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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
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AN examination of candidates for certificates of competency under the Coal Mines Act will be held at the Technical College, Newcastle, on January 27, 28, and 29. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE annual report of the Sydney Harbour Collieries was presented to the shareholders in November. It stated that although under the conditions of the purchase contract the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A SPECIAL meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield Lodges was held in Wile's Hall on Wednesday night, Mr. John Mitchell Presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In another column there appears the weekly acknowledgment of the treasurers of the fund, showing gross receipts to date of money actually to hand of £629 0s 9d. This…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IN connection with the Newcastle coal statistics published to-day, it is interesting to note that the coal output for the month of October from seventeen Transvaal collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →From many points of view the state of society which Bret Harte described with so much success in his earlier writings is fast coming to an end. Instead of the simple…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following information relative to the trade of the port has been farnished by the local Customs department, and contains some interesting comparisons. Although the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WHEN industrial war is proclaimed in this district (writes a suburban correspondent) the earnings of the miner or labourer, as the case may be, are brought prominently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following statement with regard to the consumption of fuel in Mexico appears in a report dated September 19 last by Mr. Consul Carden:—The demand for coal and coke in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The principal dividends of the Gympie mines last year were:—North Smithfield, £33,000; Phoenix Golden Pile, £20,000; Columbia Smithfield, £19,800; No. 1 North…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The coal tipped at the dyke for the week ended at 8 a.m. yesterday amounted to 30,854 tons as against 41,841 tons for the corresponding period of last season, and showing a decrease of 10,987 tons against…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A VERY brief residence in Western Australia (states the Argus) has sufficed to satisfy Mr. Richard Speight that that colony presents, great…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IT would seem that a commencement is about to be made with smelling on a large sale at the sulphide works at Cookle Creek. A train load of coal (25 trucks) was yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In connection with the beating of coal cargoes, it is interesting to note that the ship King David, which left Newcastle after the strike with a cargo of 3500 tons of Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. J. W. HARRISON'S coal circular, under date San Francisco, December 10, contains the following :—Since the Monowai loft the following vessels arrived from Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following circular issued by Mr. J. W. Harrison, one of the largest, if not the largest coal importer in San Francisco, to the Representatives at Washington, deals with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A special meeting of the miners' lodge was held on Monday evening, Mr. W. Jenkins presided. The secretary of the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Wednesday.—Speaking at a meeting of the Miners' Federation at Leicester yesterday, Mr. Pickard, president, declared that one of the big…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The result of the tendering in Victoria for the coal required by the Government of that colony during the coming year shows that New South Wales is practically out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ONE of the many anomalies of the United States tariff is the fact that while an import duty of 40 cents per ton is placed on bituminous coal,…
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