The Mining Difficulty at Newcastle
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—The Hamilton minors incline to the opinion that the miners generally had a favourable case against the masters, who accordingly refused meeting in…
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Fatal Accident at the Bulli Coal Mine. [By Electric Telegraph.] Wollongong
Henry Whitton, a miner, and an old and respected resident, was killed yesterday in the Bulli mine by a fall of coal. lie received severe internal injuries and died before reaching the…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—The minors of Wallsend do not approve of the Lambton and Raspberry Gully miners being invited to send delegates to the conference which is to consider…
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COPELAND, Thursday.—The Mountain Maid, No. 1 West. Moses and party, after working for 2½ years, struck main reef yesterday, at 4 o'clock, at the 115ft level, showing a fool or more wide,…
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LONG TUNNEL G. M. Co.—Mining manager reports for fortnight ending March 2nd:—"The drive from the rise has been extended 62 feet, and is now in 125 feet. The ground still continues very favourable for working. I…
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CONSIDERING the present state of affairs the colliery districts, it may not be out of place to give a short review of the aspect of the northern coal trade, with no other motive than a sincere desire for the prosperity of the district and…
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FORBES, Thursday.—The Queen's lead is going ahead. No. 2 South bottomed on glad on Tuesday, striking the edge of the run; they are putting up a whip. No. 3 are down 127ft,…
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THE late eminent Professor Page, of the Durham University of Physical Science, Newcastle-on-Tyne, said:—"To a country like Britain, and indeed to all other countries in an age of so many mechanical…
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The half-yearly meeting of the Great Cobar Copper Co. was held on February 27, the report adopted, and the retiring directors re-elected without opposition. The accounts showed a credit balance of £29,092 10s. 3d…
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THERE is every reason to believe that a complete revolution is about to take place in connection with the coal trade at Newcastle. We learn from a wellinformed source that it is contemplated by the…
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Mr. Hellyer, Mayor of Bathurst, was, yesterday, introduced to Mr. Baker by Mr. Webb, M.L.A., for the purpose of asking his permission for a recently established company to prospect for gold on the common at Bathurst,…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—The latest account from the Woolgar rush is to the effect that there are 800 men on the ground, most of whom are fossicking, and awaiting the result of the deep…
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THE PALMER.—The Chronicle, January 31, says:—"In the Ida p.c. a splendid reef has been struck; it is over 4 feet thick, and carries good gold right through the stone. They Lave passed the heavy vein of water; which has been…
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NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—The Co-operative pit has not worked this week, whilst Lambton has worked full time. The Plattsburg miners, at a meeting on Thursday night, rejected a motion…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.—The miner's delegates held a special meeting on Saturday last, when ll collieries had representatives in attendance to consider the communication from the…
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Mr. Webb, M.L.A., introduced Mr. Hellyer (Mayor of Bathurst) to the Secretary for Mines, yesterday morning, for the purpose of requesting that a company, which had been recently formed,…
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From the perusal of reports that have from time to time appeared in reference to matters connected with the Newcastle coal trade, it will have been gathered that the condition of affairs at this port is not a very satisfactory one…
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The number of serious shipping casualties which have occurred recently in Great Britain, caused by spontaneous combustion of coal, or by the explosion of coal gas, led Mr. Childers to make some inquiries in the Imperial Parliament…
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Steps are being taken by the miners at Cobark to form a co-operative company, in £10 shares, to purchase a Chilian mill. £120 is already subscribed. The stop is taken in consequence of the miners' efforts…
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The Minister for Mines was also waited upon yesterday morning by Mr. Hellyer, Mayor of Bathurst, introduced by Mr. "Webb, M.P., with reference to a prospecting party formed at…
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