Correspondence. the Coal Crisis. to the Editor
SIR,—I notice in your issue of March 6th, an epistle to the poor and ignorant miners, from the pen of the great and erudite sociologist, W. E…
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Mining & the mines, 1896
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The Mining Situation. Notices Handed In
IN accordance with the resolution passed at the aggregate meeting of miners nearly all the district lodges handed in a notice to the colliery managers on Saturday demanding an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wheeling Difficulty. Protracted Meeting of the Hetton Miners. The Wheelers Refuse Mediation
A MEETING of the Hetton miners was held at the Albion Hotel, Wickham, on Saturday to receive a deputation representing the wheelers on strike at the Hetton Colliery. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CABLEGRAMS. Affairs in South Africa. Arrest of a Mine Manager. Another Boer Complaint. Reported Interference with the Kaffirs
LONDON, Saturday.—The Beer Government has arrested the manager of the De Beers diamond mine on a charge of assisting Dr. Jameson in his recent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hunter Water Board. Case Against the Scottish-Australian Mining Company. Sydney
IN the Full Court on Saturday, Mr. C. B. Stephen appeared for the plaintiffs in the case of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board against the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Trade
THE Newcastle coal trade for the first 10 weeks of 1896 has been extremely brisk, as evidenced by the total quantity exported during that period. While the total…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Heating of Coal Cargoes. The Government Mineral Assayer's Opinion. Sydney
IN the course of a conversation the representative of the Newcastle Herald had with a prominent mining authority, in Sydney regarding the heating of the coal cargo of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Situation. Meeting in the Sydney Domain. Sydney
IN the Domain yesterday afternoon a meeting was held to sympathise with the miners of the Newcastle district in the present situation. The following resolution were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wheeling Difficulty. Meeting of the Hetton Miners. Conference With the Wheelers. A Settlement Effected
THE adjourned meeting of the Hetton miners, to consider the difficulty with the local wheelers, was held at the Albion Hotel, Wickham, yesterday morning. Mr. Thos…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Situation
OUR Wallsend correspondent writes:—The opinion with regard to the proposal for a uniform hewing rate of 3s 6d per ton is very difficult to ascertain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Mining Accident. Inquest at Wallsend
AN inquest was held by Mr. G. C. Martin, district coroner, at Watkin's Australian. Hotel, Metcalf-street, Wallsend, yesterday, touching the death of Mr. James Lever, who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Ventilation in Mines. Meeting of Colliery Managers
A MEETING of colliery managers, convened by Mr. Rose, of Wallsend, was held at the Great Northern Hotel, yesterday afternoon, to consider the Coal Mines Regulation Bill, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Glebe Collieries
The notice handed in by the Wheelers, employed in the Newcastle A pit for an increase of 6d per day upon the present uniform wage of 5s 6d, is likely to be followed by a notice…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Affairs. the District Officers at Stockton
AT a meeting of the Stockton miners, held at the Temperance Hall on Tuesday evening, Messrs. Adam Cook, Jas. Curley, and J. M'Fadyen, the officers of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Important Mining Case. the Ventilation of Mines. Proceedings Against the Wallsend Company
AT the Wallsend Police Court yesterday, before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M, a case of great importance to colliery proprietors and miners was commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Newcastle Coal Trade. Proposal to Nationalise the Mines. Deputation to the Premier. Sydney
A DEPUTATION representing the public meeting held in the Domain last Sunday, under the auspices of the Socialist and Democratic League, interviewed the Premier this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Colliery
Our Lambton correspondent writes:—The mine still remains closed down, with no apparent signs of a resumption of work. Consequently, matters are very gloomy in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining
THE district officers of the Miners' Association have been busying themselves during the past fortnight in reorganising the lodges. The majority…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Co-operative Miners
A meeting of the miners employed at the Co-operative Colliery was held in the hall of the Plattsburg Mechanics' Institute on Thursday evening. There was a large…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Situation. Proprietors Refuse the Increased Hewing Rate. Stockton Miners Make a Demand. Prospects of the Ballot
WHEN the various lodge secretaries sent in a demand to the different colliery managers last Saturday for a hewing rate of 3s 6d per ton, in accordance with the resolution passed at…
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