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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

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Thompson V. the Southern Coal Company

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 26 July 1894 · page 3

In the Supreme Court on Monday, Mr. H. E. Cohen (instructed by Messrs. Norton, Smith, and co.) appeared for the defendant company, and moved for a rule…

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Amalgamated Miners' Association

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1894 · page 2

A meeting under the auspices of the Illawarra A.M.A. was held at Mount Keira on Thursday night, when Mr. Adam Cook (president of the Newcastle A.M.A.)…

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The Austinmer Mine. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1894 · page 2

SIR.—Kindly allow me to reply thrown the columns of your paper to Mr. Joseph Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell rays on of the three persons was "slightly injured," and…

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Miners' Mass Meeting at Wollongong. Proposed Amalgamation

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1894 · page 2

An aggregate meeting of coal minors was held on Bode's Centennial Grounds on Saturday afternoon, the object being to promote unionism in Illawarra and to…

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Terrible Colliery Disaster in Wales

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 9 August 1894 · page 3

The London Times of 29th June contains the following account of the dreadful colliery accident in Wales of which we were briefly apprised at the time by…

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The Coal Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 9 August 1894 · page 3

Mr. Adam Cook, president of the Miners' Association, has been working bard during the week in the Southern district, where he is trying to reorganise…

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Imprisoned in a Silver Mine

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 16 August 1894 · page 4

TWo miners named William Angwin and George Phillips, working in the No.8 level of the Sunny Corner silver mine, were entombed Tuesday by a…

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Agriculture and Mining

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 16 August 1894 · page 3

The "Goulburn Herald " in an article on the depressed condition of the agriculture and mining industries of the colony says :—The condition of the…

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Coal-mining Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 21 August 1894 · page 3

The coal-trade throughout the district continues in a most unsatisfactory state, and in the case of many families extreme distress prevails. There are, however…

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Mining Royalties

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 23 August 1894 · page 4

Speaking at the sixth annual demonstration in connection with the Warwickshire Miners' Association at Nuneaton a few weeks ago, Mr. Michael Davitt…

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Coal Mining Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1894 · page 3

The Newcastle district will in all probability adopt the recommendation of the delegate board and agree to amalagamate with the Southern and Western…

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An Open Letter to Mr. John Hughes, Overman, Woonona Colliery

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1894 · page 2

SIR,—As misrepresentations, when allowed to run unchecked, are often fruitful agencies of evil results, I beg your indulgence for the purpose of addressing…

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Mining. Failure of the Bodalla Reefs

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1894 · page 2

Great disappointment has been felt at the complete future of the large roofs at Bodalla, which was experimented upon by Mr. Pritchard (Kiama) and a Mr…

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The Newcastle Coal Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 13 September 1894 · page 3

Work has been fairly brisk during the week in the various collieries (says the Newcastle Herald), and the pay next Friday will be a good one. The…

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The Coal Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 September 1894 · page 2

A Bulli correspondent writes :—"The s.s. Merksworth loaded 120 tons of coal at Bulli jetty on Thursday last for Adventure Bay, Tasmania. The Bulli Pass Colliery…

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The Goal Miners of the Colony. Proposed Scheme of Amalgamation

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 September 1894 · page 3

At a special meeting of the Miners Association held at Newcastle on Friday. Mr. Adam Cook, the president, presiding, the proposed basis of amalgamation…

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The Coal Mines Regulation Bill. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 3

SIR,—I will thank you for a small space in your columns to contradict a paragraph in Monday's Sydney Morning Herald by, I presume, their correspondent at Clifton, in…

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A Colliery Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 2

Our Austinmer correspondent writes :—An accident occurred at the colliery here to-day (Thursday) which resulted in damaging four of the company's hopper waggons, and…

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The Coal Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 3

The coal shipped at Wollongong during the month of September amounted to 40,230 tons, of which 30 005 tons was sent from the jetties and 9325 from Belmore…

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Railway Charges for Haulage of Coal

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 2

Mr. Edden has given notice in the Assembly to ask the Minister for Works and the Minister for Mines two long questions in regard to the railway charges for the…

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