The Coal Mining Conference
It cannot be doubted that the solution of the whole difficulty in connection with the coal-mining industry must, consist, in the general adoption…
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Mining & the mines, 1899
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The Burwood Colliery
The facts of a statement made to the delegate board regarding payments at a certain part of the Burwood Colliery, and reported in yesterday's issue, were laid…
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The monthly meeting of the Wallsend miners was held in the Schools of Arts last evening. Mr. J. Bower in the chair. Average Wage…
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Mr. J. W. Harrison's coal circular, under date San Francisco, December 29, says:— Since the Moana left the following cargoes of coal have been delivered from Australia:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Mining Conference. Proposals by the Miners. Weighing Question Still in Abeyance. the Advanced Hewing Rate to Be Continued. Local Agreements Held to Be a Necessity. Unrepresented Collieries to Make Local Terms
The adjourned conference betweem representatives of the colliery proprietors and the miners to deal with the situation in the coal trade arising…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work at the Collieries. a Slack Demand for Coal
Some of the collieries have experienced a good deal of slack time during the past week. There has been, and is still, a declining demand for coal for intercolonial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greta. Local Miners and the Union
A considerable amount of indignation has been caused hero by the way in which the application from the Greta miners to affiliate with the union was received at the meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Burwood Colliery. the Question of Safety Lamps Again
Some few months ago Mr. A. A. Atkinson, the Chief Inspector of Collieries, called the attention of the management of the Burwood Colliery to a slight quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Shipments
The coal shipments at the Government cranes for the week ending at 6 a.m. yesterday amounted to 44,366 tons, as compared with 58,306 tons for the corresponding period of last year, and showing a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Waratah Colliery. Extensive Underground Improvements
Since Christmas very extensive improvements have been effected at the Waratah Colliery, including the laying down of an endless rope covering…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lithgow Valley Colliery. Employers' Offer Accepted
It is announced that Mr. Wilton, manager in Sydney for the Lithgow Valley Colliery Company, states that the employees have agreed to the company's proposals…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Situation. a Peaceful Prospect. the Miners' Terms Likely to Be Accepted. the Sea Pit Lodge and Local Agreements
There is a feeling of satisfaction throughout the district at the turn events are taking upon the weighing question. The miners' representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Meeting of Glebe Miners. Report of the Conference Adopted
A special meeting of the Glebe miners was held at Simpson's Hall, Merewether, last evening, to deal with the minutes of the several sittings of…
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A special meeting of the Burwood miners was held yesterday afternoon at Thomas' hotel, New Lambton, to deal with the minutes of the several meetings of the…
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A special meeting of the above lodge was held last night, Mr. T. Wright occupying the chair. The business of the meeting was to deal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Gold Standard for India. Lord Curzon's Opinion. the Time Now Favourable
LONDON, Wednesday.—Lord Curzon, the newly-appointed Viceroy of India, has addressed a communication to various Chambers of Commerce in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Coal Test
The German mail steamer Barbarossa, which sailed from Fremantle for the eastern colonies on Tuesday, took 10 tons of coal from the local Collie coalfield, with the view of testing its capacity for marine…
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Sir.—Would you kindly allow me a small space in your columns to write a few words on the above subject. I may state that I feel deeply interested…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trade of the Gold Coast
According to the annual report on the Gold Coast, transmitted by Governor Hodgson, the latest Ashanti campaign cost that colony £147,587. An increase of trade is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Burwood Colliery. Sydney
The Minister for Mines very courteously answered some questions put by our representative this afternoon in regard to the use of lights in the Burwood pit. Mr. Cook…
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