Wallsend Miners
THE monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Friday evening in the School of Arts, Mr. William Bower in the chair. With reference to the nomination for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1897
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District News. Stockton. the Colliery Disaster Fund
In another column there appears the regular weekly advertisement of receipts of subcriptions to the above fund, totaling, to 5 o'clock last night, £1229 1s 8d. In addition…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining Matters. Pit Work Fairly Brisk
THE output of coal continues satisfactory, the shipments at the dyke during the week having averaged about 8500 tons daily. This of course is exclusive of the shipments at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greta. the Colliery
Two truck loads of coals were sent away from this colliery on Friday last to the Cockle Creek Sulphide Works as samples, and it is to be trusted that such will be the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Risks. Killed by a Fall of Coal
A MAN named Fred Poster, who resides at Hillsborough, was killed yesterday afternoon by a fall of coal in the South Waratah Colliery, Raspberry Gully. Dr. Cooper was sent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Shipments
The coal shipments from the dyke for the week ended yesterday amounted to 54,692 tons, as against 56,909 tons for the corresponding week of 1896, and showing a decrease of 2217 tons against last week's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wickham and Bullock Island Miners
A SPECIAL meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island miners was held at Lloyd's Hall, Islington, last evening, Mr. John Robertson presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Merewether. Miners' Meeting
The quarterly meeting of the Globe miners took place on Monday evening, the attendance for such a large lodge being very small. Mr. M. Wilbraham occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coal Trade. Work at the Pits
WITH a few exceptions, the collieries continue busy and the prospects are still good, generally speaking. The Pacific mine was idle yesterday, and on Monday awaiting the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Stockton Colliery Disaster Fund
A MEETING of the executive committee was summoned for last night, but no quorum attended. There were present:—Aldermen Rees (chairman), O'Mara (Mayor), and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Delegate Board. a Deputation from Sydney
AT the meeting of the miners' delegate board yesterday Messrs. Ferguson and Oann, Ms.P., and W. G. Spence, representing the Australian Labour Federation, waited on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Guinea Goldfields. Fever, Dysentery, and Death. Cooktown
THE steamer Yaralla arrived this afternoon from New Guinea. Some of her passengers are suffering from fever and dysentery. A passenger named James Weir, from West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Stockton Colliery Disaster
THE Stockton Colliery disaster advanced a stage yesterday when the manager and under-manager of that mine had their certificates cancelled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. Gold Beef Found
A payable gold reef has been found near Mount Tara, in Gippsland, giving 1dwt to the pound weight of quartz. STRANGE SUICIDE…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stockton Colliery Disaster Fund
IN another column there appears the regular weekly advertisement of subscriptions received in aid of the fund. During the week there has come to hand £17 14s 9d from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident at the Co-operative Colliery
AN accident occurred at the Co-operative Colliery on Thursday to a boy named John A. Thomas, which has since terminated fatally. It seems that the youth, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Stockton. the Colliery Disaster Decision
It is no exaggeration to say that the decision of the Court of Inquiry in this case, pronounced on Thursday, has caused the profoundest astonishment. It goes without…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Electricity Direct From Coal
Some time ago we referred to M. Tesla's confidence that electricity would before long be obtained directly from the earth, and be utilisable at once. Dr. W. Jacques, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Output of Coal in Britain
The manner in which the output of coal in England has increased by leaps and bounds during the present century is regarded by Mr. Simpson a well-known authority on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Items. Loose Coals
THE practice of shiftmen filling coal that is supposed to have fallen from the skips on the road from the face to the screens, has been the subject of mach comment on different…
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