Eight Hours for Miners. London, June 23
In the House of Commons last night Mr. H. Gladstone, Home Secretary, moved the second reading of the Coal Mines Eight Hours Bill. He offered to postpone…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1908
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New Gold Find
Perth (W.A.) Thursday.—A new geld find is reported between Mcckatharra [?] Abbots, on the Murchison fields The discovery is regarded as the best surface st[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Eight Hours Bill. London, June 30
The council of the Northumberland Miners' Association, by 55 votes to 23, has condemned the Miners' Eight Hours Bill. The miners of the district will shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Lloyd" Copper Mine
It is reported that Dr. Logan Jack and Mr. Armstrong, formrely mine manager of the Great Cobar, Limited, have been appointed to make a special report upon the "Lloyd" copper mine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Lloyd" Copper Mines
On June to the Australian shareholders of "Lloyds" held a meeting convened by the managing director, when resolutions were unanimously agreed to recommending…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A "Safe" Mine. Explosion Therein. Ten Men Killed
The special correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote from Midsomer Norton, on 10th May. By an explosion which occurred last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Cargoes. Six Millions Shipped in Three Months
The Union-Castle liner Carlsbrook Castle (writes the "Daily Mail" of 13th April), left Capetown last week with L1,040.082 in bar gold on board for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Russian Affairs. Over 200 Miners Killed. London, July 6
A deadlock which has occurred between the Duma and the Council of the Empire regarding the naval construction programme forces the Russian Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable News. Congo Boundary. Australians on the Goldfields. London, July 4
The Anglo-Congolese Frontier Commission has completed its survey, which shows that there was a mistake in the maps on which the Anglo-Congolese Convention of 1891 was based…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cable News. Eight Hours for Miners. London, July 7
The debate on the second reading of the Coal Mines Eight Hours Bill was concluded in the House of Commons yesterday. Replying to the Opposition, Mr. Herbert…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Regulations
The regulations under the Mining Act have [?] revised, and the amendments will take [?]t from August 4 next. The principal alter[?] are:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold in the Congo
Gold worth £60,000 from the mines of King Leopold at Kolo, in the Ituri province of the Congo Free State, has passed through Uganda. It is reported that an enormously rich…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mail to Kangaira Mine
Some months ago, application was made to the Rostal authorities through the member for Werriwa—D. R. Hall, Esq.—for an extension of postal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rand Gold Robberies
The Pietermaritzburg correspondent of the Daily Mail states that 16 detectives are engaged tracking a conspiracy to rob the Rand mines. The correspondent telegraphs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LOCAL & GENERAL. Sale of Kangiara Mines
The valuable Kangiara mining property has been purchased by a big Sydney and Adelaide Company, who intend later on to float the property on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sale of Kangiara Mines
The valuable Kangiara mining property has been purchased by a big Sydney and Adelaide Company, who intend later on to float the property…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Warden's Court
Before Mr. C. F. Butler, Warden. Ellen Gruber v. H. W. Summer, claim for surface damage on gold mining lease of two acres and non-compliance with labour…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Eight-hour Bill
All the Mines Regulation Acts which have been passed in Great Britain hitherto have been designed for the promotion of safety, but the Eight-hour…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Transvaal Mining Law. London, Aug. 15
The Legislative Assembly of the Transvaal has adopted the most contentious clause of the Gold Bill, empowering the Government to confiscate all insufficiently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Explosion in a Colliery. London, Aug. 19
A terrible disaster yesterday in the No. 1 Maypole colliery, Abram, Lancashire, resulted, it is feared, in the loss of 76 lives. An explosion occurred in the colliery,…
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