Out of the Coal Dust
Cui Bono ! you ask with regard to the debate between the Rev. J. Evans and Mr. Selby at the Victoria Theatre. Well, you see, Mr. Editor, it depends in at very great measure from what point of view…
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Mining & the mines, 1884
299 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 15
Wallsend Miners
A MEETING of the Wallsend miners was held on Friday evening; Mr. Baird in the chair. The minutes of last meeting and the motions passed at the committee meeting were confirmed:…
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THE following is the Check-Inspector's report on the state of the ventilation in the Co-operative Colliery:— The thermometer registered at the month of the tunnel 70 degrees. At 8 a.m., at the bottom of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TELEGRAMS. The Portfolio of Mines
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—It is rumoured that Mr. F. B. Suttor is likely to be Minister of Mines…
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THE Maldon correspondent of the Melbourne Argus reports that on Saturday night a fatal mining accident occurred in the German Tribute claim, by which a young…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Breaking-down of Cranes and Delays in Coal Shipping
A CORRESPONDENT writes:—"The influx of shipping to the port seems to continue unabated, especially so as regards the larger class of steamships; and in view of…
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The "code of rules" which Mr. Benjamin Pickard, as secretary of the Yorkshire Miners' Association, has forwarded to Mr. C. E. Rhodes, the secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Colliery Accident
On Tuesday morning last the district coroner held an inquest at Princes End, on the body of Godfrey Duffill, of that place. It appeared that on the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal News from the Old Country. Fatal Explosion at Dean Lane Colliery
ON Tuesday afternoon, Mr. H. S. Was brough, of Bristol, held as inquest respecting the death of John Horler, who died from injuries caused by burns sustained…
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Leonard Barnes, Matthew Askew, Thomas Stratford and Charles Taylor were summoned for breaches of the rules in force at the Bestwood Colliery. The…
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A reduction of miners' wages from 15 to 20 per cent. came into force at the Carron Company's pits in the Banton districts this week. At Neilston Collieries…
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A renewed agitation is taking place in the mining districts of Anzin and Denain. A meeting of 1500 miners, was held at Denain on Wednesday, at which a strike…
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A MEETING of the Ferndale miners was held at Howell's Hall on Wednesday evening, April 9th, Mr. w. Stephens in the chair. The meeting being opened, the first…
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A MEETING of the Glebe miners was held on Monday evening, Mr George Lloyd in the chair. The minutes of the previous general meeting and committee meeting were read…
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THE Melbourne Age states that a simple and apparently very effective antomatic contrivance for preventing overwinding in mines, which has of late been such a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial. San Francisco Coal
J. W. HARRISON'S circular to the San Francisco News Letter of March 8 says :—There have been been very light arrivals of foreign coal this week, and the amount listed to arrive within the next…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The strike of coal workers at Anjou, France, has terminated. The miners have submitted to the terms of the masters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Delegate Meeting
MINUTES of delegate meeting, held at Newcastle, on Thursday, April 17th, 1884. Lodges represented: Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, Glebe, New Lambton, Back…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A company has been formed with £150,000 capital, to work the coal seams near Stawell Park, on the Illawarra railway, a short distance from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Cave-in in a Coal District.—the Ruins Fired
WILKESBARRE, Pa., February 8.—A disastrous and unforseen cave in occurred yesterday afternoon in Hazelton. The ground affected by the cave-in, though not…
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