The Price of Coal
Early yesterday morning some few supplies of coal and coke could be obtained in Sydney at the prices which ruled on the previous day, but during the afternoon…
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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
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Early yesterday morning some few supplies of coal and coke could be obtained in Sydney at the prices which ruled on the previous day, but during the afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The negotiations between the Premier (the Hon. C. G. Wade), the colliery owners, and the miners' representatives, were continued in Sydney until late last evening, but nothing definite…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One of the most conspicuous instances of "protection run mad" is provided in the duties on mining machinery levied under the new tariff. duties which imperatively require…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The community is still in suspense with regard to the possibility of a speedy settlement of the mining difficulty, at any rate so far as to permit of the resumption of work at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Only about a scene of the 550 coal trimmers at the Dyke are working, owing to the stoppage of loading operations, and over a hundred crane boys have also been rendered idle. A large…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The position as regards the mining siuation on the South Maitland coalfield remains unaltered, and there is practically nothing fresh to report. The men are anxious for news, and were following…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The keenest disappointment was felt at Newcastle on Thursday when nothing tangible was arrived at as a result of the proprietors' conference. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The coalmining crisis in the Maitland and Newcastle districts reached a climax on tuesday, when all efforts at negotiation for settlement of the disputes between the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One docs not envy the position of Mr Peter Bowling and his colleagues on the committee of the Northern Miners' Federation. They have induced seven…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The great coal miners, strike at Newcastle has come about so suddenly thai the public in unable to grasp the real cause of it Moreover, the differences between the miners anil the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Wade, the State Premier, on Saturday evening, addressed letters to the representatives of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association and to the representatives of the miners at Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. J. Paterson and E. Kearsley, representatives of the Northern Miners' Federation, addressed a gathering of the miners employed at the Balmain colliery yesterday afternoon. The meeting was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Saturday was pay Saturday at Clifton. Everything was very quiet. Minors wore quietly discussing the northern situation, and prospects of what action will be taken by the southern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Newcastle and Hunter River Company is purchasing coal locally for to purpose of carrying on their trade to Sydney, Newcastle, and Morpeth. During the past few…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extraordinary prices were paid in Sydney on Saturday for coal. Large coal sold at from £3 to £3 10s per ton, and small at from £2 5s to £2 15s per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At a mass meeting of the Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union, held at Miller's Point on Saturday, Mr. (P. Bowling, the president of the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A gold rush of a mild type has set in to a belt of mineralised country lying about three miles west of Jarrahdale on the south-west railway, where nearly a dozen gold claims have been staked out on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A' full meeting of the Miners' Executive Committee won opened this morning at the Trades Hall, with Mr. Bowling, District President, in the chair. The meeting was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There are no fresh developments here regarding the mining crisis. The men hesitate to express an opinion regarding the terms for a resumption of work as submitted by the Premier, but it would…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamship Mauregaina has sailed for New York, carrying £l,700,000 in gold…
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