The Mining Situation
Work still continues brisk at all the local collieries, each of which is taxed to its utmost capacity of output. Belmore Basin, as during last week, is overcrowded with shipping, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1888
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The Collieries. Mount Kembla
Things in general are going on very unsatisfactorily at this colliery. The demand made by the minors for an advance on hewing rates, has been refused by the company, and therefore it is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mount Pleasant Colliery. Deputation Report
A gentleman signing himself " Labor " has kindly supplied us with the following copy of the report presented to the Mount Pleasant miners from the deputation which waited on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Pleasant Colliery
Saturday last was pay-day for this colliery, and during the pay Mr. Lahiff, the manager, intimated to the miners and wheelers that he desired to meet them later on in the afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miners' Strike. Illawarra Miners' Pay
THE manager of one of the southern collieries (says Thursday's Telegraph), when interviewed in Sydney, said :—" I regard the demand that is being made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Strike
WRITING to the S. M. Harold on this all important topic, a correspondent signing himself " Argus " says:—Sir,—The all important topic of the day is the cause…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Bull Colliery. the Miners and the Company. 15 Per Cent. Rise Given
The miners engaged at this colliery (known in the market as the North Illawarra Coal Company have been very active during the last few days seeking an advance of wages. It seems this lodge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mining Situation in Illawarra. Wollongong
THIS afternoon, immediately after the payment of wages at Mount Pleasant mine, Mr. Lahiff, the manager, addressed the men. He said a deputation had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir John Robertson and the Coal-cliff Miners
Sir John Robertson has just returned from a visit to the Coalcliff mine, in the Illawarra district, where he has dealt with some matters in connection with the business of the mine, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Illawarra Mines. Sir John Robertson As Mediator
SIR JOHN ROBERTSON has just returned from a visit to the Coalcliff mine, in the Illawarra district, where he has dealt with some matters in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Non-associated Collieries and the Newcastle Miners
From the Herald's report we extract the following particulars:— A good deal of interest was felt in the meeting of the non-associated masters on Monday, when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Newcastle Colliery Strike. Riot at Adamstown
The S. M. Herald's correspondent thus describes a serious disturbance that took place at Adamstown on Tuesday:— The protection which the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Collieries' Strike. the Out Age at the Burwood Mine
THE attempt on the part of some of the miners to destroy Messrs. Lewis and Thompson's mine at Burwood by dynamite has given rise to a great feeling of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Offer to the Miners
The Great Northern management recently made an offer to the men at their mine to resume work, and were prepared to pay a high figure to supply the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sooth Bulli Colliery
As mentioned in last issue, matters are far from being in a satisfactory state at this colliery. From the letter of Mr. Brashaw, copied from the Evening News, and the copy of a letter from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Matters
An advance of 12 1/2 per cent has been given to the Mount Keira miners. The Mount Pleasant colliery's two locomotives may be said to be " on strike," bad water being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Southern Collieries. the Difficulty at the Bulli Mine
WOLLONGONG, Saturday.—Work at the various collieries has been very brisk during the past week, as many as two and three steamers daily having been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Bulli Colliery
Their notice having expired on Saturday, the South Bulli miners brought out their tools on that day. As a consequence the pit was idle yesterday, no coal being shipped, but several men were…
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