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Mining & the mines, 1894

6,467 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1894 · page 7

The half-yearly meeting of the Broken-hill Proprietary Company was held in Melbourne yesterday, and passed off satisfactorily, Messrs, Kelly and Darling were re-elected…

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The Northern Collieries. Condition of the Stockton Pit

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The Stockton miners, at a special meeting held to-day, decided to call the attention of the Minister for Mines to the fact that the local…

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The Dispute at the Helensburgh Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1894 · page 5

The following correspondence has passed between the Clerk of Awards and the Metropolitan Coal Company, Helensburgh, relative to the offer of the miners to submit the…

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Stock Exchange. Mining. 4 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 26 January 1894 · page 6

No sales were effected at the last call…

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West Australia. Latest Mining News. Perth

The Australian Star · Friday 26 January 1894 · page 6

Latest news from the Mount Jackson confirms the reported discovery of gold in that locality. There are several good shows, but the water is scarce, not only on Mount…

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The American Tariff. Coal on the Free List. London, Jan. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1894 · page 5

The United States House of Representatives has placed coal on the free list in the new tariff…

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Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Difficulty with Coal-lumpers. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1894 · page 5

Contrary to expectation, the coal-lumpers at Geelong refused at the last moment to handle the cargo on the steamship Age at the rates of 1s per hour day labour and 1s 6d per hour night work,…

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Mining on Private Lands Bill. Prospects of the Bill. a Call of the Council

The Australian Star · Friday 26 January 1894 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly last night Mr. Cook said he had noticed that the Mining on Private Property Bill had been set down for consideration in the…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, January 25. The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Mining on Private Lands Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1894 · page 6

On the motion of Mr. COOMBES it was resolved that all member not absent on leave should be summoned to attend during the proceedings on the Mining on Private Lands…

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Goldfields and the Unemployed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1894 · page 4

Mr. Waddell has given notice of his intention to move in the Legislative Assembly on March 13, the following motion, with reference to holding out inducements to…

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The Miners' Troubles. Western and Southern Collieries

Evening News · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 6

HELENSBURGH, Saturday.—The miners residing in the Metropolitan Company's houses have received one week's notice to quit. This, is the only development in strike matters to record…

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The Coal Trade. the Co-operative Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The Plattsburg Municipal Council have been notified by Messrs. Stephen and Stephen, of Sydney, solicitors to Mr. Laidley, proprietor of the…

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The Western Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 5

LITHGOW, Friday. --In coal mining there is no change to report. The average has been about half-time. The Hartley Vale shale mines are still idle. The Government…

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The Newcastle Collieries

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 17

NEWCASTLE, Saturday— The Duckenfield miners held a second ballot yesterday to decide whether or not they would accept the recommendation of the delegate board and lay down their…

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Coal or No Coal

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 10

Faith may, as we have all heard, move mountains. Whether it can create coal mines where none exist is quite another matter. If experts are to be credited no less a…

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The Southern Collieries. the Helensburgh Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 5

HELENSBURGH, Friday.--The miners in the Metropolitan Company's houses last evening received a week's notice to quit. Beyond this no new developments in strike…

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The West Australian Gold-fields

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 11

LORD Persy Douglas has been speaking a piece with an interviewer in London, ia which he paints the future of resfing at Coolgardie in glowing colours. He praises highly the general good…

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Miners' Conciliation Board

Evening News · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 4

LONDON, January 26.—The Speaker of the House of Commons (the Right Hon. Arthur Wellesley Peel) has appointed Lord Shand (formerly a Judge of the Court of Session,…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 7

At a special general meeting of the Hero Freehold Silver and Gold-mining Company, Limited, held on Wednesday, at which the chairman, Mr. A. H. Armstrong presided,…

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West Australian Gold-fields. Influx of Population

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 10

PERTH, Wednesday.— There is a constant stream of new arrival reaching here en route for the goldfields. On Sunday the "Waroonga arrived at Albany From the eastern colonies with 350…

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