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Mining & the mines, 1894

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The Coal Trade. the Southern Collieries the Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 5

BULLI, Thursday.--Strike matters present no change. There is a manifest determination on the part of the men who ceased work to use every lawful means in their…

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The Miners' Troubles. the Position at Greta. Strike at the Southern Collieries

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 4

GRETA, Friday.— At a miners' meeting yesterday it was resolved that a deputation should meet Mr. Harper to discuss the question of prices on any date he might come to Greta. Messrs…

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A Clam Mine

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 7

A clam mine (says an American contemporary) full of live clams, and of great breadth and depth, has been discovered at the mouth of the Delaware Bay, off the Flashing Creek shore. This has…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 7

A correspondent writes with reference to mining matters at Canowindra on the 2nd inst., as follows:-- The crushing of 10 tons 7cwt. from Boney's Rocks, London Reef,…

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Bingera Diamond Mines

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 2

With reference to the cablegram published in our columns yesterday, stating that a company had been successfully floated to work the Bingera Diamond Mines. Mr. Dowel, M.L.A., states that…

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The Collieries. the Illawarra Rates. Attitude of the Miners. Affairs at Newcastle-- The Stockton Trouble-- Latest Developments. BULLI

The Australian Star · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 5

Those men who have refused work intend using every lawful means in their power to resist the proposals of the associated mine-owners. It is rumored that some collieries…

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The Northern Collieries. the Difficulty at Stockton Unsettled

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The only colliery at which anything like serious trouble between the management and the miners prevails just now is the Stockton. An…

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The Greta Miners. Greta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 6

It was rasolved at a miners' meeting to-day that a deputation should be appointed to meet Mr. Harper to discuss to question of prices on any date that gentleman can make it convenient to come to Grate…

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North Queensland Mines Agency Company

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The Ninth Queensland Mines Agency Company have issued preference shares to the extent of £10,000 at 8 per cent…

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N. Queensland Mines Agency Co

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 4

LONDON, January 4.— The North Queensland Mines Agency Company has issued preference shares to the extent of £10,000, bearing interest at 8 per cent…

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The Dispute at the Stockton Mine. Trouble Over the Yardage Rates. Proposed Levy on Miners' Wages. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 6

The district officers, Messrs. Cooks, Curley, and Forrester, with the officers of the Stockton Ledge, waited upon Mr. M'Auliffe, manager of the Stockton Coliery, this afternoon, with the view of arriving…

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The Coal Trade. the Illawarra Strike. (From Our Correspondent.) Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 6

There are no new developments in connection with the present strike. The men are very quiet, but firm, and though some consider that a hopeless battle in being fought, as the union is somewhat…

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Queensland. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) the Gold Yield for the Colony. Brisbane

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

The total gold yield of the colony last year was 600,327oz., being a decrease of 15,231lox. as compared with 1892. Charters Towers heads the list for the year with 256,352oz. Rockhampton…

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The Coal Crisis. Southern Collieries' Difficulty. Wollongong

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 41

Mount Kara and Mount Pleasant collieries are at work this week. At the latter a meeting was held on Sunday, when a vote was taken with regard to the strike, 23 voting for and 21 against it. The…

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The Collieries

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 15

NEWCASTLE, Saturday— There was much satisfaction and relief among all members of the community when the news came to hand last night from Sydney that the proprietors of a majority…

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The Coal Trade. the Southern Collieries. a Director's Opinion

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 5

Dr. Robertson, the managing director of the Mount Kembla colliery, and viewer of the South Bulli, has just returned from the scene of the miners' strike at the southern…

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The Northern Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- There is no change to report in the position of affairs at the Stockton colliery, and it will probably be some days yet before any definite…

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The Colliery Troubles

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 11

So far as the Northern collieries are concerned, the clouds have cleared to some extent. The action of the A. A. Company in proposing a reduction of the hewing rate to 3s 2d, whilst the…

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Gold-mining in Western Australia. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 9

A Western Australian mining syndicate has been registered in London with a capital of £24,000…

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The Greta Collieries. London, Dec. 29

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 14

A meeting of shareholders in the Greta collieries has rejected the accounts submitted. They showed a debit balance of £26,000…

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