Mining Catastrophe Near Ballarat
OWING to the heavy influx of water from an adjoining claim, the Linton Park Mine, situated at Linton, was flooded on Friday morning. The…
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Mining & the mines, 1882
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The Land Monopoly Under the 28Th Section of the Mining Act of 1874
In our leading columns of the 18th inst. we took occasion to draw attention to the late barefaced attempt to evade the provisions of the Land Act,…
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THAT the coal lands in and around Newcastle are far from being wholly taken up or utilized, is a fact well known. We have on former occasions alluded to the fact that…
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IT is stated upon the authority of the New Zealand Herald of July 12th that "The engineer of H.M.S. Nelson, on July 6, issued his report of the test…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.— In answer to deputations for raising the pay, the owners have agreed to give 2d per ton on coal, 3d on yard work, and 1d on slack…
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THE shareholders half-yearly meeting of the above took place yesterday, at noon, at the head office of the company at Newcastle. Present: Mr. Frederic Ash, Chairman;…
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OUR Wallsend correspondent writes:—"I request to chronicle another fatal accident yesterday morning, to an unfortunate miner William Peacock, who, while at work in…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday,—Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co. have notified the Melbourne City Council that in consequence of the war having broken out, the contract to…
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THE Borehole Miners held a meeting at Williams' Assembly Rooms, Hamilton, yesterday evening, Mr. James Duke presiding. Matters of detail were gone into,…
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AN important meeting of the A.A. Company's Borehole miners was held at Williams' Assembly Rooms, Hamilton, on Wednesday night. Mr. James Duke…
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AN important meeting of the Glebe miners was held at Mr. Robert Simpson's Glebe Colliery Hotel, on Wednesday evening last. The meeting was a very large one; the…
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SINCE the coming into force of the recent Borehole miners arbitration award, some considerable discussion has from time to time taken place with regard to details in…
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A MEETING of the Wallsend miners was held on Friday evening last. After reading the minutes of previous meeting, matters, both local and district,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Newcastle Coal Minimg Company Limited. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
DEAR SIR,—In this morning's issue of your paper, there appears certain letters in connection with this Company, which are not accurately given; indeed, the first one…
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ON Monday evening, the deputation appointed to wait upon Mr. Gregson with respect to the dispute about the rate of payment for coal-getting in certain districts of…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Berrima Colliery is in full work, and unable to keep pace with current orders for coal…
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MINUTES of a special delegate meeting, held at Lambton, on Tuesday, August 1, 1882. Lodges represented —Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, Glebe, Back Creek,…
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THE Lambton miners held their monthly meeting in Stoker's Hall, on Wednesday evening; Mr. W. Kerr in the chair. The minutes of last meeting were confirmed…
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AT length there seems to be a reasonable chance that the lamentable and ever increasing number of fatal accidents in coal mines occurring not only in this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The 28Th Section of the Mining Act. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—As, under the 12th Regulation "Relating to Reserved Lands" (vide Mining Act, Page 125), only 21 days, after notice in the Gazette, are allowed for the…
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