The English Miners. Eight Hours Bill. Rejected by the Commons
LONDON, Thursday.—The House of Commons last night rejected Mr. Allen's Miners' Eight Hours Bill by a majority of 41…
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Mining & the mines, 1897
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The Australian Labour Federation and the Miners. Suggested Terms of Affiliation. Sydney
THE proposal for the affiliation of the Northern Miners' Federation with the New South Wales Provincial Council of the Australasian Labour Federation has created…
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The conclusions arrived at by the Coal Cargoes Commission are not original They were, indeed, anticipated long ago in these columns. The Commissioners advise that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Australia. Kalgoorlie, Friday. Mining and Progress
The West Boulder Company is raising 20,000gal of water daily. The most of it is running to waste, and it is proposed to condense it for use…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Correspondence. Administration of the Coal Mines Act. to the Editor
SIR,—Your report of the interview with the Minister must be bitterly suggestive reading to our fellow miners. But have the Labour party's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland District. Miners' Risks
A MINER named George Guest sustained serious injuries while at work in the East Greta pit on Saturday last. He was jammed between an outgoing ship and the overcast…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Presentation at Carrington. a Popular Colliery Official
A MEETING of the miners of the Hetton Colliery and other friends of Mr. Richard Baxter, late clerk and surveyor at the mine, was held at Mr. J. Jack's hall, Carrington,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Association in the Coal Trade
THE remarks made by the Governor the other day on the subject of associations of employers and workmen will be generally coincided with by…
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The coal shipments for the week have again reached high figures, although the work done shows a decrease on the record output last week. For the week ended at 6 a.m. yesterday, 60,298 tons were…
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ALTHOUGH the report of the Coal Cargoes Commission is an elaborate document which contains many well-known facts, the Newcastle public are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hunter River Floods Report. Sent on to the Mines Department. Sydney
THE report of Mr. Price, C.E., upon a scheme for the mitigation of floods in the Hunter River has been forwarded by the Minister for Works to the Mines Department, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burwood Miners
THE above-named miners met last, night at Thomas' Hotel, New Lambton, for the purpose of considering the local rules drafted by the sub-committee. There were 14 men…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Greta. Movement in the Colliery
During the last week the pillars in the straight in workings were noticed to be fretting, when the few men working there were withdrawn, and, as expected, a creep in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The "Depositing" of Gold
The Imperial institute, Edinburgh, has had brought to its attention some interesting phenomena relating to the method by which gold was originally deposited in auriferous…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Coal Trade. Prospects of Another Vend. the Colonial and Inter-colonial Supply. Increased Prices for Lambton and Burwood Coal
THOUGH many of the colliery proprietors are favourable to the reconstruction of the vend for the regulation of the coal trade, it is not hard to find some who agree with the remarks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wednesday, May 12. The Pharmacy Bill. Lapsed Bills Restored. Reports of Ventilation of Coal Mines in Newcastle District from Inspectors Reports, &c., Connected With Stockton Disaster. The Federation Bill. Consolidation of Land Laws
THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. BRUNKER, in reply to Mr. PERRY, said that inspectors under the Dairies'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greta. the Colliery
It is now known that the creep at the colliery will completely stop the big and little jigs, as the roof is settling down gradually to he floor. The skips have all been brought…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Thursday, May 13, 1897. Legislative Assembly. The Appointment of the Chief Colliery Inspector. Usury Limitation Bill. Attachment for Debts Bill. Distress in the Drought Districts—Motion for Relief. Sydney, Thursday. the Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Questions and Answers
Mr. PERRY asked the Minister for Mines:—1. Was the new Chief Inspector of Collieries appointed on the recommendation of Sir William Lewis; if not, on whose…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Miners
THE monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the hall of the Wallsend School of Arts on Friday evening, Mr. William Bower in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Greta. Permanent Work for the Colliery
The uninitiated have for a long time come to the conclusion that the directorate of the Greta Coal Company were in different as to whether a regular trade was secured or not…
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