Coal Shipments
The coal shipments at the Government cranes for the week ended at 6 a m. yesterday amounted to 52,443 tons, as compared with 49,274 tons for the corresponding period of the previous year, and showing…
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Mining & the mines, 1898
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The Co-operative Miners' Trouble. Deputation to Mr. R. W. Laidley. Over 180 Miners Working at 3d INCREASE
WHILE in Newcastle yesterday Mr. R. W. Laidley, one of the trustees of the Laidley Estate, was waited upon at the shipping office of the Co-operative Colliery, in…
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SIR,—In your report of Mr. J. Gilbert's speech on "Protection" at Lambton on Saturday he is represented as saying: "It is a deplorable state of things that we have to…
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THE chairman being absent, Mr. A. Nicoll was voted to the chair. The committee minutes were dealt with. Re siding over in the pillars, and being paid 3s 7d instead of…
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A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners took place yesterday morning at Blackburn's Hotel. Mr. J. Roberts was in the chair. There was a large attendance…
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At the annual meeting of the Westport Coal Company, the chairman said the year's profit amounted to £14,282. The output had been 248,000 tons, an increase of 31,000 tons on last year. The report was…
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During last year the output of black coal from the Gippsland mines was 236,276 tons valued at the pit's mouth at £108,640. This is an increase of 9714 tons, compared with the…
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ON inquiry at the Co-operative Colliery yesterday, Mr. Barr stated that, so far as he know, the men were satisfied to continue working at the increased hewing rate. He…
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SIR.—In to-day's issue I notice that Mr. Robert White has got into a fog. Any person with half an eye and time for a moment's thought ought to be able to see…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Testing the Pneumatophor. Practical Trial at the Old Courthouse. Opinions by Colliery Managers
THE lately imported pneumatopher, or apparatus for breathing in mines charged with noxious gases, was put to another practical test at the old courthouse last evening. In…
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A GLOOM was cast over the festivities at Dalton-in-Furness by a shocking accident which happened at the adjacent iron ore mines on Christmas…
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Sir,—In your Issue of to-day Mr. Robert White states: "Protection could hardly call sufficient manufactories into existence as to absolutely consume the whole of the coal…
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SIR,—It is really amusing to read and compare the two replies to my letter of the 7th by "Boomerang" and Mr. James F. Kerr. These two ardent Protectionists mutually…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minmi. Back Creek and Duckenfield Miners
The monthly meeting of the above lodge was held on Thursday, 10th inst. The chairman, Mr. John Mitchell, presided. The attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →International News. The Chinese Crisis. Large Purchases of Coal by Britain. the Coaling Difficulty
LONDON, Friday.—Britain has purchased all the Welsh coal in Chinese and Japanese waters. The foreign squadrons are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Wallsend Colliery
AN accident ocourred yesterday at the Wallssend Colliery by a fall of coal, whereby two men named P. Parson and Joseph Dodds were injured. Parson was conveyed home,…
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The coal shipments at the Government cranes for the week ended at 6 a.m. yesterday amounted to 38,098 tons, as against 48,768 tons for the corresponding period of last year, and showing a decrease of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Items. Co-operative Miners
REGARDLESS of the published expression of the manager of the Co-oporative Colliery, there is no use disguising the determination of the miners of the district to carry out the…
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The necessity for inaugurating a relief fund to be maintained by the coal owners and their minors, whereby injured men could receive support, is clearly demonstrated at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greta. the Mine
The mine was not working yesterday but is expected to work to-day (Wednesday). Two or three minors have left this week, and made tracks for Rix'S Crack. How long will…
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