Miners' Troubles
A RUMOUR was current in the city on Saturday that the minors of the Wickham and Bullock Island colliery had given fourteen days' notice to…
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Mining & the mines, 1888
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Hamilton Miners
AN instance of the increased interest evinced in mining matters throughout the district within the past month was witnessed at the monthly meeting of the Borehole Lodge held…
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THE management of the A.A. Co. pits do not appear at all anxious for a settlement of the grievances at present existing at their collieries. The latest…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Selling Price of Coal
WE learn that it is the intention of the Northern Coal Sales Association to reduce the selling price of coal to 8s per ton at the end of the Association year, i.e, September…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murders on the Gold Coast
BY the arrival of the British, and African steamer Lagos at Liverpool intelligence has, been received (says an English contemporary) of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Position of the Coal Trade
THERE is a movement in Newcastle for the holding of a public meeting to bring all possible pressure to bear upon the Associated Proprietors and Associated Miners for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Secession From the Northern Coal Sales Association
WE learn that the Stockton Coal Company has seceded from the Northern Coal Sales Association. This fact has some significance in the present position of the coal trade in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Dispute. to the Editor
SIR,—The great agitation at present engaging the attention of the miners of this district is causing an unusually large amount of controversy as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Correspondence a Mining Institute. to the Editor
SIR,—In your issue of yesterday's date you have a leader headed "Wanted, a Mining Institute;" from that leader it may be gleaned the idea is new and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Correspondence Coal-mining Deadlock. to the Editor
SIR,—I read with some degree of interest your leader under the above heading which appears in to-day's issue of your valuable journal, and I confess I agree to a great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cablegrams. London, Saturday. Northern Queensland Gold-mining
MEETINGS have been held by the companies holding claims on the Etheridge gold-field in Northern Queensland, and it was resolved to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Trade Crisis
ELSEWHERE in our issue of to-day we publish a communication sent by Mr. BINNEY, Secretary of the Associated Colliery Proprietors, to Mr. CURLEY,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Mine Gases." to the Editor
SIR,—In my letter of yesterday I omitted to make reference to one or two points raised by some of your correspondents…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Price of Coal Rising
IN consequence of the trouble beween the Shipowners' Association and the Maritime Labour Council in Sydney the Adelaide importers of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Accident to a Mine Manager. SYDNEY
Mr. Charles Harper, manager of the Metropolitan Coal Company, was killed while superintending the removal of a boiler. The deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Trade Deadlock. Reply of the Associated Proprietors
THE following is the letter forwarded by Mr. Binney, Secretary of the Associated Colliery Proprietors, to Mr. Curley, Miners' General Secretary, with reference to the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Degraded Labour in the Pennsylvanian Coal Mines
THE following sad account of the state of affairs in the great coal region of the United States will be read with interest in this district. It is written…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Delegate Meeting
MINUTES of a special delegate meeting held at Newcastle, August 7th, 1888. Lodges represented: Borehole, Wallssend, Lambton, Co-operative, Glebe,…
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A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held on Wednesday evening in Ralph's Druids Hall. Mr. D. Mason in the chair…
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THE above miners held a special general meeting on Wednesday evening in the Albert Victor Hotel. The attendance was very large, considering the…
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