The Gold Coinage
IN consequence of the passing of the Coinage Act, 1891, which authorised the Government to receive back worn sovereigns and half-sovereigns at their…
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Mining & the mines, 1893
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Miners' Business. to the Editor
Sir,—In to-day's issue Mr. J. Curley, miners' general secretary, in reply to a letter of mine criticising the action of the district officers and the delegate board, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Mining District Hospital
IT is understood that to-day the matron appointed—Miss Blanch Lee, late of Goulburn Hospital—will take charge of the above hospital, and as the furnishing has now been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gold-fossicking Board. Sydney
MR. CREER, Superintendent of the Labour Bureau, returned to Sydney to-day after visiting Lithgow, where 50 men were despatched to the gold districts of Mudgee,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Haulage Question in the South
THE largest public meeting over held at Helensburgh took place on Wednesday night to protest against the proposal, emanating from a section of the Wollongong people,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Combs Colliery Disaster Over 130 Lives Lost. Discovery of Survivors
ON the 4th July the town and neighbourhood of Dewsbury (England) were thrown into a condition of intense excitement by a report that a terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gold in Western Australia. the Coolgardie Field. Reported to be the Richest in Australasia. Perth
THE goldfields at Coolgardie are pronounced by Victorian exports to be the richest in Australasia. Over 200 Murchison diggers will arrive at Southern Cross for Coolgardie…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Copeland Goldfield. to the Editor
Sir,—In your last issue exception was taken to my remarks relative to the auriferous country situated between Stewart's Brook and the Little River, near Dungog, by Mr…
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THE reports which are being daily received regarding the finding of gold at Coolgardie, West Australia, point to the belief that the new field will yet support a large population…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Welsh Miners
THE troubles in connection with the miners' strike in Wales show that the spirit of the fiery natives of the Principality has not been subdued by the darkness of the coal pit, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Up North. Cobark
C. SALA and mate, who took up a lease of 8 acres about two miles further up the Cobark River from Weebeck and party, having sunk a shaft down 30ft, have struck what is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Disaster in Germany. Explosion of Fire Damp. Fifty Men Killed
BERLIN, Sunday.—Intelligence of a terrible colliery accident has reached here from Westphalia, an explosion of fire damp having taken place, causing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Southern Collieries
FOR the week ended on Saturday work at the Illawarra coal mines generally has been somewhat slack, two and a half days being about the…
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YESTERDAY the miners who were employed ant the New Lambton pit prior to the stoppage had an interview with Mr. George Hogg, who has taken the colliery. The interview…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East Lambton Colliery
At the Lambton Police Court to-day a case will be heard in which the East Lambton employees are sting the colliery manager, Mr. Wright, for their pay that was due on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Strike of British Coal Miners. Disturbed State of South Wales. Bakers' Shops Looted. Policemen Knocked About
LONDON, Monday.—The riots in connection with the strike of miners in South Wales continues. Many places where up to the present matters have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gold Find Near Armidale. Armidale
PARTIES who have visited the new alluvial gold find at Herbert Park and Brooklyn seem satisfied that a good alluvial field will be opened there. The prospectors, Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Haulage in the South. Deputation to the Railway Commissioners. Sydney
A LARGE deputation from the Illawarra district waited on the Railway Commissioners, to-day, to urge certain concessions in regard to the haulage rates for coal from collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Mining Industry in Victoria
THOSE who are interested in the development of the Victorian coal mines (says the Melbourne Argus) have reason to congratulate themselves…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. Gold Coined
A special report from the Melbourne Mint shows that it hits issued £51,565,098 of sovereigns and half-sovereigns. (Adding the amount of gold coinage at the Sydney Mint…
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