New Lambton Miners
THE New Lambton miners held a special meeting on Tuesday night at Mrs. Love's Hotel, Adamstown. Mr. A. Power occupied the chair. The minutes of the previous…
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Mining & the mines, 1896
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Casualties to Coal Laden Vessels
THE long list of losses and casualties published yesterday in connection with the coal trade of this port shows at what a cost our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tasmania. Launceston, Wednesday. Mining Suit Decided
The great Mount Lyell mining case Dixon versus Henry and others was decided to-day in favour of defendants…
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THE following is an extract from a letter received from San Francisco by yesterday's, mail:—"Our market for Australian coal continues unchanged. Cargoes on way…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Mining Situation. More Strike Pay to be Distributed
ALTHOUGH at work, the miners of the district are still in very straitened circumstances. It will indeed be some few months before the majority of them will recover the serious…
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A BLUE-BOOK was issued on Monday containing Dr. John Haldane's report on the causes of death in colliery explosions and underground fires. He states that the…
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WITH the pits all at work again business people are congratulating themselves that prosperity will be soon restored to the Newcastle district, and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The California Coal Trade
Advices received by Mr. R B. Wallace from a leading importer of coal at San Francisco point out that the Newcastle strike, contrary to expectation, has had practically…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Output of Coal
According to the exports to places outside the colony, the output of coal for the past week, which is set down at 28,558 tons, would seem to be below expectations, but…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The Forest Creek Gold Reefs Company has been formed with a capital of £10,000, to acquire the Garfield and other leases…
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THE new Lambton miners held a special meeting on Saturday night at Love's hotel, Adamstown. Mr. A. Power occupied the chair. The attendance was small owing to…
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"Briquets made from coal dust are likely to find a rival in localities where wood-sawing is largely carried on," says the Railway Review. "Geod fuel is now being made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japanese Coal and Eastern Progress
THE influence of coalmining in Japan on the trade of the Orient makes that enterprise a subject of peculiar interest to the people of a district which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. Minmi. Mining Matters
THE resumption of work at Messrs. J. and A. Brown's collieries has not to any great extent alleviated the sensation of deadness which hung like a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Currency Question in America. Gold Standard Convention
LONDON, Saturday.—The Democratic delegates from 11 States, who are in favour of the adoption of the gold standard, are arranging to hold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Examiner of Coalfields. Mr. Mackenzie and His Work. Some Reminiscences of the Coal Industry
MR. JOHN MACKENZIE, F.G.S., who retires upon a pension from the position of Government Examiner of Coalfields at the end of this month, being over 60 years of age, has…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Coal-mining Claim. An Equity Judgment. Sydney
IN the Equity Court to-day, the Chief Judge delivered his reserved judgment in the action brought by P. H. Osborne and B. M. Osborne, surviving trustees of the late H…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General News. Coal Output
The total amount of coal tipped at the Government wharves for the week ended yesterday amounted to 50,771 tons and 21 tone coke, as against 42,579 tons coal and 20…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East Greta Colliery
The proprietary of the East Greta Colliery have given the miners 14 days' notice of their intention to reduce the wages at the pit to the rates that were paid before the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Hetton Colliery. a Reported Creep
FOR some days past a report has been current that a heavy fall had taken place in the Hetton Colliery, and from inquiries made there seems to be some foundation for the rumour…
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