Meeting of the Miners
A miners' meeting was hold to-night, Mr. W. Jackson in the chair, to discuss what should be done with the £100 from the Miners' Association. The meeting was very…
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Mining & the mines, 1893
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Mining for Soap
SOAP is now apparently to be numbered among the many extraordinary natural products to be obtained by mining in America—the land of lager…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Relief to Miners. to the Editor
Sir,—In to-day's issue Mr. James Curley replies to my letter. He says that I style myself "Old Billy Patrick." For the information of your readers, I may say that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Future Coal and Iron Trade
THAT extreme evils must invariably be met by extreme remedies in the hope of overcoming them is again being exemplified in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Coal-trimming in 1893. to the Editor
Sir,—I think when "Short Heave" penned his epistle he was doing what is generally called "trimming." The fact of the case appears to an outsider that the little work…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill
MR. M. B. JAMIESON, a director of the British mine, is here making a thorough inspection of the underground working of that property. He informs me that arrangements have just…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Lambton Colliery. The Miners Refused the Pit
THE hopes and anticipations of the men who had agreed to work Now Lambton Colliery on tribute have been brought to an abrupt termination. The men, who have been idle…
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LAST Monday the miners' special committee, formed in connection with the late dispute at Lithgow, was disbanded, as its functions had ceased, so…
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THE North Illawarra minors held a meeting on Thursday night, when the question of discontinuing work on the expiration of their notice was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charlestown. Waratah Colliery
Since the resumption of work at the South Waratah mine work has not been very brisk, there only being six days for the pay ending on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident at the Stockton Colliery
ON Friday morning a lad named Blackett, about 16 years of age, living with his parents in William-street, Stockton, and employed in the mine as a trapper, was badly jammed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Young Wallsend Coal Company
IN the Equity Court on Friday, before the Chief Judge, the case of the Attorney-General v. the Young Wallsend Coal-mining Company, Limited,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →East Lambton Colliery. The Pay Not Yet Forthcoming
THE East Lambton pit was idle all last week on account of the miners refusing to work till they got their pay that was due on the 4th inst. Since that date the men have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Goldfields
The steamship Woolloomooloo, of Lund's Blue Anchor line, which sailed from Melbourne on Wednesday for London, via Adelaide and the Cape of Good Hope, took over 120 passengers in all classes,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Coal Miners' Strike
LONDON, Saturday.—Messrs. Ben Tillett, Tom Mann, and J. Keir-Hardie, M.P., are appealing to the public on behalf of the miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Browns' Collieries
THE monthly meeting of the miners' lodge is to be held on Thursday evening, and the business will consist of nomination of officers; to consider a reduction to take place with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Southern Collieries
AN improvement in the Illawarra coal trade generally was shown for the week ended on Saturday. For the fortnight's pay drawn on Friday South…
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A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held last night at Gray's Hotel Adamstown. Mr. R. Craig occupied the chair. The secretary, Mr. W. G. Thomas, read…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Trade. Local Underselling
As a result of the present depression in the coal trade, many of the smaller collieries in the district have been compelled to resort to the most intricate schemes in order to enable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence. Miners' Business. to the Editor
SIR,—The manner that the business of the Miners' Association has been put before the district of late has been a sort of puzzle to many, and the…
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