New Zealand Coal Trade
The Westport Coal Company, the principal coal-producing firm in New Zealand, is gradually working itself into a sound financial position. During the past 10 years the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Illawarra · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1892
105 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 6
A New Rival for the Coal Trade
The coal fields of New South Wales and New Zealand are likely soon to find a serious rival, for reports from the Island of Labuan show that the export…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smokeless Coal
An association is formed in London for the purpose of endeavoring to induce the sole consumption of anthracite coal in that city. As it is absolutely smokeless, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Newcastle Coal Trust
The valuators appointed by a number of coal companies to value the collieries in the Newcastle district have completed their work, and all the mines with the exception…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Shearers Seizing Gold on Private Property
Some extraordinary remarks fell from a del[?]ate to the Trades and Labour Council on Thursday night. Mr. J. M. Toomey, secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Depression in the Coal Trade
Clifton, Tuesday.—the coal trade [?]hroughout the Illawarra district con[?]innes extremely dull. Only two or three mines are making anything like…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Platinum. the Coming Rival in Value of Gold
The increased demand for platinum, for use as poles in electro chemical batteries, for [?]r[?]cilbes, &c., has raised the price of that metal to a point never before reached,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bellambi Colliery. Check Inspector's Report
We have been requested to give publicity to the following report:— "To the miners of Woona lodge.—According to your instructions we, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More District Wealth. Coal Struck at Sherbrooke
Rumor has it that the Bulli Coal Company have struck coal in the diamond drill bore behind the mountains at Sherbrooke. The colliery officials "in the swim" are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Output
The annual report of the Mines Department gives the following particulars regarding the coal output of this colony. The output for 1891 exceeds that of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Discovery of Coal in Holland
While England is in the midst of a coal crisis, says an. English paper, intelligence comes from the other side of the North Sea to the effect that a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Trust
On Monday, at the invitation of the promoters and valuing board of the proposed coal trust which is to take over the collieries in this district, a large number of colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Magistrate and Miners
The conduct of Mr. Perrott, Police Magistrate, in stating from the Bench at Wallsend recently, during the hearing of the case of Dr. Perkins v. Johnston, that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Proposed Coal Trust
Every step in the negotiation for the establishment of a gigantic Coal Trust to embrace all the collieries in the Newcastle district with the exception of two or three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Crowther, and Bellambi Miners' Pay. (To the Editor.)
SIR,—I would be glad if you would allow me a little space to reply to a letter in your issue of even date signed by John Crowther, on myself and Woonona colliery,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Southern Collieries
Clifton, Monday.âWork at the South Clifton colliery continues slack. The miners have been receiving only two and a half days' pay for the past fortnight. Last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Perrott, P.m., and the Newcastle Miners
The conduct of Mr. Perrott, police magistrate of Waratah, in stating from the bench at Wallsend recently, during the hearing of the case Dr. Perkins v…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining
The mines in the district are still working very badly, with no sign of improvement, but rather the reverse, as the Mt. Kembla and South Bulli mines, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Strike in England
The coal strike dies hard. Although the movement as a whole has collapsed, a number of the Durham miners hold out, and refuse to accept the employers'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Colliery Disputes
London, Thursday.—The Durham coal miners on strike have taken a ballot on the question whether they shall accept the reduction in wages of…
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