New Zealand Mining. Address by Mr. Seddon
LONDON, Saturday.—Mr. R. J. Seddon, Premier of New Zealand, in addressing the Australian Chamber of Mines yesterday, described the mining…
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Mining & the mines, 1897
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Glebe Miners
A SPECIAL meeting of the above lodge took place in Simpson's Hall on Monday evening. Owing to the inclemency of the weather the attendance was moderate. Mr. M…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Carriage of Small Coal. Rebate to be Allowed on all Coal Shipped
THE protest which was raised by certain colliery proprietors at the proposal of the Railway Commissioners to discontinue allowing the 20 per cent. rebate on the carriage of…
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A SPECIAL meeting of the Burwood miners was held last night at Mrs. Love's Hotel, Adamstown. There was a large attendance. Mr. Curley,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Wallsend Coal for Singapore
The Union Company's steamer Liddesdale has been chartered to load West Wallsend coal at Newcastle —September-October loading—for Singapore. From that port she proceeds to Calcutta, at which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rebate on Small Coal. Interview With the Railway Commissioners. Sydney
THIS afternoon a deputation consisting of Messrs. T. Croudace, M. C. Cowlishaw, J. F. Burns, and Dr. J. B. Robertson, waited on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Thursday, July 29Th. Legislative Assembly. Special Rules for Collieries. The M'Sharry Arbitration. Public Servants on Leave. Sydney
THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. SCHEY asked the Colonial Secretary:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Minmi. the Mines
Work at the local collieries has not been very brisk during this week. Duckenfield has only worked two days, and Back Creek three No work for Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Apparatus for Breaking Down Coal
A new hydraulic apparatus for breaking down coal in mines which has been designed as a substitute for blasting, either by gunpowder, with all its attendant risks, or by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pacific Co-operative Steam Coal Company
AFTER allowing for depreciation of plant and rolling stock to the extent of £374 5s and for bad debts, the profit earned by the Pacific Co-operative Steam Coal Company for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Transvaal Mining Grievances Report of a Commission
LONDON, Friday. — Reports from Pretoria state that the commission appointed by the Transvaal Government to inquire into the mining…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tenure of Mines. More Security Wanted
LONDON, Sunday. — Sir John M'Intyre, M.P. for Maldon, Victoria, will return by the Orient. Financiers have asked him to use his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General News. Surface Ventilation of Coal Cargoes
The Board of Trade has issued a circular in which shipowners and shipbuilders are reminded that the regulations of the Board require that vessels carrying coal cargoes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hetton Miners
THE monthly meeting of the Hetton miners was recently held at the Albion Hotel, Wickham. A letter was read asking the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Shipments
The cool shipments at the dyke for the week ended at 6 a m yesterday amounted to 40,478 tons, as against 59,010 tons for the corresponding period of last year, and showing a decrease of 18,532 tons on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Coal-mining Claim. Sydney
THE matter of the Bulli Coal-mining Company and the claim of H. P. Osborne and another was before the Full Court to-day on appeal. The claimants, as trustees of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Castle Hill Mining Company
A GENERAL meeting of this company was recently held at the Metropolitan Hotel. Captain Wallis Windle was in the chair, and the whole of the shareholders were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Columbian Goldfields. the Klondyke Rush. Starvation Feared
LONDON, Monday.—Telegrams from British Columbia state that the mad rush to the Klondyke goldfield, in the Yukon River district, continues…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Greta. Miners' Meeting
THE quarterly meeting of miners was held at Palmer's Hotel yesterday morning. Mr. A. Phillips was in the chair, and there was a large attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Minmi. the Mines
Work at the local mines is exceptionally slack at present. Neither tunnel has worked this week, and there is no work for Thursday…
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