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396 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 20
AN explosion of a terrible nature, and fearfully destructive to human life. occurred yesterday in the Cethin, or Gethm, coalpit, the property of Mr. Crawshay. The nearest town to the scene of the accident…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →We understand that no arrangements has been come to between the men and the manager, and that in fact no overtures have been made on either side. The works have been generally suspended since Friday, the 25th…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE production of oil from the springs in Canada and the United States continnes on a scale far greater than the means of transport. At present the refining trade as regards this product seems in a state of only partial…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →[THE following has been handed to us for publication, it is simply as resolutions purporting to emanate from a public meeting that we are induced to give it intertion, and must entirely disclaim any personal animus…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WAY 5.— The stopp[?] of the works at the A. A. Company's pits, at Nowcastle, in consequence of,a dispute between tho colliery manager and the men as to the price to bo paid in the new pit, has been already attended with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GOLD NEWS.—Upon all the gold fields in the district mining affairs are flourishing, but a little rain would be of much service everywhere. At Aralnen the diggers have got over the race…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →I STATED in my previous letter the circumstances which had brought about the present dispute between the colliery manager of the A. A. Company and the miners, and the position that is taken by the parties…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—As ttae present turn-out of the A. A. Co.'s miners is occupying a great deal of public attention, I beg to lay before you a true statement of the facts of the case, as the public has, in this instance, sympathised with the men and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following appealed in Monday's Herald:— "NEWCASTLE, Saturday, 6 p.m.—The manager of the A. A. Company has made another offer to the men on strike. He now proposes to revert to the practice before…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The small escort last week (about 3000 ounces) is to be accounted for by the holidays. After Good Friday, came Easter Monday, which was followed by races during the whole week. No amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MAY 4th.—Our escort to-day take 2848 ozs, 14 dwts, 10 grs., and £2604. This escort is considerably less than was generally expected; and, although there is, at the present time, about 4000 ounces in the banks…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MAY 5.—The Stoppage of the works at the A. A. Compaby's [?] at Newcastle, in consequence of a dispute between the colliery manger and the men as to the price to be paid in the new pit, has been already attended with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is necessary, in order to understand the dispute as to weight, to mention that while at the F pit the full weight of 24 cwt. is given, at the D and E pit[?] only 2400 lbs. ate reckoned to the ton. Before the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE LACHLAN.—In consequence of a mistake a figures, we inserted in our last report that six penny weights of gold to the dish or prospect had been struck on the Caledonia north; we…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN March, 1858, and April, 1859, Mr. Anderson, the inspector of machinery at Woolwich, was directed by the Secretary of State for War to test some samples of Australian coal from the pits of the Australian Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BOONOO BOONOO GOLD-FIELDS.—The following is an extract from a private letter written from the Boonoo Boonoo diggings:—Another specimen has been found in Pascoe's claim in Specimen Gully, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE are glad to learm that instruetions have been given to the engineers of one of H. M. ships on the Australian station, on that the vessel may be adapted for trying the Australian coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria, Vancouver's Island, January 20. I SHALL send this letter by express via Panama, because I am informed that the mail stages across the continent have broken down. It may take longer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For some weeks past a serious misunderstanding has existed between the A A. Company's agents and their miners. The points at issue are not very material, and have not, so far as we can learn, in any way affected the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two large and wealthy companies are about to commence coal mining operations near Newcastle. About twelve hundred acres of land have been leased from the Crown, by Messrs. Morehead and Young, the Sydney managers of the…
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