The Wallsend Miners, Dispute
The Wallsend miners have called a special delegate meeting, for the purpose of considering the difficulty between them and the management of that colliery over the shooting…
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Mining & the mines, 1889
86 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 5
Modern Magic As Applied to Coal
Pit-coal has been known for some hundreds of years. The discovery of its numberless products is confined to the present century. Illuminating gas was unknown 100 years ago…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mount Kembla Miners. 9 Hours or 8 Hours. a Ballot to He Taken
It will be remembered that some few weeks ago a difficulty arose at the Mount Kembla Colliery with regard to the working of the front and back shifts. The management fixed the hours of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Coal Trust
A scheme is on foot for amalgamating in one great concern the largest colliery interests in the northern district. The object of the scheme, so far as we can learn, is to combine all the leading…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible-colliery Disaster at Newcastle
A terrible calamity occurred on Saturday morning at the A. A. Company's Globe pit. The pit is dist[?] about two mils from Newcastle, and is situated to the south-west of the city. M[?]ing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Mining Catastrophe at Newcastle
A GREAT fall occurred in the A.A. Company's B[?]pit at the Giebe' Colliery on Saturday, entombing a number of miners. The information to hand yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kembla Miners' Dispute. the Verdict of the District. Almost Unanimously in Favor of the 8-Hours System
For the purpose of scrutinising the ballot taken amongst the miners of the district on the lime dispute at Kembla, a meeting was held at the Terminus Hotel, Wollongong, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Newcastle Colliery Disaster
The rescuing party are laboring incessantly and are making all possible progress, having cut their way through a considerable distance of fallen stuff since Saturday morning under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mining Accident at Newcastle
REPORT up to yesterday morning stated that the relief operations at the Hamilton pit, Newcastle, have been sadly impeded by unexpected obstacles, and the rescue party…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Woodward and the Mining Laws
Ever since his return as a representative for this district, Mr. Woodward has been deeply impressed with the necessity for an amendment of the mining laws, whereby greater security would…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Colliery Disaster. the Inquest on the Body of Pettit
On Tuesday afternoon, the coroner, Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P., held an inquest at Taylor's Hotel, Merewether, touching the cause of death of Herbert Pettit, whose body…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Southern Coal Company. Success of the Endless-rope System
The new departure in the working of colliery inclines by an endless-rope, introduced by the Southern Coal Company so far as this district is concerned, has proved an unqualified success…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The National Miners' Conference
The National Miners' Conference, which was attended by delegates representing upwards of 300,000 miners of the United Kingdom, was brought to a close at the Mechanics'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The "Corner" in Coal
The following remarks by an English paper on the proposed formation of a "corner" in coal in the United Kingdom are equally applicable to the proposed formation of a Coal Trust…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, July 25. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. J. Biggar, J.p.) the Mount Kembla Miners
Edward M'Laughlan appeared, pursuant to remand, charged with having entered into a written contract to seree the Mount Kembla Coal Company as a servant in the capacity of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Metropolitan Colliery
The ponderous engines erected at the Metropolitan Colliery at Helensburgh to work the winding-gear between the top and the coal-workings, 1000 feet below, were started before a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mount Kembla Difficulty. an Amicable Settlement Arrived At. the Miners' Demands Acceded To. Work to Be Resumed Next Week
Affairs at Mount Kembla now wear a brighter aspect, the matters in dispute having been amicable settled. Dr. Robertson visited the mine during the week, and had an opportunity of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Amending Coal Mines Regulation Act
In the Assembly on Thursday, the House went into committee to consider the expediency of bringing in a bill to make bettor provision for the regulation of coal mines. The Minister for Mines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aggregate Meeting of Miners at Newcastle
An aggregate meeting of miners in the Hunter River district was held on Saturday in Lambton Park to consider the proposed now Coal Mines Regulation Bill. All the lodges were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Kembla. No Change in the Situation. the Scotch Miners Join the Men
At Kembla there are no developments relating to the strike beyond those enumerated in our last issue, and affairs therefore remain in a passive and uninteresting state. The Scotch miners…
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