Proposed Government Mine. Deputation to the Premier. Sydney
A deputation, comprising Messrs. Estell (president of the Northern Miners' Association), Ritchie (president of the Southern Miners),…
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Mining & the mines, 1898
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The Dudley Colliery. Re-opening the Shafts. the Fan to Be Put Going Shortly
Mr. W. Turnbull, the coliery manager for the A.A. Company, who has been given pretty well executive control over the work of re-opening the…
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Sir,—I see a letter in your issue of the 11th instant wherein Check-inspector Bower charges me with all sorts of evil things. It in a pity, sir, to take up the, columns of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Shipments
Another big week's work has been completed at the Government cranes, the total quantity of coal loaded for the week ended at 6 p.m. yesterday amounting to 60,033 tons, as compared with 51,700 for the…
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Sir,—I see Mr. Nicholson, M.P., says that he was in sympathy with the above proposal, and goes on to say he had the return of a certain colliery for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Fatality
JUNEE, Monday.—Information has just been received that a man named Thomas Arthur, a resident of Junee for many years, fell down a shaft near Grong Grong and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Trade. a Conference Arranged. Selling Prices and the Hewing Rate
The colliery proprietors of this district are in receipt of a circular letter from the miners' general secretary asking them to meet representatives of the miners in conference to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dudley Colliery. a Descent Into the Mine
Since the Dudley Colliery was re-opened on Friday the fan has been kept going at a good speed, and the mine was considered sufficiently cleared yesterday for an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Welsh Miners' Strike
LONDON, Monday.—A mass meeting of the miners now on strike in South Wales is held yesterday, when it was decided to request the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Pit Accident at Wallsend. Three Miners Injured
An accident of a most serious character took place in No. 2 tunnel, Wallsend, shortly after 12 o'clock yesterday. It appears that four mates—T. Gleghorn, T. Lewis, J…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →International News. China's Great Coal Field Contract for Working the Mines
LONDON, Thursday.—The "Times" states that a contract has been signed authorising the Anglo-Italian syndicate to work for 60 years the coal and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seaham Miners' Meeting
The quarterly meeting of the above miners was held in Sharp's Hall on Wednesday night, Mr. D. Evans presiding. There was a good attendance…
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The quarterly meeting of the above miners took place last evening in Blackburn's hotel, Mr. J. Roberts in the chair. The attendance was only moderato…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Miners' Cavil
The miners' quarterly cavil, for place took place at the majority of the mines one Thursday and last night. On the previous evening, wherever a few miners were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stockton Colliery Disaster. HOLLAND v. Stockton Coal Company. Application Granted for New Trial. Sydney
The reserved judgment on an application to make absolute a rule nisi setting aside a nonsuit and for a new trial was given in the Full Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Trade
The conference which is to tithe place in Newcastle to-day regarding the existing conditions and prospects of the coal trade in the near future is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dudley Colliery. No Fires Discovered
Mr. A. A. Atkinson, the Chief Inspector of Collieries, Mr. W. Humble, Government Colliery Inspector. Mr. W. Turnbull, and Mr. Jonathan Dixon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day's Mining Conference
At to-day's conference, in which the proprietors will be fairly well represented, the miners will bring forward the questions of an increase in the selling prices of coal, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stockton. Accident to R. Ferguson, Late Miners' Secretary
At about 1 o'clock on Thursday night, miner named Robert Ferguson, who has held the office of miners' secretary, until about week ago, for the last year or two, was found…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →King Coal
In the olden days, when sailors and not engineers manned the wooden walls of the period, a vessel that could float was in a very bad state if she…
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