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Mining & the mines, 1896

6,248 stories in Sydney's papers · page 79 of 250

Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1896 · page 7

Yesterday being a holiday on the Mining Exchange there were no transactions to report. The Exchange will reopen for business at the usual hour this morning…

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Mining Matters. Companies' Meetings. An Italian Expert. The Angipena Treasure Salting Case --General Notes and Mine Reports

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 April 1896 · page 6

On Monday last the first ordinary meeting of shareholders in the Maritana North G.M. Co. was held in Adelaide, when Mr. V. L. Solomon, chairman of directors,…

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West Australia Gold-fields. Compare Favorably with the Transvaal. Herr Schmeisser's Report

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--"The Times" states that the report of Herr Sehmeisser, the State Geologist of Germany, shows flint the goldfields of West…

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Work and Wages. Victorian Bakers. Masters and Men in Conference. Coal Crook Miners-- Throat of a General Strike -- New Zealand Labour Conference -- Sydney Furniture Trades

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 April 1896 · page 2

Sydney Furniture Trades Society proposes revising its existing scale of wages. A trades and labour conference was opened on Saturday last in Christchurch…

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Mining Matters. The Tumberumba Find. Hockley Goldfield. Cobar News--Find at Crow Mountain -General Notes and Reports

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 April 1896 · page 3

A correspondent at Rockley writes as follows:--"On Wednesday evening last a largely-attended meeting was held in tho courthouse. Mr. H. H. Hackney, J.P.,…

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An Accountant Charged. Alleged Frauds on a Coal Company

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 April 1896 · page 6

Graham M. D. Miller, late accountant to the Metropolitan Cool Co., who was recently arrested in West Australia on a charge of larceny, was brought before the Water…

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Gold Fields of West Australia. Report of Herr Schmeisser

Evening News · Tuesday 7 April 1896 · page 6

LONDON, April 6.—The "Times" states that the report of Herr Carl Schmeisser, the German expert, who was sent out to report on the gold fields of Australasia for an…

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The Crisis in the Coal Trade. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1896 · page 4

The Co-oprative miners met on Saturday night in the Meehanies' Hall, Plattsbarg, but the attendance was very small.The question of adhering to the delegate's motion as to a strike was warmly…

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Eastern Trade. Manufacture in Japan. Danger to European Workmen. Output of Japanese Coal-Competition with Australia--Wool-Growing in China

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 April 1896 · page 8

R. S. Grundy, in the January issue of The Bimetallist has an article on the danger, to English industry from the competition of Bilver-using countries. He writes:…

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Goldfields of Western Australia. Report of Herr Schmeisser. London, April 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1896 · page 5

The Times refers to the report of Herr Carl Schmoisser, the German expert, who was sent out to report on the goldfields of Australasia for an English sydndicate, and…

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The Northern Collieries. a Strike Improbable. Attitude of the Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 April 1896 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--There is no material change to announce regarding the crisis in the coal trade. Strike notices have now been received by the managers of Seaham,…

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The Balmain Coal Mine Bill. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1896 · page 6

Sir,—At a recent meeting of the Balmain Municipal Council, by six votes to four the Mayor was authorised to take the necessary steps to have a bill prepared for presentation to Parliament for the…

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New Zealand Colliery Disaster

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1896 · page 9

Those workers in the cause of charity, the Brighton Amateur Juvenile Variety Company, intend giving a benefit performance at the Rockdale Town Hall this evening in aid of sufferers by the…

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Mining Investments

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 April 1896 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--Mr. Leo 'Myers, representing a South African syndicate, has arrived at Wellington by the steamer Ionic, looking for a good Investment in Australia…

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The Mines Department. Annual Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1896 · page 3

From an advance copy of the annual report of the Department of Mines for 1895, for which we are indebted to the courtesy of the Minister for Mines, it appears that the aggregate value of the mineral…

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The Gold Fields. North Coast District

Evening News · Wednesday 8 April 1896 · page 2

ORARA VALLEY, Monday.—Arery's Creek, which at present attracts considerable notice in mining circles, is the main tributary of Tallawadga. Gold was first discovered in the locality both in the quartz…

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The Heating of Coal Cargoes. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1896 · page 5

In regard to the alleged spontaneous combustion on board the ship Morna last week, and upon which Mr. Thomas Brooks, Lloyd's surveyor, had recommended the discharge of about 200 tons of coal,…

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Another Case of Coal Heating. the Barque Invermay

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 April 1896 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Yet another case of coal-heating on board ship has to be recorded. This time the vessel threatened with this now danger from Newcastle…

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The Crisis in the Coal Trade. a General Notice to Leave Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1896 · page 6

Matters are rapidly progressing towards a general strike at Newcastle. The miners who a week or two ago were not thought to be amongst those who would obey the request of the miners' delegates to…

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