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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
81 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 5
THE coal-miners' strike is now an accomplished fact, with the result that the men, from whatever cause, are now held to be most blameable. The citizens of Newcastle, it is said, have done…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Plumbago find near the Heads is, unfortunately, in dispute. The hearing of one case occupied the Warden's Court two days of the week, and on Wednesday evidence will be taken in another…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, WEDNESDAY.—The Evening News states that they are in a position to say that they have reasonable grounds for hoping that a settlement of the differences between the colliery proprietors and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Prospecting Board.—The Armidale Express writes:—Messrs. Slee and Anderson, representing the Prospecting Board, returned to town on Friday last, after a general inspection of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ONE result of the strike is a demand on the part of some of the miners engaged in the Southern collieries for an increase of wages. It will be remembered that some time ago they made a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CONCERNING the miners' strike there is nothing now to report. A great deal will depend on what the masters will do at their meeting which, I understand, is to be held to-morrow. If they will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE two tons of coal from the Jessie Smith claim shipped to Melbourne by the M. A. Doran, had not been tested when the vessel left. It was decided to forward the stone to the School of Mines,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, WEDNESDAY.—It is believed that a conference of masters and miners will be held at Newcastle on Saturday, the masters leaving Mr. Carley to fix the day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the sectional meeting in connection with the Association, in Sydney, on Thursday, Mr. Frank Treutt read a paper on " Some Sociological Phases of Strikes."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ONE of the Croydon journals gives the total yield of gold for the half-year ending 30th June last taken from machine and mine reports upon the field at 38,233 oz. 5 dwt., and the total for the year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEWCASTLE, SATURDAY. — The masters' and miners' representatives met again this morning in conference to consider the draft of the proposals submitted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A LETTER from a private source states, that it is not probable the strike will be readily Bettled, as there is a serious difference between the agreement submitted by the masters and men. The masters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ANOTHER wild-goose idea now being worked out by the Mines Department is inoculation for Cumberland or anthrax. Cattle and sheep are to be inoculated with some peculiar virus, which is to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →FOR the past four months a number of miners have been engaged on a prospecting area of 640 acres, where an outcrop of coal was discovered four miles beyond Coaldale, and about 30 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →REPORTS to hand this morning state that an astempt was made yesterday to destroy one of the tribute collieries by means of dynamite cartridges. The Star account is somewhat different from that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE negotiations between the miners and the colliery proprietors abruptly terminated on Thursday, and now the parties appear to be more estranged than ever. Opinions differ as to which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, WEDNESDAY.—Yesterday three miners who took part in the riot at Adams-town were brought before the court, and were remanded for a week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FRESH developments have taken place in connection with the strike. The Great Northern Colliery Company have arranged to work their mine in accordance with the agreement submitted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CONCERNING the miners' wages the Daily Telegraph points out this morning that the list prepared by the masters, and published in two or three papers, misrepresents the facts of the case. That list…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A CORRESPONDENT writes:—We lately visited the mines on Chandler's Creek. Their general appearance is favourable, and the country is soft, quite different to that on the east side of the river, Miss…
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