Coal in Cape Colony
In the first annual report of the geological survey of Cape Colony, Professor Cors[?]ophine, the geologist of the colony, throws cold water upon the suggestion that payable…
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Mining & the mines, 1897
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District News. Greta. Greta Miners
A communication has been received by the miners' secretary (Mr. Riley) from Mr. Gould, intimating that the visit of the deputation to interview the…
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Work at the local mines has been brisk during the fortnight ended on Saturday. Both Back Creek and Duckenfield have worked full time…
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The coal shipments at the Government cranes for the week ended at 6 a.m. yesterday amounted to 49,616 tons, as against 42,175 tons for the corresponding period of last year. The coke shipments for the…
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IN the Full Court this morning application was made for a rule nisi in the matter of Kelly v. the Caledonian Coal Co., Ltd. at the request of Mr. Pickburn the matter was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work at the Collieries. a Moderate Fortnight. Prospects Fairly Good
THE fortnight concluded on Saturday, taken altogether, is well up to the average, but not so good as recent fortnights. The Greta miners have not had even one day's work,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Klondyke Goldfields. Travellers in Winter Quarters. Famine at Dawson City
LONDON, Monday.—No persons who started for Klondyke Goldfields via Yukon after the middle of July, have reached their destination. The…
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In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon Mr. Watkins asked the Minister for Mines if his attention had been drawn to the fact that recently a guy rope at a colliery in the…
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AN inquest was hold yesterday at the Albion Hotel, Brookstown, Wallsend, before Mr. G. C. Martin, district coroner, touching the death of Mr. John Mawkes, who met his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stockton Colliery. the Recent Disaster. Claim for Compensation. a Suggested Settlement. Sydney
IN No. 1 Jury Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Simpson, the hearing of the case Holland v. the Stockton Coal Company was resumed. It was an action in which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Tuesday, October 19. Legislative Assembly. Importation of Food Stuffs. Coal Used by the Railway Department. Sydney
THE Speaker took the choir at half-past 4 o'clock. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Mr. T. R. SMITH asked the COLONIAL…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wickham and Bullock Island Miners. Report of the Check-inspectors. Election of Office-bearers. the Eight-hours' Committee and the Jockey Club
THE quarterly meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island miners was held at Tacker's Hall, Islington, last evening. Mr. W. Hestelow presided. The attendance was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burwood Miners. the Weighing Question
THE above miners held their monthly meeting last night at Adamstown, Mr. James Cook in the chair. The general secretary wrote,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District News. West Wallsend. Miners' Meeting
On Monday night, in Sharp's Hall, a combined meeting of the Seaham and West Wallsend miners was held, for the purpose of urging upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Holland v. Stockton Coal Company. Sydney
ARGUMENT in the above case was resumed before Mr. Justice Simpson in No. 1 Jury Court to-day. In the course of his argument, Mr…
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THE regular monthly meeting of the Stockton Lodge was summoned last night. Mr. W. Hammond, chairman, presided. Correspondence was read from the district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Artillery and Miners. The Warriors' Return. Sydney
THE jubilee detachment of Permanent Artillery and Submarine Miners returned from England by the R.M.S. Victoria this morning. Captain Dangar, with the members of…
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An appeal was made to the Full Court this morning in the case of Kelly v. the Caledonian Coal Company, in which verdict went against the defendant company…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Colliery Employees' Federation. Meeting of the Delegates. A Committee to Confer with the Proprietors
A MEETING of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades Hall yesterday. Mr. J. Estell, the newly-elected president, occupied the chair,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Guinea Goldfields. a Store Besinged. Cooktown
THE streamer Merrie England arrived from New Guinea yesternight. Thirteen miners were aboard, 10 of whom were destitute. Most of the miners were suffering from…
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