The Northern Collieries. Proprietors Who Will Not Confer. Two Replies Sent. Increase in Selling Price Impossible
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 5
At the present stage of the crisis in the northern coal trade, proprietors or their representatives in Sydney do not care to discuss matters at very great length. They point…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) the Seapit Miners. They Refuse to Give Notice. Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 5
At a special meeting of the Seapit miners on Saturday the delegates' minute that 14 days' notice to cease work be given on 6th April was rejected; but the invitation to the proprietors to meet the miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Technical College. Annual Distribution of Prizes. Lord Hampden and Lord Brassey on the Newcastle Coal Crisis. Advantages of Technical Education
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 5
The auuual distribution of prizes in connection with the Sydney Technical College took place in the Town Hall last evening, His Excellency Lord Hampden, who presided was accompanied by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Brunner Mining Disaster. Funeral of the Victims. Heartrending Scenes. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) Auckland
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 5
All the bodies but one have been recovered from the Brunner mine, the total amounting to 64. One man was found with his head wrapped in a bag. Some of the bodies were completely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Goldfields of Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Coolgardie, March 29
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 5
Ou Friday night heavy rain commenced falling over all the fields, and continued till Sunday morning, accompanied by strong easterly winds. At Coolgardie 3½in. fell, but this was exceeded in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Amos Gold-mining Company
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 6
Yesterday the ordinary general meeting of shareholders in the Amos Gold-mining Company, No Liability, was held at the Cambridge Hotel, Market and Castlereagh streets, Sydney; Mr. A. E. Jaques,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 7
Broken-hill Proprietary shares almost monopolised attention on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday, no fewer than 14 sales being recorded, at prices fluctuating…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Northern Collieries. the Pending Conference Probably Abortive. Reported Wavering of the Miners. Strike at the Borehole Pit
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The directors of the East Greta and Anvil Creek collieries met this afternoon when the board rose. Mr. O. IC. Young and the Messrs. Earp stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minnie Palmer Mine
The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 7
The case of Kennedy v. Currie, a claim for a share in the Minnie Palmer mine, Kalgoorlie, which has occupied the attention of the Equity Court over a week, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Gold Fields
Evening News · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 3
REEFTON, Tuesday.—During the past week the battery has been engaged on small lots of stone from various prospecting parties. The results were very encouraging, some of the stone returning as high as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Injured by a Fall of Coal
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 5
WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.--A wheeler named Daniel Murphy was injured to-day by a fall of coal at the East Greta colliery. A miner named Palmer was also slightly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"That Letter of Mine." to the Editor
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 6
Sir,--Your comments in last Wednesday's Issue, re my letter published on that day. are numerous, and of a scathing nature. In the first place, allow me to tell you that I…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Crisis in the Coal Trade. a Statement of the Miners' Grievances. Interview with Mr. J. L. Fegan, M.l.a
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 5
Some of the coal-owners express the opinion that the fact of to many collieries refusing to meet the men in conference is evidence of a general impression that there will be no strike; but the action of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Zealand Colliery Disaster. the Opinion As to the Cause
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 5
WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--Many of the victims of the disastrous explosion at Brunner colliery, New Zealand, were acquaintances of miners of this district. Great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Threatened Coal Strike. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 3
Sir,—I suggest that Lord Brassey should be asked during his present visit to the colony to mediate between the coalmine proprietors and the miners in order to avert the terrible disaster which appears…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Accidents at Broken Hill. Broken Hill
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 6
Charles Belridge, working on Block 10, to-day got his hand entangled in the machinery and severely crushed. He was removed to the hospital. Berridge is a member of the local fire brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Brunner Mining Disaster. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wollongong
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 5
Mr. George Henderson, secretary of the Illawarra Miners' Association, has forwarded to each mine in the district a circular, inviting assistance towards alleviating the distress caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Railway Rates. Assistance to Mining and Agriculture. Coast-bound Traffic Favored
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 4
Among the matters considered by the Executive yesterday was a new scale of goods rates for the railways. The rates were adopted by the commissioners and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cablegbam to Lord Gifford. the Position Very Serious. Mining Operations Suspended. London, March 31
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 5
Lord Gifford, V.C., one of the directors of the British South Africa Company, has received a cablegram stating that the position of affairs at Buluwayo is very…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rhodesia Rising. Mr. Rhodes Interviewed Position at Buluwayo. Mining Operations Suspended. LONDON, March 31
The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 3
Mr. Cecil Rhodes, who is proceeding as quickly as possible to Buluwayo in consequence of the rising in Matabeleland, has reached Umtali, a post on the Biera…
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