The Coal Cargoes Commission
THE members of the Coal Cargoes Commission are to hold a sitting at the Custom house to-morrow, but whether evidence is to be taken remains unknown. In shipping circles…
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Mining & the mines, 1896
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Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery. Another Examination of the Workings
IT's an ill wind that blows nobody good. Serious as the crush at the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery may be for shareholders and miners, the Tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Redhead Estate and Coal Company. Sydney
THE second half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Now Redhead Estate and Coal Company, Limited, was held to-day at the office in Pitt-street. Mr. W. A. Hutchinson,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Actions Against the Stockton Coal Company. a Subsidence and its Results. Interesting Coal-mining Case. Sydney
IN No. 3 Jury Court to-day, before Judge Simpson, and a jury of four, the case of Callen v. the Stockton Coal Company, Limited, was heard. Dr. Sly, Mr. Blacket,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Southern Coal Ports
The steamer Gulf of Bothnia, which proceeded hence to Port Kembla to complete her cool cargo, is being hampered considerably with her loading at the southern jetty. As farlback as last Wednesday she…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Deputation to the Minister for Mines. the Question of Inspectors' Powers. The Minister's Reply. The Safety of the Miners. Sydney
An important deputation with regard to the recent fall at the Wickham and Bullock Island Company's mine waited on the Minister for Mines at 3 o'clock this afternoon, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery. the Recent Fall. Inspector Humble's Report. Sydney
THE following is the text of the report by Colliery Inspector Humble to the Examiner of Coalfields on the first fall in the Wickham and Bullock Island Co's mine:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Mines Bill. The Ventilation Clause. Petition from Western Miners. Sydney
THE following is the text of a petition to be presented to the Legislative Council to-day from the miners engaged at the Lithgow Valley, Vale of Clwydd, Oakey Park,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Actions Against the Stockton Coal Company. Interesting Coal-mining Case
IN No. 3 Jury Court to-day, before Judge Simpson, and a jury of four, the hearing of the actions brought by Peter Callen, Ernest William Warner, and Robert…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Legislative Council. Coal Mines Bill. Third Reading Carried. Returned to the Assembly
The Mining Laws Amendment Bill passed its third reading. Dr. M'LAURIN moved the adjournment of the Council to discuss the action of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Johannesburg Gold
The origin of the wonderful banket deposits at Johannesburg, where the gold is not found in the quartz pebbles, but in an ancient seashore stratum of a few inches in width and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Cargoes Commission. the Heating of Coal Cargoes
PROFESSOR THRELFALL, M.A., of the Sydney University, and Mr. E. F. Pittmann, A.R. S.M., Government Geologist, who have been appointed as a…
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THE San Francisco Journal of Commerce quotes as follows from a private circular dated 11th July:—During the week there have been six arrivals from the coast collieries with 11,297…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery. the Workings Still Quiet. Work Suspended Indefinitely
THE Wickham and Bullock Island miners feel more satisfied now that Inspector Humble's report has been published. They seem to think that the second fall having taken place,…
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The most famous and the most puzzling of all gold mines is the Mount Morgan, Queensland. It is supposed to be the product of a thermal spring, and is simply a mountain of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Cargoes Commission. the Heating of Coal Cargoes. Newcastle Evidence
THE Royal Commission (Professor Threlfall, of the Sydney University, and Mr. E. F. Pittman, the Government Geologist) appointed to inquire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery. a Joint Inspection Decided Upon
THE indications are still favourable to the condition of the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery. When Mr. Bates, the Government colliery inspector, and the officials examined…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Local Option Bill. Compensation Carried. Coal Mines Bill. Consideration of Council's Amendments. The Factories Bill. Undermining of Streets. Sydney
THE Assembly sat until five minutes to 8 o'clock this morning, and during the later hours of the sitting transacted a good deal of work. The House having resolved into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Actions Against the Stockton Coal Company. Sydney
In No. 3 Jury Court to-day, before Judge Simpson and a jury of four, the hearing of the actions brought by Peter Callen, Ernst William Warner, and Robert…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Mines Bill
THE people of New South Wales are glad that the Coal Mines Bill, which has on various occasions during the last decade blocked the course of other…
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