery had --and still has --upon the working people of Lancashire. Many a home…

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Charters Towers Goldfield. (From Our Correspondent.) Charters Towers, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 9

During the last eight or nine days the rains that have fallen locally have had a somewhat depressing effect on all business, including the share market, but without, however, causing any special depreciation,…

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Legislative Assembly. the Mining Exchange. the Customs Duties Bill. Third Reading Carried and the Bill Passed. the "Unemployed" Again. Labor Bureau to Be Established

Evening News · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 3

The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. TECHNICAL COLLEGE CLASSES. Mr. SUTTOR, in answer to Mr. Houghton, said he did not consider it advisable to establish…

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The Greta Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 5

GRETA, Thursday.--At the miners' regular meeting last night it was unanimously decided to request Mr. Thomas Dix to allow himself to be nominated for the position of…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 7

The third half-yearly meeting of share-holders in the Major's Creek Proprietary Gold-mining Company was held at Norwich-chambers yesterday morning under the…

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The Norteern Collieries. Rumored Formation of an Immense Trust

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Considerable excitement has been caused by the announcement that a coal trust is about to be formed with a capital of £2,500,000, in which all the…

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The Broken-hill Central Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 7

MR. RANDOLPH ADAMS' REPORT. The Central mine at Broken-hill has been inspected for the directors by Mr. Randolph Adams, who has furnished a report of great…

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The Wallsend Miners and the Delegate Board

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--At the last meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board a letter was received from the West Wallsend Miners' Lodge containing a motion of censure…

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