Coal-lumpkrs Committed
Four men named Patrick Byrnes, John Sykes Alfred Kyneur, and Alfred Ward, coal-lumpers, were committed for trial on a charge of having committed perjury while giving evidence in an…
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Mining & the mines, 1907
898 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 45
Great Mining Explosion. Loss of Life. (By Cable). London
Great, loss, of life has occurred through an explosion at a mine in a China German protectorate.Two German firemen and 110 Chinese were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Discovery. a Rich Find
A good deal of excitement has been caused by the discovery of rich gold-bearing stone at Alectown, near Peak Hill. The find was made by Sharp, Davies. and party,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work at the Collieries
For the fortnightly pay to be drawn on Friday next, East Greta and Stanford-Merthyr have worked well, only having lost half-a-day each. The employees will, therefore,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Colliery Accident
A serious accident, resulting in the subsequent death of a wheeler named John Lindsay, 19 years of ago, happened in the East Greta Colliery, at about six o'clock last evening. Deceased, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers, Miners, and Workers Amd the Tariff
While Mr Carruthers is reducing the railway fares and freight charges by Which the farmers derive a groat advantage, the Federal Government, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Ironworks Mooted. Coal and Iron Available
Messrs. T. J. Heskitt and J. Earle Hernmann, two of the principals in the new direct process for the manufacture of steel from native ores, have found a seam of good…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rich Find of Gold. Country Pegged Out
A good deal of excitement has been caused by the discovery of rich goldbearing stone nt Aleetown, in the Peak Hill District. The find was made by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Copper for Gold. How the Bank of England Lost L1081
A remarkable story of halfpennies being substituted for half-sovereigns was told. at the Manchester City Police Court yesterday, when Henry Douglas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Danger of Electric Coal Cutters
Another important matter dealt with by the deputation was a complaint made by certain members that fire was given off from the electric cable used to supply power to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hebburn Colliery Trouble. Machines Will Not Be Withdrawn. Weston
With reference to the Hebburn difficulty, the manager of the colliery, Mr. Robert Harle, interviewed this afternoon, stated there was absolutely no gas where the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The East Greta Mining Fatality. Resumption of the Inquest
The adjourned inquest touching the death of the young man John Lindsay, who was killed at the East Greta Colliery on Friday evening, through falling down a jig in No…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Lads Strike. Trouble at Stanford-merthyr. Kurri Kurrt
About thirty boys, comprising jiggers, flatters, drivers, and [?]nsetters, engaged at Stanford-Merthyr Colliery, refused to work this aftenoon. The boys had previously…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Ironworks Mooted. Coal and Iron Available
Messrs .T. J. Heskit and J. Earle Hermann, two of the principals in the now direct process for the manufacture of steel from native ores, have found a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Price of Coal. Movement You Advance
There is every probability that on Ja[?]nary 1, 1908, the price of coal will be advanced from 10s to 11s a ton at the pit's mouth, Newcastle. There has been a phenomenal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rich Find of Gold. Country Pegged Out
A Good deal of excitement has been caused by the discovery of rich gold-bearing stone at Alectown, ia the Peak Hill District. The find was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Wheelers on Strike. Pelaw-Main Again Idle
The wheelers throw the Pelaw-Main Colliery idle on Saturday afternoon by not turning up to work. It appears the afternoon shift only works seven hours…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Colliery Accident
The unfortunate miner, Thomas Johnson, who, as stated yesterday, met with a terrible accident in the Aberdare Colliery and was subsequently removed to the Maitland Hospital, died in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Miners Suicide
An African miner named John Nicholson (76), committed suicide at Balmain this morning by shouting himself in the heal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Matters
Papers to hand by lost mail state that a conference of Scottish coalminers' delegates was held in Glasgow on July 24. The question of the demand for an increase of 12 1/2 per cent in…
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