Kelly V. Caledonian Coal Co Sydney
THE hearing of the above case was resumed before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury of four in No. 2 Jury Court to-day. The witness Tann said that in May Kelly…
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Mining & the mines, 1897
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Development in the Coal Trade. Continuous Business with Japan. Regular Steamers to Visit Newcastle
INSTEAD of Japan competing with Newcastle in the foreign trade, that country is now to become a customer of ours. As was stated in our issue of yesterday, the fine steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Difficulty at the Stockton Colliery. the Miners Leave in a Body. They Refuse to Do Wheeling. Explanation by the Manager
THE trouble with the Stockton miners (referred to in yesterday's issue), in regard to the filling of two ships in one bord culminated yesterday morning in the whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →English Capital for Victorian Mines. Big Pumping Plants
ONE objection which English capitalists had to investing money in mining enterprises in Victoria (says the Argus) was that the area allowed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The East Cardiff Colliery. Miners Accept a Reduction
THE miners employed at the East Cardiff Colliery who, during the regime of Messrs. J. Campbell and W. Whitson, were paid a hewing rate of 2s 4d per ton—said to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minmi. Accident at the Mine
About midday on Tuesday a severe accident befel a minor named Alex. Anderson, engaged in No. 5 section of the Duckenfield Colliery. The unfortunate man was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Stockton Colliery Trouble. Deputation to the Manager
THE Stockton minors, in accordance with resolution passed by the lodge, went in their working places as usual yesterday morning, and finding that the old system…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Dynamite Outrage The Lucknow Mine. Sydney
A REPORT was received in Sydney this morning to the effect that a dynamite explosion occurred at the Lucknow mine at half-past 9 o'clock last night, and that a man…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Lambton Colliery
MR. J. RUTTLEY, who has taken the above colliery on tribute, has four miners employed holing, at 1s 6d per yard. The system he is attempting to introduce is not finding much…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Trade. To Day's Conference
THE conference, which the colliery proprietors have agreed to have with the representatives of the miners on the weighing question, will take place to-day at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lecture by the Rev. F. W. Isitt. "From Slave Hut to Senate." the Lucknow Miners' Strike
THE Rev. Frank W. Isitt, a brother of the Rev. L. M. Isitt, delivered a lecture at the Y.M.C.A. Hall last evening on the subject " From slave hut to Senate," depicting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold-mining Booms
Klondyke flotations are not popular with the English financial press. One journal, for instance, warns investors not to be led away by sensational cables, newspaper…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Joint Committee on the Coal Trade
ALTHOUGH the conference between the miners' delegates and the colliery proprietors of the northern district had apparently no definite result time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mining Conference. an Amicable Meeting. Weighing of Each Skip Impracticable. Continuous System of Weighing Promised. a General Agreement Impossible. Overtures for an Advance. a Joint Committee of Consultation Probable
THE conference between the colliery proprietors and the miners' representatives took place at the Imperial Hotel on Saturday, commencing at 11 a.m. and terminating at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Shipments
The coal shipments at the Government cranes for the week ended at 6 a.m. yesterday amounted to 55,193 tone, as compared with 56,414 tons for the corresponding period of last year, and showing a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Accident. Forty Miners Killed
LONDON, Sunday.—Forty miners have been killed by a fall of earth in a sulphur mine in Sicily…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →History of Newcastle and the Northern District. (All Rights Reserved.) No. 15. Early Newcastle. Coal Industry Fettered by the British Government
THE coal industry of Newcastle in 1798 was on the most limited scale. The few traders had no market for the coal products even if they had the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Risks. Fall of Coal at Hetton
A MINER named Ezekiah Williams, residing at Broadmeadow, was admitted to the hospital yesterday suffering from the effects of an accident received whilst at work in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gold Standard in Japan
The British Consul-General in Shanghai, in his last report, says that the introduction of a gold standard in Japan is regarded by those in China who see in silver-using…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burwood Miners
THE above miners' lodge held their quarterly meeting last night at Love's Hotel, Adamstown. The attendance was large, Mr. J. Cook occupied the choir…
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