Our Californian Coal Trade
Mr. R. B. Wallace has received a letter from a large importer of Newcastle coal written under date San Francisco, May 28, referring to the strike, and of which the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1896
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Temperatures on Coal-laden Ships
A GOOD deal of interest is attached to the question of coal cargoes heating, and the number of vessels which have reported heated or burning cargoes during the past twelve…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. The Coal Mines Bill. Consideration in Committee. Responsibility of Managers. Cost of Royal Commissions. Lands for Closer Settlement Bill. Sydney
THE Assembly, sitting in committee, continued the consideration of the Coal Mines Regulation Bill until nearly 3 o'clock this morning. When our report closed, clause…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greta. the Colliery
Work still continues brisk and constant here, with the exception of a day which was lost this week. Strike pay (6s per man) was distributed to-day to the few men residing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Mines Bill. Alleged Absence of Labour Members Sydney
A GOOD deal of comment has been made in certain quarters concerning the temporary absence of certain Labour members from the Assembly last evening during the early…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Wallsend Miners
A meeting of the West Wallsend and Seaham miners was held in Sharps Hall on Wednesday, for the purpose of calling the roll and transacting any other business that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining
Now that the miners have decided to apply for the Sydney conference proposals, it remains with the colliery proprietors to determine the existence…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mining Sulphur
A NEW way to mine sulphur is now being used, which lessens the cost of mining very materially, and brings up the valuable mineral in a state which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →San Francisco Coal Market
Mr. J. W. Harrison's (San Francisco) coal circular contains the following:—"During the week there hove been seven arrivals from the coast mines with 12.204 tons of coal:…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Miners' Position. to the Editor
Sir,—The public should not be led by the misrepresentation made by the miners to believe that the coal proprietors have attacked the miners' union, and that white slavery is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Assistance From Sydney Coal-lumpers. Sydney
A well-attended meeting of the Sydney Coal-lumpers' Union was held this morning at the Lord Nelson Hotel. Miller's Point. By arrangement, Mr. Watkins, M.P.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Newcastle Coal Trade. to the Editor
Sir,—I notice amongst the replies to the shipmasters' circular a peculiar statement by Dr. Robertson, viz., that for the "past 18 months, while the reductions in the price of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Search for New Coal in the South
Mr. James Stirling, the geological surveyor of the Victorian Mines Department, reporting on his recent inspection of the sites of the coal discoveries near Merino, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mining Trouble. to the Editor
Sir,—Both before and after the strike I have proclaimed that the miners require a more comprehensive instruction with respect to the commercial relations subsisting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Firing of Coal Cargoes. The Proposed Royal Commission. Sydney
THE Government having decided to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the firing of coal cargoes and the loss of ships with coal cargoes from this colony, the Premier has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Mining Laws Amendment. Public Roads Bill. Sydney
THE Assembly sat until 12.55 this morning. The Mining Laws Amendment Bill, which amends and extends the provisions of the Mining on Private Lands Act, passed its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Hill Mining
LONDON, Friday, 2 p.m.—Shares in the Broken Hill Proprietary mine are quoted on the Stock Exchange to-day at £2 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Mining Matters
It is generally admitted that the school of experience is the best of all teachers But, unfortunately, for the prosperity of the Newcastle district, the bitter lesson taught by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Strike. Miners' Ballot Not Made Up. Poor Chance of a Settlement. Work to Be Resumed at the Co-operative Mine
EVEN if the miners' ballot turns out, as anticipated, in a narrow majority for the acceptance of the late conference proposals, it is asserted by the proprietors that the request…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Shipments
The total quantity of coal shipped at the dyke for the week ending yesterday amounted to 25,212 tone. The coke shipments reached a total of 92 tons…
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