Strike at Coal Cliff
Since Friday last there has been no work at the Coal-Cliff mine, the reason being a grievance be tween master and men. The miners say they have a bye law that says when any heading has…
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Mining & the mines, 1885
29 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2
The Minister for Mines in the South-west
HAY, Monday.—The Ministerial party returned from Balranald via Leap Leap and Maude this afternoon, and leave for Sydney by to-morrow's mail train. From Hay…
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MR. C. S. WILLIAMSON, F. G. S., has sent in to the Mining Department an account of his inspection of the coal seams which were discovered more than a year ago near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Explosion at Usworth Colliery, England. Loss of 41 Lives
About 9 o'clock on Monday evening, March 2, an explosion of gas, attended with the loss of 41 lives, took place in Usworth Colliery, near Gateshead. The colliery belongs to Messrs Bowes and…
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A CABINET Council was held on Wednesday morning, at which all the members of the Government then in Sydney were present, with the exception of Mr. Farnell, who is…
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ACCORDING to the " S. M. Herald's " special correspondent, the contingent, in coming away from the neighbourhood of Suakim. has left a very promising diggings behind it,…
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The following letters from Mr. Juntos Curley, Miners' General Secretary for the Hunter River District, have been forwarded to us for publication by Mr. J. Lay, Secretary of the Coal-Cliff Miners'…
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Tue death of Peter Whyte recalls a strange story. In an AustraliAn mining camp at one of the tents [?]four men—June 10, 1858—talking earnestly of their future and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal-cliff Peculiarities. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury")
SIR,—As certain statements have been made about the treatment the Clifton Postmaster received at the hands of the Coal-Cliff Company, I feel it my duty, knowing more about the matter…
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Dr. J. E. Taylor, F.G.S., F.L.S., the English scientist, and author of several popular scientific works, delivered at the Old Masonic Hall, Sydney, on Saturday evening last, a lecture on the above…
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You are coming to woo me, but not as of yore, When I hastened to welcome your ring at the door ;…
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As stated by us on Thursday last, the miners of Mount Kembla having failed to come to a settlement previous to Saturday, gave in their notice on that day, and if mutters are not settled before the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Kembla Miners' Brievances. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury")
Sir,—Would you kindly allow me a space in your widely circulated paper for the purpose of making known to the public a few of the many grievances that the Mount Kembla miners have…
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In regard to the impending strike in connection with the Mount Kembla Colliery and the letters that have appeared in this journal from time to time concerning the dispute that has led to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Kembla Miners. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury"
SIR,—It appears from the statement of Mr. Vickery that the proprietors are great philanthropists, inasmuch us they have expended one hundred thousand pounds in the fitting out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Mount Kembla Miners. To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury"
Sir,—It is net my intention in future to reply to or notice letters upon the above subject from persona afraid to support their mis statements by their signatures. I deem it best, however, just…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Slack Grievance. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury."
SIR,-Will you permit me again to call attention to a matter of serious import, to the inhabitants of this now fast rising town, which requires immediate and earnest attention. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mount Kembla Colliery Dispute. To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury."
SIR,—My attention is directed to your issues of 22nd and 25th instant, wherein certain prices are recorded as those that I, through the manager, Mr. Green, submitted on Thursday of last week…
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The mass meeting of miners of the Illawarra district, which had been arranged for Saturday last, came off in the paddock immediately north of Bode's Royal Victoria Hotel, Para Meadow…
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The following extracts from the annual reports of the Department of Mines, recently issued, having reference to the output of coal, will no doubt be read with much interest in the district…
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