Holland V. Stockton Coal Company. Sydney
IN the F[?]ll Court to-day application was to have been made in support of a rule nisi to set aside a nonsuit in the case Holland v. the Stockton Coal Company. The matter…
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Mining & the mines, 1898
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KELLY v. Caledonian Coal Company. Sydney
IN the Full Court to-day argument was resumed on an application on behalf of the defendants in the case Kelly v. the Caledonian Coal Company, Ltd, to make…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Weighing Question. What the Full Court's Decision May Mean. Interviews with Proprietors
THE decision of the Full Court, in upholding the magistrates of Wollongong, who decided that the construction to be placed upon the 38th section of the Coal Mines Regulation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coolongoolook Goldfield
The paragraph which appeared in our Sydney news yesterday morning regarding the rich fined of gold at Fenning's mine. C[?]reeki Creek goldfield, near Coolongoolook,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Waratah Colliery
THE miners belonging to the Waratah Colliery, Raspberry Gully, are in fear as to what the long-continued scarcity of work portends. This colliery pays a modified dirt…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The Canadian-Pacific Railway Company has resolved to reduce the rates on the carriage of dour and bacon for the Yukon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Mines of Washington
The "Tacoma Ledger," of January 8th, says:—The coal mines of Washington produced nearly 2,000,000 tons of coal last year, and employed the largest number of miners over engaged in that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Weighing Question. Meeting of Colliery Proprietors Convened. Proposed Concerted Action. Interview with a Proprietor
As might have been expected, the colliery proprietors from all parts of the colony are to have a meeting to consider their position consequent upon the decision of the Full…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Meeting of Waratah Miners. the Slackness of Work. a Deputation to Dr. Robertson. Appeal for Relief Works
A MEETING of the Waratah miners was hold at the Sydney bridge yesterday morning, to consider their position, occasioned by the slackness of work at the Raspberry Gully…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Great Fire in a Coal Mine
A DISASTROUS fire broke out at the extensive collieries of the Cambrian Colliery Company, Clydachvale, Wales, at midnight. Intense…
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THE sea has at last been made to give up her gold under the magical wand of the Rev. Prescott Jernigan, a Baptist minister in Florida (U.S.A.), who has deserted the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, March 4. (Before Mr. James Mair, S.m.) Breach of the Coal Mines Regulations
MR. F. CROUDACE, manager of Burwood Colliery, proceeded against John Young and William Littlefair for a breach of the Coal Mines Regulations on the 19th inst. in not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Protection and the Coal Trade
Sir,—It would be a great injustice to Protection to judge it on the merits or rather demerits of Mr. Kerr's letter in a recent issue of the Newcastle Herald. When a man comes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Mining Situation. a Chat with a Delegate
IN the course of a conversation which our representative had with one of the delegates on the Colliery Employees' Federation, the opinion was expressed by the delegate that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Company's Collieries. Check-inspectors' Report
THE report of the check-inspectors upon the condition of the air current in the Newcastle Company's collieries on 14th, 15th, and 16th February last…
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THE coal-mining industry has been placed in a most perilous position by section 38 of the Coal Mines Regulation Act. That the miner should…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Increasing Demand for Gold
In their annual review of the bullion market, Messrs. Pixloy and Abell, of London, record that during 1897 the demand for gold was extreme, and the Bank of England did…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yukon Goldfields. the Railway to Klondyke
LONDON, Friday.—The Canadian Government has determined to proceed with the construction of the Stickeen railway to the Yukon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Work at the Collieries
TEN of the pits have worked full time for the fortnightly pay to be drawn on Friday; but, at some of the other collieries, work has been very irregular. At Waratah and Greta the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Shipments
The coal shipments at the Government cranes for the week ended at 6 a.m. yesterday amounted to 46.751 tons, as against 42,208 tons for the corresponding period of last year. The coke output for the…
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