The Victorian Coal Industry
OUR Melbourne correspondent recently wired that a trial had been made of Gippsland and Newcastle coal, and that the result had been satisfactory…
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Mining & the mines, 1893
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Parliament. Wednesday, 5Th April. Legislative Assembly. Return of Sir George Dibbs. Vice-presidency of the Executive Council. Coal Royalties at Dudley. Naval Defence. Sericulture. The Estimates. SYDNEY, Wednesday. the Murrumbidgee Election
THE SPEAKER took the Chair at 4.30 p.m., and announced the return of the writ for the Murrumbidgee election caused by the resignation of Sir George Dibbs. The writ bore…
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THE clerk of awards has received an application from the miners engaged in the South Bulli Colliery to go to conciliation. It may be explained…
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DURING the past fortnight the above colliery has only worked two days, and it will readily be understood what effect this has had upon the progress of the town. It is to be hoped in…
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THE miners at the Northern Colliery have arranged to continue working as heretofore. It will be remembered that they received 14 days' notice recently, pending negotiations…
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A PERTH (W.A.) message says :—"Sylvester Browne and party, who have acquired Bailey and Ford's famous claim at Coolgardie, have…
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A MEETING of the committee of management was held in the Wallsend Council Chambers on Thursday evening. Present :— Messrs. A. Ross, T. Smith, H. Tildesley. D. R. Watkins,…
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THE annual meeting of delegates representing the different South Coast collieries took place at Wollongong on Thursday. The question of the reductions at the different…
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THE coal shipments at the port of Wollongong (Bulli to Port Kembla inclusive), for the month of March, were :—Jetties, 35,050 tons; Belmore…
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COAL was hardly used at all 350 years ago, remarks Mr. J. E. Taylor, F.L.S. Yet since then Great Britain has consumed nearly half the stock deposited…
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In the evening a meeting of the members of the Burwood Miners' Lodge was hold in the Albert Victor Hotel, Merewether. Mr. James Curley, the general secretary, was…
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THE quarterly mooting of the Wallsend miners took place in the School of Arts on Friday night. Mr. R. Punton was in the chair…
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THE recent fine of £20 imposed on the Stockton Coal Company in the Police Court for resuming operations at the colliery before the Government inspectors pronounced the mine…
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LONDON, Tuesday—An alarming colliery disaster has taken place at Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, the scene of the accident being the Great…
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REPORTING on the recent trial of brown coal mixed with Newcastle coal on the Victorian railways, Mr. H. Lewis, locomotive inspector, has reported to…
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THE usual monthly meeting of the me of the Stockton Miners' Lodge was he[?] the local Temperance Hall last evening. Mr. John Leitch, the chairman, presided, and…
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THE quarterly meeting of the delegates from the various lodges in the Miners' Association took place yesterday, in the Rouse Assembly Rooms. Mr. Adam Cook presided, and all…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Notwithstanding that every effort has been made to rescue the miners still en-tomed at the Great Western Colliery,…
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LAST month has shown a slight falling off in coal shipping at Illawarra compared with the former month. At Darling Harbour, however, shipping of Southern coal is…
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THE above miners held their monthly meeting on Thursday night at Adamstown, Mr. Thomas Sayers in the chair. At the commencement of the meeting there were only…
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