New Lambton Colliery
With regard to New Lambton Colliery there has been no new offer made by the company, and it is problematical whether the company will trouble further till the dispute…
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Mining & the mines, 1896
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Borehole Miners
Mr. J. Hancock, delegate, Eorehole miners, writes:—In your issue of the 8th it appears that I stated in explanation on the New Lambton proposal that all the delegates…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Co-operative Miners
A meeting of the Co-operative miners was held last night on the green opposite the Plattsburg Mechanics' Institute, Mr. Walter Evans in the chair…
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THE situation has so far changed during the week that the beginning of the end of the strike is now apparent. Though the proprietors were at first…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →English Miners for Rhodesia
EARL GREY will shortly put into operation an emigration scheme which he worked out long before he had any idea of being appointed administrator…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Mining Position
EITHER the miners of this district are sadly in need of better guidance, or their leaders are in want of better followers. That one or other of those…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wallarah Miners. Union on the War Path
Mr. Thomas Parton, manager of the Wallarah Colliery, writes as follows:—According to the report in your issue of the 7th inst., the miners' delegate board had under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Earl of Durham's Collieries. Sale of Fourteen Pits. One Million Pounds Paid
LONDON, Thursday.—The Earl of Durham, who owns extensive collieries in the North of England, including the well-known Lambton mines, has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stockton Miners. The Delegates Censured. But Arbitration Agreed To
The Stockton miners met yesterday morning at Johnson's Hotel, Stockton, Mr. T. Wright presiding. Mr. E BOWLING, the delegate, gave a full…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Strike. Voting at the Lodges. Large Majority for Arbitration. Meeting of Colliery Proprietors. They Decide Not to go to Arbitration. Mr. Reid Acknowledges the Telegram. Merchants Decide to Refuse Credit. Wages Difficulties at the Sea Pit and Minmi
THE voting upon the proposal of the delegates board to submit the whole situation to arbitration is not yet complete, but a big majority of the lodges, including Wallsend,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dudley Colliery
On Friday evening the Dudley Colliery whistle was blown for work. It being three years since the whistle was heard before, the people naturally turned out and inquired…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greta Miners
The general notice handed by the local secretary to the manager expired on Friday, but as far as can be ascertained only a very few of the men brought out their tools on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Southern Miners
A proposal that a 5 per cent. levy he made on the Southern miners in aid of the Northern men appears (according to the Illawarra Mercury) to be meeting with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →English Coal Contracts
COAL contracts, of which a number have lately been negotiated, do not promise any great expectation of better prices this year (says the "Shipping Gazette"). On…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trimming of Coal Cargoes
WITH reference to the subject of the trimming of coal cargoes in connection with the frequent losses of coal-laden ships, the secretary of Lloyd's has received from the Beard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Duckenfield and Back Creek Miners
At a meeting of the above lodges held in Wile's Hall on Saturday morning, presided over by Mr. J. Mitchell, the delegate resumed his report of the delegate meeting hold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Position. to the Editor
Sir,—In your Saturday's issue the editorial article which appeared is so misleading and devoid of truth that it is imperative your statements should be challenged. Whether…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Strike. Delegate Board Minutes Adopted. Notice of Motion From the Glebe. Proposal for a Public Meeting. New Lambton Mine Let on Tribute. A Call to Work at Dudley. The Wages Difficulty at the Sea Pit
THE whole of the recommendations of the delegate board have now been adopted. Five lodges were against arbitration, but of course these are outvoted by the decision of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Lambton Colliery
The announcement in yesterday's Herald that there was a prospect of work being resumed at New Lambton Pit was the cause of about 300 miners assembling at the colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at West Wallsend Colliery
AN accident which, but for the presence of mind and promptitude of Mr. J. Durie, overman, might have proved fatal, happened yesterday at the West Wallsend Colliery to…
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