The Coal Crisis. Free Labour Plentiful
Free labour is plentiful on the wharfs. A start was made on Thursday to discharge the coal brought by the Quito from Calcutta…
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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
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Free labour is plentiful on the wharfs. A start was made on Thursday to discharge the coal brought by the Quito from Calcutta…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At a meeting of the Stanford-Merthyr miners held yesterday afternoon, the delegate referred to the action of the Advisory Board in recommending the filling of coal at Stanford-Merthyr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[?] loading of coal for Walka Waterworks [?] commenced at Stanford-Merthyr this morning by 13 Maitland and Newcastle employees [?] Water Board. The workmen are under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The death is announced, at the ago of 8z, of Mr. John Cory, of Cardiff, a millionaire colliery proprietor. (The late Mr. Cory was chairman of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A combined mooting of the Stanford-Merthyr, Pelaw-Main, and Fieddon-Greta miners' lodges was hold this morning, at which the question of loading coal for the Walka Water…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A collection of twenty-seven anti[?]ue snuff-boxes, belonging to Mr. Alfred Shuttleworth, of Eastgate House, Lincoln, and worth over £1000, were stolen last month…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →When the Compulsory Wages Board (Judge when bales president, and Messrs. H. S. Forsyth [?] Paterson members) resumed its sitting [?] Paterson members) resumed its sitting [?] morning at the Council Chambers, his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the person of Charles Adams, an elderly grey-haired man, the New York police believe they have arrested the leader of a notorious gang of mining swindle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Daring a meeting in Sydney on Wednesday evening, in support of the Parliamentary candidature of H. E. Holland, the Socialist, Mr Peter Bowling…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The discharge of the steamer Quito's coal by means of free labor is proceeding apace at Miller's Point. It is estimated that over 1000 tons have already…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The "Pall Mall Gazette" writes :—"The sentences on the strike lenders in New South Wales are a signal illustration of a strictly democratic Government rising to tho height of its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Additional waggons, men and horses, continue to arrive in connection with filling of the coal at Bellbird colliery, enar Cessnock. On Saturday evening, 23 horses, 5 waggons, 6…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The colliery proprietors have received the Miners Federation's request for a conference, but state that they can say nothing about it till they meet next week, unless they decide to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Leo states that the Government is anxious that the hearing of the southern miners' case should proceed without delay. Counsel has been instructed to appear before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The trial of Peter Bowling, William Brennan, Amram Lewis, Andrew Grey, and Albert Burns for alleged conspiracy was commenced at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Strathspillan, under command of Captain John M'Kirdy, arrived at Sydney on Sunday from Moji, Japan, with 6150 tons of coal on board, for the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Lee stated yesterday that the steamer Don of Airlie would arrive to-day with about 4600 tons of coal. The South Australian Government is sorely in need of coal, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The removal of the Bellbird coal to the local railway station is proceeding uninterruptedly. There were 17 drays and lorries at work yesterday, and it was expected that more would…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No fewer than 73 witnesses have been subpoenaed by the Crown to give evidence in connection with the charges of conspiracy against Messrs Bowling,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three hundred and fifty colliers at West Hartlepool on strike Created at riot, and set fire to a club house which had been erected at a cost of £8000…
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