Wallsend. Miners' Matters
The Provincial Council of the A.L.F. met at the Trades Hall, Sydney, on Friday last, Messrs. Bower and Curley being present on behalf of the Colliery Employees' Federation,…
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Mining & the mines, 1900
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Work at the Collieries. a Rush of Trade
Nearly all the collieries have worked full time for the fortnight which ended on Saturday. The trouble with the colliery shipping managers has been not the want of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seaham Miners
A special meeting of the above miners was held last week to deal with the delegate minutes of April 19th and 25th. Mr. W. Johnston presided, and there…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Shipments
The shipment of coal at the [?] for the week ended yesterday amounted to 61,782 tons, as compared with 46,851 tons for the corresponding period of last year, showing an increase for the week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Co., Ltd. Sydney
The half-yearly meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Co., Limited, was held at the Chamber of Commerce to-day. There was a large attendance of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glebe Miners
The monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Monday evening is Simpson's Hall. The attendance was good. Mr. Jos. Whittle was in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Rand Mines. Kruger and Their Destruction
LONDON, Monday.—Notwithstanding that it was officially denied at Pretoria that it was intended to destroy the Johannesburg mines and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stockton. the Colliery Disaster Fund
A meeting of the general committee is summoned by advertisement elsewhere for this evening at St. Paul's Half. Church-street, for the purpose of electing a trustee…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners' Matters at Wallsend
Mr. Watkins, M.P., and Mr. Bower, miners' district chairman, arrived in Wallsend on Wednesday evening, from their mission to the Illawarra district, whither…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Discussing the Coal Trade. the Premier and the Owners. Will the Miners Hold Their Hands?
At his own request, the Premier. Hon. W. J. Lyne, had a consultation with several representatives of the mineowners at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Mine Disaster. Four Hundred Deaths
LONDON, Thursday.—It is feared that the total deaths from the recent explosion in a coal mine at Schofield, Utah, will number fully 400. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brown's Collieries. Report by Check Inspectors
Messrs. James Marsden and Cornelius Pugh, check inspectors, for the Back Creek and Duckenfield Miners' Lodge, report a check inspection of Brown's collieries. They…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend. Miners' Risks
Three accidents, varying in degree of seriousness, occurred at the Wallsend Colliery during the course of the present week. J. Partridge, a resident of Lambton…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Miners' Federation
At the Home Office, London, Mr. B. Pickard. M.P., recently introduced to the Home Secretary a deputation from the Miners' Federation of Great…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District News. Stockton. Stockton Colliery Disaster Fund
A meeting of the general committee of this fund was held last night for the purpose of appointing a new trustee, to act conjointly with Alderman E. Rees and Mr. J. O'Mara,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Coal Creek Strike
The Coal Creek strike has ended, says the "Korumburra Independent," of April 26th, and the men, early in the week, once more went back to work. Towards the end…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mining Conference. Proposed Increased Prices on New Contracts. Small Coal Problem Still Unsettled
The joint committee of colliery proprietors and miners, appointed after a conference held in September, 1897, met at the Chamber of Commerce on Saturday "to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Shipments
The coal shipments at the Government cranes for the week ending yesterday amounted to 59,729 tons, as compared with 52,470 tons for the corresponding period of 1899. The return thus shows an increase…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Why Coal-stacks Are White-washed
The big heaps of coal stored beside the railways are always whitewashed. Why? I will tell you. The air is fouled in our big towns with the smoke from millions of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A "Gold Mine" in London
In the fifties a company named the Pneumatic Despatch Company obtained permission to lay a cast iron tube below the ground from the G.P.O., London, to…
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