Maitland District East Greta Colliery Fire
The work of sealing up the area affected by the fire was completed yesterday morning, and considerable difficulty was experienced in carrying it out in the face…
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Mining & the mines, 1903
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Unrest in the Coal Trade
Sir,—When Parliament passed the Arbitration Act we, the miners of the Northern district, thought that all our troubles were at an end, and that we…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Trade Outlook. Foreign Prospects Poor. Inter-state Trade Good
The coal trade outlook, so far as the foreign, trade is concerned, is not encouraging. Work may be slack at many of the collieries, not only for the rest of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burwood Colliery. Check Inspectors' Report
Messrs. Edwin Williams, miners' district inspector, and John Jones, Burwood miners' representative, made an inspection of Burwood Colliery on October 26th,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →West Wallsend. Miners' Accident Funds
The Seaham Colliery Accident Fund committee held their meeting in Wilson's hotel. Mr. John Lawson submitted the fortnightly statement, which showed the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pelaw Main Special Miners' Meeting
A special meeting of the Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge was held at Lewis' Hall Kurri Kurri on Tuesday evening to receive the report of the deputation, which…
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"Le Journal des Economistes," a French publication, which devotes much attention to industrial and scientific matters, points cut that in spite of modern improvements…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →West Wallsend. Miners' Meeting
The meeting of the West Wallsend miners was held on Thursday evening in the Federal Halls. Mr. J. Mills presided. The following esters were dealt with:—From the Trades Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Cutting by Machinery in Yorkshire
We have to look to the Yorkshire district for the greatest increase in the use of machines, the number in that district in 1902 being 129. or 44 more than in the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →District News. Pelaw Main Miners' Accident Relief
The committee of the Pelaw-Main Colliery Accident Relief Fund met at the colliery office on Wednesday evening. Mr. G. F. Thomas, secretary, submitted the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Redhead Township. Ocean Colliery Re-opened. Lambton B Working Well
Now that the old Burwood Extended Colliery, which has been re-named the Ocean Colliery, is about to commence operations, after being flooded for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ventilation of Mines. Increased Minimum Sought Sydney
A deputation, comprising Messrs. Esteil, Edden, and Gillies, Ms.P., and Messrs. J. Curley and M. Charlton, of the Colliery Employees' Federation, waited…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Eight Hours. Deputation to the Premier Legislative Council Condemned. Sydney
A deputation comprising Messrs. Nicholson, Pegan, Estell, Edden, Gillies, and J. Hurley, Ms.P., and Mr. M. Charlton (treasurer of the Northern District Collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Mine on Fire. Seventy-five Men Entombed
LONDON, Saturday.—The Kearsage coal mine in Virginia, in the United States, is on fire. Altogether 75 miners are entombed, and it is feared…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Work at the Collieries
Owing to the easy condition of the foreign trade, work was slack at some of the collieries during the fortnight, which ended on Saturday. When a large industry like…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Coal Trade
The production of coal and lignites, in France in the first half of this year was 17,333,418 tons, as compared with 16,194,515 tons in the corresponding period of 1902,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Record Coal Seam
The results which have attended the boring operations carried out by the Caledonian Company at their property near Cessnock are very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales Coal Supply
Sir,—The question of the exhaustion of the coalfields of Great Britain has been the subject of many Royal Commissions and inquiries, and at the present moment…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Delegate Board. Trouble at Pelaw-main
A special meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board was held at the Newcastle Trades Hall yesterday. Mr. J. Bower, the district, chairman, presided, and there was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. Carrington. Coal Shipping Co.'s Picnic
The Carrington Coal Shipping Company's employees' picnic, which took place on Monday, proved, a successful function. The s.s. Planet conveyed several hundred…
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