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Illawarra · Mining & the mines
31 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2
In speaking at the banquet given to himself and Mrs. Stuart, on New Year's night, as referred to in our last issue, Mr. A. Stuart, M.P., said he regretted that he had been enabled to do so little…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CORRESPONDENTS, COOKS, AND HAMS.—There appears to be a sudden collapse of your Clifton correspondents. In one of your recent issues I counted, let me see, I think three, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Employers' Liability Act had led to a strike of miners of great magnitude in Lancashire. The efforts that have been made by the employers and some of the former lenders…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In a general way when you find co exposed to view it is in almost inaccessible gullies; a visitor therefore is not prepared to find the usual erection for landing and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The already large number of Celestials at work at the New England tin mines has lately been greatly augmented. Hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After six years patient toil, involving a deeper descent into the bowels of the earth than this been reached by any similar effort, the Ashton Moss Colliery Company have,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE learn that active steps are being taken to replace that portion of the Coal-Cliff jetty which has been carried away, Mr. A, DeFlon, who has had much experience at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following is the result of the Ascot Gold Cup, viz,:— Mr. C. Brower's Robert the Devil… …1 Duke of Beaufort's Petronel… …2…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—In the issue of your paper of yesterday, a correspondent at Bulli informs you that the present briskness of trade at Bulli has been caused by the loss of the Coal-Cliff Company's jetty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE VILLAGE.—A stranger visiting here now would almost fancy that our village was deserted, and would be constrained to say in the language of the poet, slightly localised,—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lime in undoubtedly one cause of heat in our mines, but it is not the only nor great heat producer. Lime is local in its action ; the heat produced by it is confined to certain sections of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On April 22, the half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the above company was held at London ; Mr. Adolphus W. Young presided…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Assembly, on Thursday evening, after the preliminary business has been disposed of Mr. Watson rose and said that, in the absence of the Premier, he had an unpleasant duty to perform,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ROAD WORK.—We are having a red letter week here at present. The company paid on Saturday last, and the Government paid on Monday and Tuesday, and may continue doing so to-morrow,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is said that after a storm comes a calm, and after a feast, a famine. So it has been with us of late. Having had three pays last week, we Cliftonians had commenced to think that the good old…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The third of Mr. Denton's lectures upon the history of our world as illustrated by the study of geology, was delivered on Friday night in the School of Arts, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following is a copy of the circular lately sent by the Miners' Union in to the colliery proprietors:—"To the colliery proprietors of Newcastle. Gentlemen,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE JETTY.—We have been getting along her very slowly of late, owing to old Neptune's splashing away to such an extent as to seriously interfere with the erection of our jetty, and the total…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New York Times calculates from some statistics in its possession that at the rate at which dentistry is proceeding in America the whole of the gold in the world…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE JETTY.—We have again been interrupted in potting along with the jetty work, the sea having risen mountains high, so to speak, with the late heavy weather. But in this instance it calmed…
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