Work at the Collieries
Work as been very brisk at practically all the collieries during the past fortnight, the only mines which did not get in the full complement of days being…
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Mining & the mines, 1903
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Poles in Scottish Coal Mines
Mr. Robert Lumsden, checkweighman at the Dalziel and Broomside Colliery belonging to the Wishaw Coal Company, Motherwell, examined by Mr. Norman,…
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A check inspection made by Messrs. W. Bower and D. Wilkinson of Brown's. Back Creek and Duckenfield collieries, Nos. 2 and 4 tunnels, on 23rd instant, showed, in…
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An epidemic is raging among the Rhenish-Westphalian miners, which is rapidly assuming such a terrible aspect that the authorities are in a state of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Illawarra Miners. the Sliding Scale. Sydney
The matter of the award given in the recent dispute between the southern miners and their employers was again before the Arbitration Court to-day. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Outtrim Coal Strike. Non-unionists Engaged. Melbourne
A special train left Bendigo this morning carrying about fifty miners who have accepted engagements to work at the Outtrim mine Gippsland, where at strike…
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A meeting of the Glebe miners was held on Monday evening in Simpson's hotel. There was a good attendance, and Mr. R. Powell occupied the chair…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—In the House of Commons last night, Mr. Asquith proposed a motion to the effect that the inaction of the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pelaw Main Miners' Meeting
A meeting of the Pelaw Main miners was held in Lewis Hall on Tuesday, over which Mr. D. Jones presided. It was decided to take up a collection in aid of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tour in California. Coal Versus Oil. Hon. A. Brown's Views
Mr. Alexander Brown, M.L.C., managing director in Newcastle for Dalgety and Co., has just returned from a trip to California, and in the course of a chat with a…
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A meeting of the Globe minors was held on Thursday evening in Simpson's Hall. There was a large attendance, and Mr. R. Powell occupied the chair…
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The monthly meeting of the Hetton miners was held at the lodge room. Albion Hotel, Wickham, last night. Mr. James Bowditch presided, and the attendance…
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An inquest was held at the Albion Hotel, Wallsend, yesterday, before the deputy coroner, Mr. Charles, Hibble, into the death of Thomas Walker Shiels, who died…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. Thomas Edison, the famous inventor, has perfected an air blast for the separation of gold from sand without the use of…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A disaster involving great loss of life and destruction of property, which is attributed to a volcanic eruption, has occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Hewing Rate. Proposed Reduction. Reference in Court
In the Arbitration Court yesterday, Mr. James Curley, secretary to the Colliery Employees' Federation, stated that he understood a series of reductions were to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Coal Miners
A few weeks age cable advices were received concerning the decision of the arbitrators between the American miners and the proprietors of he anthracite…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The History of Coal-mining
Professor R. A. S. Redmayne recently delivered the second of his series of lectures on cool-mining in Great Britain and gold-mining in the British Empire in the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wallsend Miners
A special meeting of the Wallsend Miners', Lodges was held at the Agricultural Hall on Thursday evening. Mr. C. Richardson occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lambton Miners
A meeting of he Lambton Miners' Lodge was held in O'Hea's Hall on Thursday night, Mr. Watkin Jenkins, presiding. The delegate, Mr. D. Mason, explained the…
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