Lambton. Miners Lodge
A meeting of the Lambton miners was held on Tuesday night. Mr. W. Jenkins presided. The report of the eight-hour committee was duly…
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Mining & the mines, 1896
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The Wickham and B. I. Colliery Relief Fund
"Fairplay" writes:—"From several paragraphs seen in your paper of different dates, I supposed and thought the public intended all money and goods collected…
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AT the adjourned meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island miners, held at Lloyd's Hall, Islington, yesterday morning, the business about which all the fighting took place…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Lindsay's Find Proprietary, Western Australia, has been formed with a capital of £200,000, of which £100,000 is to be…
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AT a meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island miners, held at Fleming's Paddock, Linwood, Wickham, yesterday afternoon, the chairman (Mr. J. Wheatley) reported…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Mining Laws Amendment. Municipal Loans Validation. Savings Bank Amalgamation. The Estimates. Sydney
AFTER the conclusion of our report of the, proceedings in the Assembly last night the Council's amendments in the Mining Laws Amendment Bill were further considered in…
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SOME eight or nine of the pits are likely to have full time again for the current fortnight, but a slacking off of trade is becoming noticeable in…
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NOTHING further has been heard as to why the railway authorities declined to run a train to Burwood and Dudley collieries, after having previously agreed to do so. It is,…
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A REWARD of £200 has been offered by the Marine Insurance Company for the recovery of six bars of gold, weighing in all 1286oz, and valued at about…
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In 1780, about the time the steam engine was invented, the consumption of coal in Great Britain was some 6,500,000 gross tons a year. It had risen to 27,000,000 tons in…
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IT has long been held as an economic doctrine that coal cannot be thoroughly consumed unless every particle is surrounded with sufficient oxygen to…
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The colliery commenced work on Friday, and the men will consequently have three days to draw for the next pay, which is a day and a quarter less…
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A LARGE meeting of Burwood and Dudley workmen was held at Adamstown on Friday night for the purpose of taking further steps to induce the Railway Commissioners to run…
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MESSRS. J. F. BURNS, T. Saywell, B. Lee, and Dr. Morson, the directors of the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery, arrived in Newcastle on Friday evening, and on Saturday…
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DURING last week a start was made to put down the air shaft at Killingworth Colliery, Apple Tree Flat. The event was given some little eclat…
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The total quantity of coal shipped at the dyke for the week ended at 6 a.m. yesterday was 55,858 tons, as against 41,228 ton for the corresponding period during last year, and showing an increase of 14,630…
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THE Government officers have declared the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery to be safe, with certain precautionary measures, for the resumption of work. Operations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Cargoes Commission. Another Visit to Newcastle. Sydney
THE Royal Commission on the loss of vessels engaged in the coal trade of the colony have not, since their return from Newcastle, taken further evidence on the subject of their…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The Golden Leases Gold-mining Company, Coolgardie, which was recently formed with a capital of £120,000, has…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A disastrous strike has occurred at Leadville, in Colorado. The strikers, over 3000 in number, who were armed with guns…
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