Arrival of the Alexandra at Adelaide, with the English Mail. Alteration in Despatch of the Mails. £2,000,000 Sterling Voted for Abyssinian Expedition. Execution of Fenians. Mr. Blackall, Governor of West Africa, Appointed Governor of Queensland. Colliery Explosion—170 Persons Killed. (From the S. M. Herald's Telegraph Correspondent.) Adelaide, Saturday, 6 p.m
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1868 · page 2
The Alexandra (s.); Captain Brown, arrived at Glenelg at 3 p.m., after a passage of ninetynine hours from the Sound. The upward trip occupied one hundred and twenty-one hours,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Newcastle. New South Wales Co-operative Coal Mining Company
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1868 · page 3
The eleventh half-yearly general meeting of the Co-operative Coal Mining Company was held at the Co-operative Hall, Blane-street, on Saturday, 25th January, at noon, for the purpose of receiving the report…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Northern Gold Fields. Rocky River. (From the Armidale Express, Jan. 2[?].)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1868 · page 2
In the River working has been suspended for a few days, the water having filled Jones and party's and Skews and Co.'s claims. Sullings's claim at Maitland Point, being over on one side of the River, was protected by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Visit to the Coal Mines
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1868 · page 2
The next arrangement on the programme was that his Royal Highness should be allowed to form some idea of the importance and magnitude of the coal industry of this colony, by an actual inspection of one of the pits in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Discovery of Gold Fields in South Africa
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1868 · page 2
The latest Cape of Good Hope papers (Feb. 4), speak in rather hopeful language of the gold fields said to have been discovered not far from the colony. The two persons who are said to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waratah Coal Company. (from the S. M. Herald, April 18.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1868 · page 4
The half-yearly meeting of the above company was held at noon, yesterday. The Secretary read the advertisement, and the following report and balance sheet:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Petroleum Coal at Anvil Creek
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 May 1868 · page 2
In our last issue we briefly mentioned the fact that coal had been discovered at Anvil Creek, half way between Maitland and Singleton, of the kind used for the manufacture of kerosene oil. We had, on Tuesday, an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Petroleum Coal at Anvil Creek
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 May 1868 · page 3
We have received a letter of some length from the Rev. W. B. Clarke, respecting the recent discovery of petroleum-cannel coal at Anvil Creek. A small portion of the letter refers to what has been published in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COAL. (From the Glasgow Mail.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1868 · page 3
The knowledge of the geographical distribution of coal and of its availability wherever found, for the various ends which that invaluable fuel is made to serve by sea and land, are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nomination for the Northern Gold-fields. (Abridged from the Armidale Express.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1868 · page 3
The nomination of a candidate to represent the Northern Gold-fields, in the Parliament of New South Wales, took place at Uralla, on Monday, June 22, in the presence of about 150 persons. W. Cleghorn, Esq,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Northern Gold Fields Election
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1868 · page 2
In our last we published the telegraphic returns of the polling for the Northern Gold Fields, from six places: Uralla, Moonan, Puddledock, Hanging Rook, Nundle, and Peel River, giving the following total figures:—Hoskin[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Northern Gold Fields. Bowling Alley Point. (From the correspondent of the Tamworth Examiner.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1868 · page 2
"There is a tide in the affairs of man, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." I trust that our diggers will keep this practically in view, for, without doubt, our prospects are at the present moment unmistakeably at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Thames Gold-field. 1500 Ounces of Gold From Sixteen Hours' Crushing. (From the Thames Advertiser, July 21.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1868 · page 4
Hunt's battery was started about noon yesterday, with the poorest stuff on the claim, in order to fill up the boxes, and give the richer quartz and the battery a batter test. After several hours work at this, eight head of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Gold Diggings
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1868 · page 2
Considerable uncertainty appears to prevail in the minds of diggers and others, with reference to the situation of the various gold-fields, now attracting so much attention, in the colony of Queensland. The following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Exciting Scene at a Barnsley Colliery
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1868 · page 4
The town of Barnsley and neighbourhood was on Saturday morning the scene of the greatest excitement and alarm in consequence of a statement that the Mount Osborne pit…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, September 3, 1868. the Action of the Coal Companies
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1868 · page 2
A REMARKABLE announcement appeared in our Sydney telegram on Tuesday last, namely, that " the local coal companies had decided to undersell the Lambton company, whatever price they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dispute Amongst the Coal Companies. (From the Newcastle Chronicle, Sept. 3.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1868 · page 6
Yesterday the price of coal at this port was again reduced, 8s. 6d. being now the price per ton. The history of this disastrous contest between the various collieries of this district,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Discovery of Gold in South Africa
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1868 · page 2
The discovery of a rich gold country to the north of the Li[?]po River, on the borders of the Transvaal Republic [?] Portuguese settlements, is confirmed from [?] quarters. This new field of glistening quartz, veined with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northern Gold-fields. (From the Armidale Express, Nov. 21.) Rocky River
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1868 · page 2
On this field there has been something like a stir among the diggers concerning applications made to Gold Commissioner Addison by certain parties to lease auriferous tracts. As an important principle in mining law…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →