More Gold From Dapto
Specie and bullion to the value of £62,728 were taken away on Saturday by the P. and O. mail steamer Arcadia. Of that amount the Smelting Company…
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Mining & the mines, 1899
182 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 8 of 10
The Coal Trade
In furtherance of his contention that the time has arrived for the selling price of coal to be raised, Mr. Jas. Curley, the Northern miners' general secretary,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Miners' Secretary. (To the Editor.)
SIR,—The miners of Illawarra are to be complimented on their wisdom in rejecting the proposal to substitute a corresponding clerk for the general…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Kembla Jottings. Mining
The mine has worked every day for the coming pay—quite a pleasant and (of late) somewhat unusual experience. Trade indications are good, and there is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Bulli Colliery. Alleged Breach of the Coalmines Act. the Information Dismissed
At the Bulli Police Court yesterday (before the Police Magistrate) J. C. Jones, manager South Bulli mine, was charged with that, on the 21st July, he did fail to pay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Keira Notes. Coal Trade
Trade has been very fair for this pay, and to-day the men will draw for 8½ days. This week, however, we have not been doing so well, having only 1¼ days up to Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miners' Secretary. (To the Editor.)
SIR,—Your correspondent, "Geordie Boy," seems to think that his friends at Woonona don't know a good secretary when they see him. He can be assured that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miners' Secretary. (To the Editor.)
SIR,—Your correspondent, "Geordie Boy," is to be congratulated on having, in a dispassionate and sensible manner, directe[?] attention to our duty and responsibility in…
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Shipments of coal at the port of Bellambi last week amounted to 3860 tons, all being for Sydney. The main shaft of the Sydney Harbor…
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Shipments of coal at the port of Bellambi last week amounted to 3395 tons of coal, all being for Sydney. South Bulli Colliery worked 8¼ days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade. Last Month's Shipments
It may be recollected, that shipments of coal from this district during the month of August last totalled only 28,595 tons, 8259 tons being sent from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Keira Notes. Mining
The coal trade has not been so good during the last fortnight. For the pay on Saturday (to-day) the pit worked 5¾ days. This week two days wera put in up to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade. Sydney Harbor Colliery
The hoisting machinery at the Sydney Harbor Colliery Company's works, when complete, will be capable of hauling six tons of coal a distance of 3000ft. in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ministerial Visit to Wollongong. Hon. J. L. Fegan, M.p., Minister for Mines and Agriculture
At the invitation of the committee hating the matter in hand, the Hon. J. L. Fegan, Minister for Mines and Agriculture, has been invited to open the Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Coal Mines
In the Assembly on Tuesday Mr. Edden moved,—"That, in the opinion of this House, the Government should take practical steps to give effect to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade
Shipments of coal at the port of Bellombi last week amounted to 3730 tons of coal, all being for Sydney. South Bulli Colliery worked 9¼ days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Kembla Jottings. Mining
The pay on Friday will be for 9¼ days. There is every indication of a continuation of recent activity. A great many of the miners who left during the dull…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Keira Notes. Coal Trade
Trade here has been very good of late. For the pay on Saturday (today) the pit worked 8¾ days, which is very satisfactory compared with the three or four days to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Trimmer's Peril Account of His Rescue
SEVERAL narrow escapes from death have been reported in our columns lately—in fact, there has been quite an epidemic of events of this nature,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wollongong Flower Show. a Scene of Beauty. Visit of the Minister for Mines
It is very many years since the Town Hall presented such a lovely appearance as greets the eye of the visitor to the Wollongong Agricultural Society's annual flower…
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