Welsh Coal Trade Proposed Limited Output
LONDON, Wednesday.—The Welsh colliers urge that a limited output should be made a condition for the renewal of the sliding scale…
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Mining & the mines, 1898
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The Mining Situation. Meeting of Waratah Men. Delegate Board Business
MR CURLEY, the miners' general secretary was present at the meeting of the Waratah Miners, held at Sydney Bridge, beyond Adamstown, yesterday morning, and, in the…
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THE monthly meeting of the above miners was held last evening, Mr. J. Bower in the chair. The attendance was not large, probably on account of the [?] unusual…
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The following coal shipments were made during the week to places beyond the colony:—M'Callum More, ship, 2418 tone Duckenfield coal, for Valparaiso, J. and A, Brown; Cambrian Monarch,…
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Mr. Moore, the patentee of the pump so largely adopted and extensively used by coal masters, has designed and patented a now coal washer. It is claimed that this will…
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Sir,—My attention has been called to a paragraph under the heading, "A Chat with a Delegate," in your issue of the 5th inst. I wish emphatically to state that the…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. Lidgey, of the Victorian Department of Mines, who is at present installed in the office of the Agent-General, is being…
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Sir,—Referring to my letter which appeared in your issue of the 12th inst., where I stated that the establishing of the iron industry in our midst would give an impetus…
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SIR—Your correspondent, Mr. James F. Kerr, forcibly reminds me of the notorious fish woman, Sally Muggins, who was always crying out how people "abused" her, while…
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IN Galicia, in Austrian Poland, there is a remarkable underground city, which has a population of ever 1000 man, women, and children, scores of whom have never seen the…
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This mine worked five days last week, but the whistle went for no work on Saturday night, although it is expected to soon start again…
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Sir,—A few weeks ago a ballot was taken throughout the district to decide whether the Co-operative men would come out on strike or not. It was carried by something like two…
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THE adjourned monthly meeting of the Wallsend miners was held last evening, Mr. John Bower in the chair. In opening the meeting he regretted the small attendance,…
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AN accident occurred yesterday at the Co-operative Colliery to a man named Robert Drysdale It seems that he was in the act of loosening some coal that had been previously…
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THE coal shipment at the cranes for the week ended at 6 a.m. yesterday amounted to 53,280 tons, as compared with 54,692 tons for the corresponding period of last year, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →History of Newcastle and the Northern District. (All Rights Reserved.) No. Lxiv. New Coal Mine Regulations in 1818
CURIOSITY is always on the alert for historic facts connected with the rise and progress of trade and commerce, particularly with respect to the coal…
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LONDON, Sunday.—A fearful explosion occurred this morning in the Isabella mine, near Cordova, Spain. Seventy of the men employed in the…
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THE quarterly meeting of the above miners' lodge took place on Monday evening in Simpson's Hall. The attendance was a decided improvement. Mr. Thos. Adams in…
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In another column Alderman Young (the Mayor) is summoning a public meeting, to be held at the Temperance Hall to-night, to consider taking some steps to show…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Noxious Gases in Mines
Volumes might be written on the properties of the various noxious gases met with in coal mines. The subject at present has a melancholy interest for every person in the…
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