The West Wallsend Miners. to the Editor
Sir,—I write at my earliest convenience to acquaint the mining community on the situation of the miners employed at the West Wallsend Colliery. A meeting was…
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Mining & the mines, 1892
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Correspondence Wallsend Miners and the Management. to the Editor
SIR,—Old Israel said, "Issachar is a strong ass crouching down between two burdens …and bowed his shoulders to boar and became a servant unto tribute." Now, Sir,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Life in the Olden Time
MR. W. HOPTON, writing on "Life and Work amongst Miners" in the British press, gives the following account of life in the pits in the early…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Coal Trade Difficulty
THE perplexing details of the conflict between the proprietors, of the associated and non-associated collieries of the Northern district are being made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Colliery Surfacemen's Association. Aggregate Meeting at Lambton
THE first aggregate meeting of the members of the Colliery Surfacemen's Association took place on the Lambton Park on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Western Australia. Gold Bearing Stone
Specimens of gold-bearing stone have been brought to Perth from the recent discovery about 25 miles from York, along the Southern Cross route…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Mining Situation. Results of the Ballot
THE progress of the ballot which is being taken throughout the district to test the feelings of the miners with regard to the reduction in the hewing rates is being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Colliery Disaster
A SHOCKING colliery disaster took place recently at one of the pits of Messrs. Andrew Knowles and Sons, Agecroft Colliery, Pendlebury, near…
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An adjourned meeting of the above miners was held in Baker's Hall on Monday evening. Mr. H. Hanlon occupied the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence Working of Collieries. to the Editor
SIR,—It is generally admitted by coal miners, and particularly so by those who are able to speak from experience that where circumstances in an coal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires on Coal-[?]aden Ships
THE destruction of the Carr Rock by fire and explosions renews, says the Colliery Guardian, the subject which a Royal Commission was appointed to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Dibbs and the Newcastle Coal Difficulty
The following letter appears in the S. M. Herald:— "Sir,—In your issue of the 7th instant appears a paragraph inspired by your…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Situation. Progress of the Ballot
WORK went on quietly in the district yesterday, and the progress of the ballot is the only feature of the present complicated situation, which is attracting attention. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CORRESPONDENCE The Present Situation as Affecting the West Wallsend Miners. to the Editor
Sir,—At a meeting of my lodge, held this evening, I was instructed to write a letter for publication in your paper on the present position, as how…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coal Mining Affairs. The Associated and Non-Associated Collieries' Agreement
THE terms of the proposal drawn up by the committee appointed by the associated and non-associated colliery proprietors have been received by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Meetings. Sea Pit
A SPECIAL general meeting of the above miners, was held on Tuesday evening, in the Merewether Hotel, Mr. Thomas Wilson in the chair. The…
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IN the present circumstances of the coal trade of the Northern district no scheme for the extinction of trade competition, the reconciling of the…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The Bi-metallic league held a meeting at Manchester and decided to start branches in Australia and New Zealand in order that they may…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Tuesday, January 12. Legislative Assembly. A.A. Company's Land. School Buildings in Wollombi Electorate. Payment of Coal Miners by Weight. Civil Service Inquiry Commission. Sale of Government Land. The Customs Duties Bill. SYDNEY
THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m., and announced that the Clerk had received a summons to appear to give evidence in a case at the Supreme Court. He could not go…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Machinery for Lambton Colliery. Adelaide
AMONG the representative New South Wales colonists that arrived by the R.M.S. Austral on Wednesday morning was Mr. Thos. Croudace, the mining manager of the…
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