Powlett Coal Field. Progress of State Mine. Optimistic View
Mine months ago the site of the Victorian State coalmine and township at the Powlett Basin was an unoccupied waste. To-day (says the "Age") it is a…
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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
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Mine months ago the site of the Victorian State coalmine and township at the Powlett Basin was an unoccupied waste. To-day (says the "Age") it is a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The monthly meeting of the Back Crock and Ducka[?] miners was held in [?] Hall, [?] on Thursday evening. There was a fair attendance and Mr. W. Laird…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The strike of the Cambrian colliers has been deferred, Mr. Mabon persuaded 1200 of the miners in the combine to postpone it for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Newcastle Coal Mining Company's employces' picnic being favoured with ideal weather on Saturday, proved a delightful outing, and was largely attended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs, J. Barnett and E. Buxton, check inspectors, made an inspection of Lymington Colliery, Cardiff, on 8th instant, in company with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An applications was made to-day to Judge Hoydon, in the Industrial Court by Frank Dunleavy, president of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The sittings of the Newcastle Collieries (Newcastle and Maitland Workers not Miners) Wages Board was continued yesterday at the council chambers,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dudley miners met last night at Russell's hotel, Adamstown, Mr. W. Jackson president, and Messrs. Cameron, president, and W. Brennan, general secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Advices received from Melbourne state that coal from the Victorian State mine is likely to prove a keen competitor with Newcastle coal as well as with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A mysterious robbery has taken place on the steamer Humbolt, while on route to Seattle from Fairbanks. Gold dust to the value of 57,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The sittings of the Newcastle Collieries (Newcastle and Maitland Workers not Miners) Wages Board was continued yesterday at the council chambers,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A special meeting of the Burwood miners was held last night, at Denny's Hotel Broadmeadow. Mr. T. Sayers presiding. There was a good attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A thouand workman who were, employed at the Preston Colliery are suing the trustees of the Northumberland Miners' Union for seven weeks'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A rumour has been circulated during the last few days that Dudley Colliery is likely to close down; but there is no foundation for such a report. The mine has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The sittings of the Newcastle Collieries (Newcastle and Maitland Workers not Miners) Wages Board was continued yesterday, at the council chambers,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Victorian Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, the Premier proposed a motion authorising the appointment of a special board to fix the lowest rates to be paid to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two men were killed and five injured by an explosion yesterday in a mine at Linton, Indiana, caused by a defective miner's lamp…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—It might be to some advantage if the members, of the Colliery Employees' Federation recognised the advisability of taking a reasonable view of the mining…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The competition of the Government coalmine at Powlett is having a serious effect on the other Gippsland mines—more particularly owing to the price the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The output of the Newcastle and Maitland collieries continues considerably above 100,000 tons per week, and for the fortnight ended on Saturday the majority…
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