District News. Wallsend. Colliery Work
At the commencement of 1898 the residents of Wallsend and Plattsburg were buoyed up with brighter prospects and increased trade, and people were beginning to think that at…
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Mining & the mines, 1898
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Glebe Miners
A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held in Simpson's Hall on Monday evening. The attendance was very fair; Mr. Thos. Adams in the chair…
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A FIRE broke out at Seaham Colliery, West Wallsend, on Monday, just above knock-off time, which might have has serious consequences but for the timely appearance on the…
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CONSIDERABLE interest attaches to the meeting of the various colliery proprietors of the colony, which will be held in Sydney on Thursday, to consider the position in…
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AN informal meeting of a number of shareholders in the above company took place yesterday afternoon at the Hunter River Hotel…
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FROM an announcement by Mr. Curley in another column, it will be seen that an aggregate meeting of the Colliery Employees' Federation will be held in Downie's paddock,…
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No less than 1,020,398 tons of native Indian coal were exported from Calcutta during the 11 months ending November 30. It is not many years ago that Calcutta…
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Sir,—I note by yours of the 5th instant that Mr. Robert White still persists in advertising his ignorance on the above subject, by stating that the late Mr. J. Mitchell,…
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THE adjourned monthly meeting of the above miners was held in Sharp's Hall on Tuesday night, Mr. D. Evans presiding, there being a fair attendance. After the minutes of…
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ON making inquiries at the Seaham Colliery office with reference to the reported ire at Seaham Colliery, the manager (Mr. Fairley) stated there had been no fire, and that what…
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Sir,—I see by your Friday's issue that all the coal proprietors have taken fright again on account of the decision of the Full Court on the coal weighing question. One…
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A MEETING of the colliery proprietors of the Northern, Southern, and Western districts was held at the offices of the Newcastle-Wallsend Company, Bridge-street, this…
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A SPECIAL meeting of the Waratah miners was held yesterday morning at Adamstown, for the purpose of dealing with a letter from the manager, intimating that the colliery was…
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THE members of this lodge held their monthly meeting on Wednesday night at Thomas' hotel, New Lambton, Mr. J. Cook in the chair…
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SIR—That the Mines Act is a miserable [?]re goes without question. The cause of that failure lies in its administration; and its defective administration is directly due to the…
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No less than 1,020,396 tons of native Indian coal ware exported from Calcutta during the 11 months ending November 30. It is not many years ago that Calcutta…
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Sir.—I have puzzled, my poor brain about Mr. J. F. Kerr's statement anent the coal trade. Four tons of coal to one ton of iron; 7,000,000 tons of coal, therefore 1,750,000…
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The monthly meeting of this lodge was hold in Mr. G. Wile's hall. Mr. J. Mitchell presided, and there was a good attendance of members…
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Bridget Curran, the widow of the late George Curran, who was killed by bad gases while employed at the furnace part of the Stockton Colliery in December, 1896, sued…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Coal Weighing Question. An Important Deputation. the Minister's Reply. Sydney
THE Minister for Mines received a large deputation to-day representing the colliery proprietors of the colony relative to the new Coal Mines Regulation Act, particularly with…
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