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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
972 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 49
ALL the collieries in the district have worked the major portion, if not the whole, of the fortnight ending with to-day; and with the harbour still well filled with shipping, there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IT appears from statistics that 4 per cent. of the vessels which cross the equator are lost through the spontaneous combustion of coal; and it is now believed that the means…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Several mining fatalities have occurred in the Ballarat district. William Taylor and J. Chappell were suffocated in the South Star Mine, Sebastopol, by foul air, at the 1000ft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The East Greta Coal Company are making excellent progress with their new workings. The second shaft has been sunk on the coal to a depth of 740ft. The seam…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The coal shipments at the Government cranes for the week ended at 6 a.m. yesterday reached a total of 64,641 tons as compared with 15,064 tons for the corresponding week-of last year. The coke…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PROFESSOR FRANK DIXON, of Kansas City, a taxidermist, has made a lucky discovery of gold in a curious way. A short time ago he received from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. W. H. BAKER appeared for the company and Mr. W. A. Reid for the council. In this case the valuators, had assessed the colliery property at an annual value of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE monthly meeting of the above miners' lodge took place on Monday evening, and was fairly attended. From Mr. Curley, intimating the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →NATURALLY a good deal of interest is taken in the port of Newcastle in the proper loading of coal, to avoid the breakage of the mineral, and the risk of fire. Frith's coal distributor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE are informed that the committee of the Wickham and Bullock Island miners' lodge met last night in the committee room, Hawkins' Hotel, Islington. There were 14…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p m. The SPEAKER read a letter from Mr. Copeland resigning his position on the select committee appointed to inquire into and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LAST night information was received here from Hongkong of the robbery of £4440 in gold from the strongroom of the China Navigation Co's steamer Taiynan. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A NUMBER of gentlemen interested in the coal-shipping trade attended a[?] the meeting room of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon to hear Mr. J. C. Firth explain the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ALREADY the Coal Mines Act requires repairs. The action of Mr. WATKINS, on a motion for the adjournment of the Assembly, to discuss the defects…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—It was sure to come, the inevitable adjournment could not be avoided; but the adjournment trick begins to have a bad odour. It is getting stale; and our…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE inquiries of the detectives into the reported mysterious robbery of £4640 from the strongroom of the steamer Taiyuan during the voyage from Sydney to Hongkong have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Mr. SYDNEY SMITH, in reply to Dr. Ross, said that the Government was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →That the trade of the port is increasing may be seen by the Custom House figures published weekly recording the amount of coal exported to places beyond the colony…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE number of gold-seekers in Australia has recently been increased by a company or syndicate of a singularly retiring character. The members…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Under this heading in our issue of the 22nd July last we published a copy of a list of vessels loaded with Newcastle coals lost, wrecked, on fire, or missing, sailing from Newcastle between 1889 and 30th…
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