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In our issue of yesterday it was stated that the proposed reduction in the wages of the Coal- cliff miners would amount to about Is per week per man. This should have been 1s per day per…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BROKEN-HILL, Thursday. -- On being interviewed this evening with regard to the Block 14 water supply, Mr. Lane stated that, contrary to expectations, it seemed as though sufficient…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Government have not yet come to any final decision as to whether this colony shall be represented at the mining exhibition to be held in London in July. It may be stated that this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- It is believed that the Newcastle coal-trimmers will alter their ninth rule in accordance with the wishes of the Maritime Council. The members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Thursday. -- About 100 miners engaged at the New Alma and Victoria gold mine at Wankaringa, struck work to-day. The men recently formed a branch of 10…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thus a Young correspondent : Miners are considerably handicapped all through auriferous centres by not having the privilege of entering on private large estates, which are well known to have goldfields of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Central Mine was visited this morning. Great interest is being displayed regarding the prospects of striking the lode at the 400ft. level. The crosscut is in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is feared that 300,000 colliers will go out on strike on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At a meeting of the Moonta miners held yesterday it was decided to accept the offer of the directors, aud a vote of thanks was accorded to the manager of the mine for his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The fire in the Morfa Colliery, Cardiff, which succeeded the terrible explosion in the mine, has now been extinguished. Eighty-seven more bodies have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday Night. -- The latest reports from Cardiff state that the fire has been extinguished in the Maorfa Colliery, where the fatal and disastrous explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The miners employed at the Monkwearmouth Colliery have given notice of their intention to cease work, in consequence of differences which have arisen between them and the manager relating to the hewing rate. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Newcastle Coal-trimmers' Union held a general meeting to-night, but with closed doors. There was a large attendance. It is understood that the principal object of the meeting was to consider the proprietary of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GENERAL IMBODEN, of Virginia, was before the House Committee on Ways and Means a few days ago (says an American paper), and created a decided sensation by a plain…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, March. 13.—A conference of Yorkshire colliers has been held, at which the men expressed their willingness to accept an advance of 5 per cent, at once,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir; -- Kindly permit me to take exception to a paragraph in the letter of " Hiram Abif," who says " Castle Rag and Castle King have demonstrated the existence of good silver lead…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The struggle between the dock laborers of Liverpool and the dockowners still continues. The latter are firm in their determination not to yield to the demands…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Wehre Croizhur, editor Palmer Chronicle Palmer Goldfields, Maytown, Queensland wrote that after three applications of St. Jacobs oil he was relieved of lumbago, and that is exerted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Llanerch Colliery, near Pontypool, Monmouth, was the scene of a terrible disaster on February 6, when explosion occurred by which 120 lives were lost. About 400 men are employed…
Continued on Trove, page 604 →LONDON, March 11.—Farther particulars have been received relative to the colliery disaster in Wales. The explosion took place at the Morfa Colliery at Tarback, in…
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