Newcastle Notes. The Threatened Strike—Utter Ruin if it Eventuates-Immense Interests at Stake —The Harbor Alive with Shipping— Government Intervention Desirable—A Sporting Community—Welsh Miners and Music—Sad, Sweet Parting Songs
Truth · Sunday 8 March 1896 · page 4
IN the dawn of a lovely autumn morning, after a mill-pond run from Sydney, under a sky in which the moon beams seemed to fairly palpitate, Newcastle Harbor looked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thenorthern Collieries. the Hetton Strike. the Miners and the Wheelmen
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5
NEWCASTLE. Saturday.--No definite progress towards the settlement of the wheelers' strike at Hetton Colliery has yet been made. A deputation from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a Mine. Seventy-one Miners Killed
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5
LONDON, Friday Night.--A terrible fire has broken out in a colliery at Kattowitz, Silesia. Seventy-one of the miners are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Colliery Trouble. The Hetton Miners. The Wheelers' Grievances. Interview With the Manager-- Troubles at the Other Mines
The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 8
NEWCASTLE, Monday. The report that a difficulty had arisen at the Wickham and Bullock Island pit, and that the wheelers had notified the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Northern Miners. Affairs at Hetton Colliery. Strike of Wheelers. WICKHAM
The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 6
The Hetton miners met this morning and received a deputation from the wheelers to consider the present difficulty at the pit. The deputation said their demand was that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Hetton Colliery
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Saturday.--A fire, which nearly proved to be of a disastrous character, broke out in the workings of the Hetton colliery this morning. About 6 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 7
The Minister for Mines. Queensland, has granted a month's exemption from labor conditions at Croydon and Georgetown, in consequence of floods…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Difficulty at the Hetton Colliery. a Test Case. Meeting of the Miners' Lodge. (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5
A special meeting of the Hetton miners was held at the lodgeroom, Albion Hotel, Wickham, this morning, at 10 o'clock. Mr. Thomas Sample, chairman of the lodge, presided. There was a large…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gold Fields
Evening News · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 2
GUNDAGAL-There is another revival in mining in Gundagai (reports the local paper). There is a new alluvial rush on the Rose Vale Estate, Mrs. Lindley's property, near the old Jackalas lead, which has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The East Greta Colliery. West Maitland
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5
Mr. A. Thomas, manager of the East Greta, Colliery, has just returned from a trip to Victoria and Tasmania in connection with some extensive developments it is proposed to make in the colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Trade Dispute
Evening News · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 4
THE mere fact that a strike of Hunter River coalminers for higher wages is seriously talked of may be taken as a sign of returning prosperity in connection with the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Mining Companies
Evening News · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 6
LONDON, March 8.—The Gold Beefs Mining Company of West Australia has been formed with a capital of £50,000, of which £20,000 will be issued to the public…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Disaster. Seventy-one Lives Lost. London, March 6
The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 6
A disastrous fire has broker out in a colliery at Kattowitz, in Silesia. The miners were at work in the mine when their means of escape were out…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rich Gold Discovery. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5
A remarkably rich quartz reef has been discovered at Rogers Hill, in the Ballarat district, by five brothers named O'Keefe, who have been out prospecting for a couple of years. Some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Southern Coal Trade. Wollongong
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5
The coal Trade during the week has been somewhat slack. For the past fortnight the Mount Pleasant colliery has worked only 3[?] days, while the Keira miners were paid to-day for 3½ days for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crisis in the Coal Trade. Further Developments
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5
The chairman of the board of directors of the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery received a telegram on Saturday from the mine manager stating that the men had given 11 days' notice of their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Colliery on Fire. Seventy-one Lives Lost. London, March 7
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5
A disastrous fire has broken out in a colliery at Kattowitz, in Silesia. The minors at work beneath the surface were unable to escape, and up to the present…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Mining Companies. London, March 8
The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5
The Goldreefs Mining Co. of Western Australia is being floated in London with a capital of £50,000, and shares to the value of £20,000 are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Newcastle Miners. the Threatened Strike. Meeting in the Domain
Evening News · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 6
A meeting was held in the Domain yesterday afternoon to express sympathy with the Newcastle coal miners in their demand for increased pay. It emanated from a few socialists, who disclaimed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Transvaal. Arrest of a Mine Manager. a Kaffir Rising Feared
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5
LONDON, Friday Night.--The manager of the De Beers Consolidated Mines has been arrested on a charge of assisting Dr. Jameson in his raid into…
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