Dudley Miners
A meeting of the Dudley miners on strike was held yesterday. No business other than calling the roll was dealt with. Between 40 and 50 answered the roll. The matter of…
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Mining & the mines, 1899
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Coal Shipments
The coal shipments at the Carrington cranes for the week ended yesterday amounted to 42,145 tons, as compared with 37,410 tons for the corresponding period of last year, and showing an increase of 1735…
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Coal shipments from the port of Wollongong last month totalled 63,254 tons. Of this quantity 50,871 tons were shipped from the district…
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A special meeting of the Co-operative miners was held in the hall of the Mechanics Institute last night for the purpose of electing a checkweighman. There was a…
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Sir.—I write you re the explanation of the Wallarah Company's representatives in your issue' of the 10th instant. I, being a miner at Wallarah Colliery, would like to…
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It has been recently discovered that the gravel bottom of a lake near Sitka, Alaska, was gold bearing. A company was formed to drain the lake, and a…
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Following is copy of the bill to regulate the hours of labour in the coal and shale mines of the colony as introduced in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. Edden,…
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The Minister for Mines has done nothing more sensible or of greater promise of practical usefulness than in providing, as we before intimated,…
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Dudley is working on with half a dozen miners. Coal was drawn out of the pit yesterday. The manager has refused to start any more men, and it is anticipated…
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A machine to weigh every skip has beet erected at Waratah Colliery, but the, law to weigh every skip has not been enforced yet. Negotiations are proceeding between…
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Sir,—In your issue of the 10th instant I see where your representative took the opportunity of interviewing the Australian representative and the manager of the…
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The monthly meeting of the Wallsend miners was held last evening, Mr. J. Bower in the chair. Correspondence…
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The Chief Inspector of Mines has during the last few weeks paid marked attention to certain mines, and on different occasions he has been found in the pits at an…
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With a few exceptions work has been fairly well distributed during the fortnight which ended on Saturday. Full time is 10. days, the fortnight including the Easter…
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LONDON, Friday:—The Government Auditor has allowed the cost of relief given in hind by the Board of Guardians at Merthyr, Tydfil,…
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The coals shipments at the dyke for the week ending at 6 a.m. yesterday amounted to 41,670 tons, as compared with 39,789 tons for the corresponding period of last year, showing an increase of 1881 tons…
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Things in general here have been very quiet of late, the only matter of importance being a considerable improvement in the ventilation of the collieries. It will be…
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During the past few weeks persistent, but, owing to being unconfirmed, not very satisfactory, rumours of rich gold discoveries in New Caledonia have been in…
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San Francisco advices to under date March 21 state that at the time of writing absolutely nothing was doing in the coal trade so far as Australia coals were concerned, and for the presiding five…
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Messrs. Watkins, Thomson, Dick, Fegan, Griffith, and Edden, Ms.P., waited on the Minister for Justice at Parliament House to-night, and…
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