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Illawarra · Mining & the mines
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SIR,—Referring to the sub-leader in your issue of to-day on the above subject, and also to your remarks touching the death of one William Rennie, a late employe of the Mount Kembla…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Under the above heading in last Saturday's issue of the Mercury is an article containing an account of the case of the late William Rennie, who died in the A. M. Hospital, on Friday, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Permit me to say that since reading Mr. Garlick's last letter on this subject my conviction is deepened that this "pet theory" of his will never develop into a fund of practical usefulness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Permit me to say that since reading Mr. Garlick's last letter on this subject my conviction is deepened that this "pet theory" of his will never develop into a fund of practical usefulness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In last issue we stated that there were no less than 17 vessels in Belmore Basin on Wednesday waiting for cargoes of coal. We took occasion then to point out that with the shipping facilities…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—In your issue of the 10th instant, another letter from "Self-reliance" appears on the above subject, and in which he complains that I ignore his suggestion "that the fund should be formed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seek to be good, but aim not to be great— A woman's noble[?]station is retreat.— LYTTELTON, 1731. (To the Editor of the Illawarra Mercury.)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I have watched with considerable interest the correspondence that has appeared in the Mercury on the above mentro[?]ed subject, and I am not only surprised but ashamed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Mr. G. Cram has vainly appealed "to his fellow-workmen" to bestir themselves and form this proposed accident fund. It must be clear to him as well as to me that there is no possibility…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The event of the obligation of the people of the United Kingdom to the coal industry is not probably so well understood as it deserved to be Coal not only affords direct employment and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Woodward asked the Secretary for Mines: (1.) Have any complaints been received by you as to the employment of boys in any of the collieries in the district of Illawarra for a larger…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As most of our readers are aware, the Metropolitan Coal Compnay have been carrying on operations at Camp Creek for some time past in developing the coal measures that were known a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Legislative Council, on Thursday, Mr. Lackey moved the second reading of the Bulli Disaster Fund Bill, and explained that the object was to provide for the administration of the Bulli…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Wiley is of opinion that the Southern or Illawarra coal will in a few years command the highest price in the market, it being better for steaming purposes than the Northern coal,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Legislative Council, on Thursday, the House resolved itself into committee of the whole for further consideration of the Bulli Colliery Disaster Fund Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eighteen men have within the past few days left the Bombe quarries to proceed to the mines. Nine of the number go to Broken Hill and the remainder to other points…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The coal trade general shows signs of improvment. The Mount Keira Colliery is stated to have secured large orders, which will keep the mine busy for some time. Mount Kembla…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We take from the London Mining Journal of February 25, the following action to recover for slander, and which should be read with interest by the raining commnity:—At Leeds on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT was clear to May, whon she entered the breakfast-room on the following morning, where the rest of the party were already assembled, that her father and mother had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Thursday night last, a seam of excellent coal, 6ft thick was struck in the big shaft of the Metropolitan Coal Company at Camp Creek. It will be remembered that a demonstration took…
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