Melbourne Coal Supplies. Melbourne
In view of the short coal supplies Melbourne merchants are becoming anxious. The only company which has made any advance in rates is the Melbourne Steamship…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1905
802 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 41
More Colliery Troubles. Newcastle Co's Pits Idle. Killingworth Resumes Work
It was not expected that there would be any change yesterday at the collieries where work had been suspended consequent upon the wheelers refusing to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sea Pit Miners. All Hands to Be Re-employed
A special meeting of the Sea Pit Miners' Lodge was held on Thursday evening in Blackburn's Hotel. Mr. J Halliday in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Mining Deadlock. Arbitration Orders Served Wheelers Stand Out. Miners Refuse to Do Wheeling
Considerable interest is now being manifested in the coal trade situation. The Arbitration Court's decision was he chief topic of conversation on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah Colliery
A settlement has been effected at Waratah Colliery. The miners are to be pain 2s 5d per ton filling all away together, and the whelers are to be paid a tonnage rate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pelaw Main Colliery. the Dispute Settled
The ballot of the Pelaw-Main employees having resulted in favour of the compromise arrived at in conference with Messrs. J. and W. Brown, the colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Mining Deadlock. Attorney-general Moves. Hetton Wheelers Successful Some Collieries Resume Work
The blue foolscap papers containing the terms of the order of the Arbitration Court were carefully rolled up and worn in some conspicuous place by the wheelers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pelaw-main Colliery
Work was resumed at the Pelaw-Main Colliery yesterday. Some wheelers, however, would not start on the later shift, and for a while the mine was laid idle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brisbane Coal Shipment. Brisbane
The steamer Era leaves Brisbane on Wednesday with 4000 tons of coal for Melbourne. This vessel was to have loaded at Newcastle, but came on here owing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Gold Yield. Increase for the Year. Sydney
A return furnished by the Under-Secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for the month of December was 40,414 ounces crude, equal to 28,574 ounces…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Bulli Mining Case. Judgment of the Magistrate. Sydney
In the Wollongong Court on the 29th December, before Colonel Chisholm, P.M., the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association proceeded, through Sub-inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. the Colliery Difficulty, and How It Strikes Sydney.—why Not Help the Bushfire Fund with the Fag-ends of All the Other Funds?—cash of Kind to Our Best Settlers.?—a Sidelight on British Trade.—the Fate of the Government Yacht.—which Is the Oldest Squatting Family in New South Wales? Sydney
The Newcastle colliery difficulty is exciting the greatest interest down here. All the sanle. It is likely that the interest felt in Sydney, and the interest felt in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Durham Miners
A meeting of the Durham miners was held in the Commonwealth Hall, New Lambton, yesterday morning, over which Mr. J. Dunkley presided…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stockton Miners
The Stockton miners have not put in an appearance at the colliery for some days, and the manager is beginning to feel that he has grounds for complaint. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton. Miners' Meeting
A meeting of the Lambton miners was held in Smith's Hall last night, Mr. J. Morgan presiding. Appeals for monetary assistance were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Mining Deadlock. Wheelers' Delegates Meet Board's Advice Ignored. Hetton Resumes Work
The deadlock in the coal trade, though well into the second week, does not appear to be any nearer a settlement, and, though the delegate beard has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Prices in Melbourne. Melbourne
It is admitted that should no more collieries resume operations, prices will have to be raised shortly, as Melbourne stocks are small. The large consumers are all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Trade Deadlock. Borehole Collieries Idle. Wallarah Dispute Settled. Negotiations at Stockton
The effect of the almost general stoppage at the collieries on the Borehole seam is now being felt. Those proprietors who are fortunate enough to have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pelaw Main Colliery. Kurri Kurri
There appears to be very little prospect of an early settlement of the trouble at Pelaw-Main Colliery. The wheelers at a meeting held on Tuesday evening,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal in Melbourne. Melbourne
The general opinion in Melbourne is that an increase in the price of coal in certain. One large firm has decided to make outsiders pay 2s 6d per ton extra…
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