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The meeting of miners' delegates finished this afternoon; 15 lodges were represented. The district officers were also present. The Board declined to give a detailed account of the ballot, but gives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A dinner was given last month in London to Mr. Prank Nicolas, P.E.G.S., mining engineer, who was returning to West Australia after a short visit to England…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News from Kalgoorlie states that the Lake View has struck the lode at the 200ft. level of the main shaft. It is as wide as in the upper levels, and of the average value of 3½oz. per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The men on strike at the Coal Creek Proprietary mine, who discontinued work in consequence of a reduction of the hewing rate from 4s 3d to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—An accident occurred at the Wallsend Pit to-day, when Joseph Sheldon was killed by the roof falling in. The deceased, who was engaged taking out pillars…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AUCKLAND, Friday.—At Brunner a coalmining township of between '2000 and 3000 inhabitants, on the west coast of Middle Island, about three miles from Greymouth, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWCASTLE, Friday.—The Hetton Collier, which was idle yesterday owing to wheelers dispute, resumed work to-day. The wheeler who was discharged for alleged cruelty to a horse was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News was received yesterday of a shocking mining disaster which has occurred at Brunnerton, a borough and railway station on the Greymouth and Brunner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AUCKLAND.--Thursday Night.--A terrible mining disaster has occurred at Brunnerton, a coal-mining town of between 2000 and 3000 inhabitants, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday a fair amount of business was done in Broken-hill stocks, but there was no marked change in values. Proprietary closed a shade easier…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The result of the meeting of the miners' delegates, published in yesterday's Herald, has not altered the position so far as the owners are concerned. At any rate, no definite line of action has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The little mining township of Brunnerton, situated about seven miles from Greymouth, on the west coast of the South Island, was the scene to-day of an appalling catastrophe in the Brunner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PARKES.—The manager of the New Bushman's Hill Gold Mine, Parkes, reports, under date March 23: At the 300ft level the contractors, driving east, have driven 9ft for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Joseph Sheldon, a miner, was killed in the Wallsend Colliery this morning. He was engaged in taking out pillars, when a fall of the roof occurred,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—Further trouble with wheelers at the Hetton Colliery resulted in the pit being laid idle to-day. In assigning the reason for the occurrence the management make…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fatal accident occurred this morning at the Wallsend Colliery. A miner, Joseph Sheldon, was killed by the roof falling on him. He was dead when picked up. He leaves a wife and family…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HOBART, Thursday.--The Rio Tinto copper mine, Savage River, is being Inspected by an expert on behalf of an English syndicate, to whom it is under offer till March…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Mr. J. Curley has lost no time in carrying out the second resolution passed at yesterday's meeting of the delegate board. This morning each of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The sudden fall in the price of Proprietary stock has caused, locally, much surprise, as there is no change in the mine to warrant such a decline. Mr. Stewart, the general manager, is naturally very…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. A. Hoffaung, of the firm of Hoffnung and Co., arrived in Sydney yesterday from London. He was seen during the evening by a Herald reporter, who interviewed him as to the manner in which…
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