Mining
MR. BRUNKER is now endeavouring by every means in his power to bring about a conference between the colliery proprietors and the miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1896
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Waratah and Glebe Miners
The Waratah and Globe Lodges approved of the recommendations of the delegate board, with the exception of asking if the terms offered at the Sydney conference are still…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Co-operative Coal-trimming
For some years past the work of stowing coal at Burntisland (Scotland) has been carried out by a co-operative group of associated coal trimmers, consisting of 61 members—a foreman and five squads of 12…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Wallsend and Seaham Miners
A combined meeting of the Seaham and West Wallsend miners was hold in Sharp's Hall on Thursday afternoon, Mr. G. Ford presiding, there being a large attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Adelaide Letter. The Gold Boom
WE are not supposed to be a very wealthy community, but somehow Adelaide has come to be the commercial centre for the gold mines of the West just as it was, six or seven years…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. the Coal Mines Bill
THE Coal Mines Regulation Bill will probably be proceeded with in the Assembly this week. The reason for the bill not being taken up last week was the serious illness of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Brunner Colliery Explosion. an Interesting Letter
In an interesting letter received by Mr. Alexander Leitch, sen, the well-known resident of West Wallsend, from his son, Mr. Alexander Leitch, who is at Stillwater,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. a Deep Mine
The Lazarus mine, Bendigo, is now down to a depth of 3048ft. HOME FOR BOYS. A home for boys at Burwood, the gift of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Combustion of Coal Cargoes. a Government Inquiry. Sydney
THE Premier announced in the Assembly last week that the Government recognised that the frequency of the cases of combustion of coal cargoes during recent years from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Strike. Prospects for a Conference. Meeting of the Miners' Committee. Test Case Against Messrs. J. AND A. BROWN. Mr. Gregson and the Borehole Miners. Another Vessel Leaves in Ballast
THOUGH the proprietors are apparently still displaying an unusual amount of indifference concerning the progress of the strike, there is a rumour abroad that another conference between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General News. the Miners' Wage Test Case
ONE of the most important oases, as affecting mine-owners and miners, that has been dealt with in this district for some time past was decided by Mr. Mair, P.M., yesterday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Wages Test Case. the Validity of a General Notice Action Against Messrs. J. AND A. BROWN. Important, Decision by Mr. Mair, P.M. The Verdict Against the Miners. An Application for a Nonsuit Refused
THE test case against Messrs. J. and A. Brown, brought by John Robertson and Edward Emery, two miners of Minmi, claiming £4 18s 10s for work…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Notices of Motions. Stipendiary Magistrate for Newcastle. State Coal Mines
Mr. WATKINS to move: 1. That in the opinion of this House the Government should at once introduce a bill to provide for compulsory arbitration in connection with trades and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Southern Coal Trade
ONE of the results of the present disastrous stoppage of work in this district will be a considerable increase in the importance of the southern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Strike. Prospects of the Conference. a Meeting Improbable This Week. Proprietors Said to Be Awaiting Overtures From the Men. Non-unionists at Work at the Co-operative Mine. Brisk Demand For Coal
THERE is now very little prospect of a conference between the colliery proprietors and the miners' representatives being held this week. Mr. Brunker, the Colonial Secretary,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Something Like a Gold Mine
The following, taken from the Birmingham Daily Post, is a specimen of the wonderful paragraphs which somehow find their way into the English papers for the edification of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament. Wednesday, June 3Rd. Legislative Assembly. Royal Commissions. Stipendiary Magistrates for Newcastle. Coal Mines Bill. Sydney
THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. EDDEN asked the Colonial Secretary:—1. Has a Mr. F. W. Curnow been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Strike. Work at the Co-operative Colliery
WE have it on very good authority that there were 54 miners at work in the Co-operative Colliery yesterday, amongst the number being several unionists, and our…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suburban Mining Opinion
The interest taken in the strike appears to be suspended till the proposed conference takes place between the proprietors and the miners' delegates. The meeting is looked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All Is Not Gold in the West
Mr. P[?]itchard Morgan, M.P., having reached London and spread himself out there on the strength of the concession of 5000 square miles of territory from the South…
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