The Coal Fields Regulation Act
Complaints having been made by the coal miners of the Hunter River district that there is a laxity in the administration the Coal Fields Regulations Act, the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1886
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Queensland. Brisbane, Thursday. Payable Gold
Payable alluvial gold has been found on the Normanby river. A valuable gold-field has been discovered near Walhalla, Gippsland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CORRESPONDENCE Union Among Miners. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR.—By your esteemed paper a few days ago I saw that the miners working at a small colliery were seeking to be admitted to the union. I hope that the principles of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Miners' Grievances
THE Echo of Thursday last says:—"Serious complaints have recently been made, we are informed, by the coal miners of the Hunter River…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Coal Industry. Opening of a New Mine. Sydney
ON Wednesday afternoon a very interesting, not to say important ceremony took place in connection with the opening up of our coal industry, the occasion being the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Glebe Miners
A SPECIAL meeting of the Glebe miners was held on Wednesday evening; Mr. Wm. Hobson in the chair. The secretary having read the minutes of the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Miners' Demonstration
THE annual demonstration of the Hunter River Miners' Association has become a most important institution in the history of this district. The…
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A miner named George Breach, of Braidwood, has been killed by a fall of earth…
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WE have received from the secretary of the West Wallsend Coal Company, Limited, Newcastle, the following report dated February 27th:—The contractor has sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Demonstration. Newcastle Cricket Ground
THIS day the Miner's Demonstration takes place. The members will muster at the reserve at the top of Watt-street at 10 o'clock a.m., and march to the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Westport (N Z) Coal Company
THE fourth annual meeting of shareholders of the Westport Coal Company was held recently, at the company's offices in Auckland. There…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wollongong Collieries
THE whole of the collieries in this district are working full time. With the exception of the dispute at Mount Kembla, harmony seems to prevail…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal-mining at Home. The Water Cartridge
A SERIES of experiments have been made with the improved water cartridge invented by Mr. Miles Settle in some of the most fiery mines in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Demonstration. The Procession
A MORE glorious day than that which favoured the Miners' Demonstration on Saturday could h[?]rily be desired. The sky was cloudless, and the sun's rays were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. Wallsend Miners
A meeting of the Wallsend miners was held on Friday evening; Mr. J. Baird in the chair. The previous minutes were confirmed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Ventilation of Mines
For a long time past very great compleints have been made by the miners at all the collieries, more or less, at the lax manner in which the Coalfields…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CORRESPONDENCE Ventilation of Collieries. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—I notice by your paper that the Minister for Mines has invited a deputation to meet him for the purpose of arranging, if possible, to remove the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lithgow Colliery
IT is generally thought that the fire in the Lithgow Valley mine has burnt itself out, and it is probable that an endeavour will be made at once to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Conference of Mine-owners and Miners. (Ballarat Courier, March 4.)
THE adjourned meeting of the joint committee of the Mine-owners' and Amalgamated Miners' Associations was held at the City Hall, Ballarat,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lambton Miners
THE above miners held their usual meeting on the Reserve yesterday morning. There was a large attendance; Mr. H. Agnew in the chair. The minutes of last meeting were…
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