Colliery Screenings
Great interest was taken ia the installation of the first electric coal cutter in the Victorian coal mines, one of which was put in position in the Mackay shaft of the…
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Mining & the mines, 1902
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South Clifton Colliery
The South Clifton Colliery will in future be known us Saywell's Colliery Company, Limited. Work at this mine for the past few weeks has been very…
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The Delegate Board had its quarterly meeting in the Terminus Hotel, Wollongong, on Wednesday, all the lodges being represented, and all the district officers…
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The quarterly delegate meeting of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association was held on Wednesday, all the officers and one delegate from each lodge…
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Several of the colliery proprietors in Rowley and district have threatened to shut down the pits for a time. A local colliery proprietor has said that this step…
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The Southern Coal Co. had to let the Kadina go on Monday with part of her cargo on account of the rough seas, and did not recommence shipping till…
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Interesting experiments [?]coal are being carried out by H.M.S. Karrakatta, one of the Australia squadron. Recently the naval…
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The terms for the continuation of the Scottish coal trade Conciliation Board regulating wages of the whole of the miners of Scotland, include a…
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The new steamer Majorie for the Bellambi Coal Company, arrived in Sydney from England on Friday last in charge of Captain Tucker. The now boat…
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NEWS was received in town yesterday that a terrible explosion took place in the Mount Kembla coal mine at about 2 o'clock. The particulars to hand states that 180…
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The steamer Port Stephens, of the Anglo-Australian line, left Port Kembla on Friday for Colombo, with 4300 tons of coal…
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After the Legislative Assembly adjourned a "Herald" reporter met Mr. A. Edden, the member for Kahibah, and remembering that he at one time followed the occupation of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Accident Relief Fund
Amidst all the sorrow and grief at the sad calamity, it is at least a source of comfort to know that the sum of £43,000 still remains to the credit of the fund, notwithstanding the fact…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arbitration Court. Southern Miners' Dispute
The Arbitration Court resumed its sittings at the courthouse on Tuesday before Mr. Justices Cohen, Messrs. S. Smith and W. D. Cruickshank, to adjudicate upon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra Miners' Association and Mr. Jon. May's Correspondence
The Illawarra Miners' Association, through their general secretary (Mr. D. Ritchie) has requested the Minister for Mines to appoint a Board to enquire into…
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Just on the stroke of 2 p.m., on Thursday, a loud report—as of distant thunder or the boom of artillery—was heard to the west of the town by many…
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A gloom, was cast over the whole district on Thursday last whon it became known that a dreadful colliery explosion had taken place at Mount Kembla a few minutes before…
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Simultaneously with the burial of Major MacCabe, another similar sad ceremany was going on in the B.O. cemetery, when the minors T. Egan, T. Egan, P. M'Cann, J…
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A search party consisting of Messrs. Warburton, Barr, and M'Geachie were in this morning and came out shortly after 10 o'clock, having found nothing of the…
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The Secretary informs us that considerable dissatisfaction has been caused by the dismissal of Messrs. T. R. Morgan aud Andrew Smith, among…
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