Safety for Coal-laden Ships
ARE shifting-boards indispensable to the security of ships laden with coal? (inquires Mitchell's Maritime Register). There is an Act of Parliament which provides for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1883
269 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 14
The Miners' Demand for an Increase on Yard Work and Small Coal
THE public will very naturally be anxious to ascertain positively whether the demand of the—miners of this district, for an increased price on yard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Board of Conciliation for the Settlement of Disputes Between Coal Proprietors and Their Workmen
THE efforts which have been made for some months past to establish a Board of Conciliation by which trade disputes between coal proprietors and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Aggregate Meeting
IN pursuance of resolutions passed at a late meeting of the Miners' Delegates, and subsequently endorsed by the majority of the Lodges in the Hunter River District, an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Experiment in Coal Mining
LAST month a very successful experiment with the line process of getting coal, patented by Mr. [?] Smith, of the Shipley Colliery, near Derby,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Intelligence
MINING prospects are improving at Araluen. W. H. Johnson and Co. have got their third large box for washing purposes at the Southern Cross claim; 80 hands are now employed. The depth of washdirt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Fatal Mining Accident
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A miner named Henry Brown, 24 years of age, was killed at the North Band and Barton mine, Ballarat, yesterday. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extensive Defalcations by a Coal Manager
A TELEGRAM to the Echo, dated Melbourne, Saturday, states that extensive defalcations have been discovered in the accounts of Thomas Church, manager of the Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Glebe Miners
A SPECIAL meeting of the Globe miners was held in Mr. Robert Simpson's hotel. Glebeland, on Friday evening last; Mr. E. Buxton in the chair. The minutes of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Tradesmen and the Miners. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—Again labour has unfortunately, to combat with capital for its rights. Mediatory steps have been taken by the representatives of labour to induce capital to act…
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Some grand stone is now being raised from the South Australasia G.M. Co.'s claims at Upper Temora. Another prospecting party of six has started to search for gold in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend Miners
A SPECIAL meeting of the Wallsend miners was held on Wednesday evening (Mr. J. Baird in the chair). He called upon (Mr. F. Craig to read the correspondence…
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A FEW parties are making excellent wages at Gulgong. There was a cake of gold taken from Neal's claim, Upper Bingera, a few days ago, weighing 1½lb…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Condition of Mining
THE Bendigo Advertiser says, no one can now have reason to complain of any dullness in connection with mining affairs, The sharemarket is in a very lively state—perhaps…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Westport Coal Company of New Zealand
THE following particulars respecting the above Company have been furnished to the South Australian shareholders by the General Manager, who has recently paid a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The English Miners and Nine Hours per Day
THE Graphic of March 10 says:—The Miners' Conference at Manchester closed with a resolution that it was for the welfare of both employers and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Co-operative Miners
A MEETING of the Co-operative miners was held on Saturday, the 21st inst.; Mr. W. Hogg occupied the chair, and said the first business of the meeting would be to hear…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend Miners
A SPECIAL meeting of the Wallsend miners was held on Saturday evening last. Mr. J. Baird in the chair. The meeting was called to receive report of deputation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Coal Company
SYDNEY, Monday.—At the half-yearly meeting of the Waratah Company the credit balance £16,000; disposed of £873; written off book value dividend of 7s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prospecting for Coal at Crystal Brook
ACCORDING to the Areas Express, operations are still being continued at the shaft which is being sunk by the coal prospectors at Crystal Brook, South Australia. The…
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