Coal Strike in France
LONDON, Thursday.—M., Goblet has introduced a measure into the French Chamber of Deputies providing that the coalmines which remain idle for…
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Mining & the mines, 1893
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The Coal Trade. Voting on the Delegate Minutes. Acceptance of the A.A. Company's Terms. An Overwhelming Majority. Miners' Meetings
THE miners' lodges throughout the district are engaged in dealing with the recommendations submitted to them by the delegate board, which met on Wednesday last. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Cornish Mine Disaster. a Rescued Miner
DAVIES, the only miner of the eight men entombed in the Dolcoath mine, Cornwall, who has been rescued, gives an account of the experiences of himself…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Correspondence. Newcastle Coal Trade. to the Editor
SIR,—Now that shipping has almost entirely deserted our port, and distress reigns supreme throughout the district, it is amusing, after reading the following, clipped from a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Economic Value of Victorian Coal Report of the Board of Experts
THE board of experts, consisting of Mr. J. Cosmo Newbery, Mr. W. Conyers, and Mr. W. Stone, who were appointed to inquire into the economic value of Victorian coal,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Southern Collieries
THE miners at South Clifton have accepted the masters' terms regarding the proposed reduction in the hewing rate, as follows:—5ft and over, 2s; under 5ft and down to 4ft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Stockton Miners
Our correspondent at Stockton wrote last night:—There seems to be nothing definitely known with regard to the intentions of the Stockton Colliery proprietors concerning the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wallarah Miners
At the Wallarah Colliery the miners have received notice that next year they will be paid 2s 2d per ton for working in bords, and 2s per ton in pillars. In headings the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Situation
THE result of the aggregate meeting of miners at Lambton, on Saturday, advanced the position of the question at issue between the proprietors and miners a stage. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Trade. Aggregate Meeting of Miners. the Feeling of the District. Ballot to be taken in the Lodges
AN aggregate meeting of the miners of the district took place in the Lambton Park on Saturday, for the purpose of considering the action of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Coal Trade. a Commercial View
OWING to the holidays and the fact that the majority of the colliery representatives are out of town there have boon no fresh developments in the coal trade since Friday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Mining Ballot
AT the aggregate meeting of miners held at Lambton on Saturday last the amendment to the official resolution proposed on that occasion was finally worded as follows:—"That…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Southern Collieries
AN agreement was entered into on Friday, between the South Clifton Coal Company and their miners. The bond is to be in force for a year unless…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anvil Creek Colliery
About 10 of the Anvil Creek tributers started work on Friday last. This is the first day for about six weeks this colliery has worked. It is stated that a Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Greta Miners
Contrary to expectation the miners' secretary has not received any communication from Sydney relative to the prices to be paid in the future at the Greta Colliery, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal in South Australia
IT was recently reported in these columns that coal had been reached by a diamond drill at Hill River, in South Australia. With regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coal Trade. Preparing the General Ballot
THE Miners' Association will to-day issue the ballot papers to the various lodges to decide in accordance with the amendment carried at the aggregate meeting on Saturday whether…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The West Australian Gold-fields. Suicide of a Returning Miner. Gold Valued at £25,000 Exhibited. Perth
JOHN WILLIAMSON, aged 59, committed suicide on the return journey from Coolgardie with a double-barrelled gun. He travelled from Coolgardie with two scrub ponies and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Explosions on Board Ship
THE following official caution regarding explosions of coal gas on board ship was issued by the British Board of Trade in 1880:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Spontaneous Combustion of Japan Coal
On the voyage of the steamer Carradale from Japan to Auckland the coal in her starboard bunkers spontaneously ignited on two occasions. On December 5 smoke wits discovered issuing, but no flames…
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