Coal-mining at Sydney
THIS is the age of great undertakings, and the advances which are being made in science and applied mechanics are every day making possible what…
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Mining & the mines, 1895
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History of Newcastle. Commencement of Coal-mining. The Australian Agricultural Company. A Valuable Monopoly. No. V.
Coming back to the most important part of this history, namely, the coalmining industry, we find that after the departure of the convicts in 1822…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Telegrams New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. Commission on Coal Mining
At a meeting of the Royal commission on Coal Mining yesterday Mr. Fegan, M.P., was further examined. To-day Mr. Henderson, secretary of the southern miners,…
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Thomas Ridley, the unfor unate miner who was taken to the Maitland Hospital on Saturday last suffering from severe injuries sustained by a fall of coal, lies at the institution…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Coal Trade. Victorian Railway Contract
THERE is a strong felling in coal-mining circles that despite the present low price of coal at this port the chances are that it will yet be sold at still smaller rates. Since the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, 3Rd September, 1895. Maryland Colliery. Appeals to Railway Commissioners. The Budget Debate. Sydney
THE Speaker took the chair at 4 30 p m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Mr. BRUNKER, in reply to Mr. AFFLECK, said that he could not say whether it was…
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THERE is nothing new to report in connection with the fire that occurred at the Seaham mine beyond the fact that the shifts of watchman that were appointed to look out…
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AT about 7 o'clock yesterday morning a lad named Owen, about 17 years of age, employed in the Stockton Colliery, met with an accident in the underground workings through getting…
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LONDON, Tuesday. — Professor Etheridge and Dr. Woodward consider that the latest samples of coal received from the Collie River Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, 4Th September. Suppression of Gambling. Medical Bill. Seed to Agriculturists. Coal Under Sydney Harbour. Sydney
THE Speaker took the Chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. BRUNKER, in reply to Mr. ASHTON, said that the amount due on conditional…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, 6Th September, 1895. Mr. Eddy's Salary. Coal Mining Under Port Jackson. Unemployed at Shea's Creek. Sydney, Thursday. the Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p m. Answers to Questions
Mr. REID, in reply to Mr. WRIGHT, said that the prevailing grades on the recently-surveyed railway, Glen Innes to Grafton, was 1 in 50. The grades, as originally proposed,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →History of Newcastle. the a A. Company and Its Monopoly. The First Foreign Exports Convict Labour in the Mines No. VI
UNDER the supervision of Sir Edward Parry the A.A. Company no sooner entered into possession of the Government coal pits and the laud granted…
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THE monthly meeting of the above lodge was held in the ball of the Wallsend School of Arts last evening, Mr. W. Sower in the chair…
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THE output of coal in the world is increasing rapidly, having grown from 421,724,200 tons in 1885 to 489,906,640 tons in 1894, and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Coal Cargo on Fire
The Thames landed at Southampton the officers and crew of the Liverpool steamer Baloarres Brook in a perfectly destitute condition They reputed that their vessel was bound from Shields (England) to…
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Referring to coal, a Liverpool paper remarks, it is interesting to learn that one effect of the freeing of raw materials in the American tariff is the largely increased import of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Risks. Two Accidents at Burwood
ON Saturday Samuel Gibson, a miner, residing at New Lambton, met with an accident while following his occupation at the Barwood Pit. A quality of coal fell away…
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NEW YORK, Monday.—News has been received from the State of Michigan that the Osceola, copper mine in that State is on fire. Thirty miners are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. the Harbour Collieries Company
IT is understood that the Minister fir Lands has decided to refuse the application of the Sydney Harbour Collieries Company for a lease of the foreshores at Bradley's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →History of Newcastle. Early Coal-mining Troubles. The A A. Company's Monopoly. Upheld in the Law Courts. No. VII
IN 1834 Sir Edward Parry resigned his position as Commissioner to the A. A. Company and returns of England. During his career in the colony he proved himself to be a man…
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