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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
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THE Premier, seen by the Newcastle Herald representative to-day, stated that he hoped the proposals made at the coal conference yesterday would form the basis of a satisfactory…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.—De Volksstem, the Boer journal published in Pretoria, states that when the Volksraad meet in May a prompt movement will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →UNLESS something unforeseen happens there will be a strike of a general character on Monday. The hopes of a peaceful settlement of the difficulty, consequent upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A BIG lode carrying rich gold has been struck in the Brookman Boulder at a depth of 103ft. The shaft was carried down 60ft through hard dicrite, and then broke into the lode…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE strong disposition manifested by the majority of the miners of this district to strike justifies us in endeavouring once more to show why, if…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A the Hetton Colliery office yesterday the manager told the men to be at the pit on Monday, at 2 p.m., to get their tools. He als said he would pay them at 4 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Wallsend correspondent wrote last night:—Already a number of the men have brought out their tools, and to all intents and purposes the strike has commenced. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is not a judicious step (writes a Lake Macquarie correspondent) of the Wallarah [?]ers coming out, unless the southern [?]ieres came out. The Wallarah coal is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The result of the recent mining conference in Sydney, followed so closely by the determination of the men to come out on strike, has not (writes our Greta correspondent)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Co-operative miners held a meeting least evening, when the question of the 14 days' notice was fully discussed. The men are confident the manager must have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The average earnings of the miners have in brought forward frequently during the [?]sent crisis (writes a correspondent), Any condemn the workmen for not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IT has been definitely settled that the miners, as a whole, will strike on Monday. The lodges were almost unanimous in refusing to continue…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THE official returns of the lodges upon the question of the adoption or the rejection of the proprietors' 'proposals are as yet incomplete. The following is the result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →W.F. writes as follows on the situation, his communication being dated 20th instant:—It is not surprising to find, at a time such as the present, that very many persons trot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A SERIOUS crisis has arisen in the South Wales coal trade, owing to the attempt on the part of the Coalowners' Association to introduce the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →It transpires that James Moffatt Jackson, the Hetton miner who was killed by a fall of coal on Thursday, was, until a few months ago, the representative of the Hetton Lodge on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Jackson, the manager of Cardiff Colliery, made an offer of 6d advance to his miners on Saturday, and 4d in the 1s as the coal advances. The miners at the colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The statement in Saturday's Herald that New Lambton Colliery would probably start this week appears to have been well founded, and most probably will be an accomplished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting of the above was held in North's hall on Saturday evening, Mr. G. Callander in the chair. The attendance was very small, there being only about 34…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Stockton Miners' Lodge held a meeting on Saturday morning to consider , the situation. After discussion, it was decided to bring the tools out of the pit at 6 o'clock this…
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