Miners' Eight Hours
LONDON, Friday.—The Northumberland Colliery Owners have informed the Miners' Association that if the bill restricting the miner's…
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Mining & the mines, 1906
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Demand for Coal
There has been a very keen demand for Westport coal, and the Westport Harbour Board has been urged by deputation to obtain extra rolling stock and port…
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The jubilee banquet was chiefly remarkable for the speeches of Lord Goschen and Mr. Asquith—present and past Chancellors of the Exchequer. Lord Goschen pointed…
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An interesting review of the present state of the art of extracting gold is given in a synopsis of an address before the British Association in the "Bulletin of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →London News. Congress of Chambers of Commerce.—london Editors for Australia.—australian Mail Service.—the Cricket Dispute.—the Inter-parliamentary Congress.—minister of Education for Wales.—penny Postage.—egyptian Question.—canada and the King.—london Architecture.—the Gold Reserve.—personal. London, July 20
Certainly, the old saying, "One half of the world does not know how the other half lives," is very true, as far as London is concerned; due, no doubt, in the case…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Work at the Collieries
All the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts are continuing to work well, and for the fortnight ended on Saturday 31 collieries put in full time. At…
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The Wallsend Miners' Lodge met at the school of arts on Friday evening. Mr. T. Richardson presiding. Correspondence was received from the Heddon-Greta Lodge,…
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Some weeks ago the miners' lodges in the Newcastle district made requests to the respective managements for an increase of eightpence per ton in the…
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A special meeting of the members of the Wallsend Miners' Lodge was held in the school of arts, Wallend, last night, to consider the resolutions passed earlier…
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While the mining situation throughout the district is unsettled, the manner in which it is being discussed by some of the leading…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chinese on the Rand. Action of Miners. London
A meeting of the Johannesburg Progressive Association at Forasburg collapsed, owing to the opposition of 2000 people, mostly miners…
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A correspondent writes:—"The need for continuous operations, as embodied in the three-shift system obtaining In the Maitland district collieries, has invariably…
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The mining situation throughout the district continues unchanged, no meetings having been held up to yesterday in the Maitland district to consider the position…
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The Hetton Miners' Lodge met last evening, at the Albion Hotel, Wickham. Owing to the wet weather the attendance was only moderate. Mr. G. Oldham…
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A special meeting of the Co-operative Miners' Lodge was held on Tuesday evening, to hear the delegates' report on the recent conference in regard to the…
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The measure which has been introduced by the State Minister for Mines for the amendment of the mining laws is one which has long…
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The annual report of the Inspector of coalmines has been published and shows the total output of coal for the year to have been 1,585,756 tons—an increase of…
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The export of coal from Newcastle to places beyond the State during the month of August was very good, being 27,039 tons more than were sent away during July. There were…
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LONDON, Friday.—Two men broke a window at the office of the Orient Pacific Steamship Company, in Cockspur-street, Charing Cross, and stole…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North of England Coal Trade
One of the most marked features of the North of England trade at the present time is the great activity in the coal trade. There have been several attempts…
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