Miners' Eight Hours. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 9
Sir,—The recent legislation providing for the miners' eight-hours shift, applicable to metalliferous as well as coalmines, is capable of working so much mischief both to the employer and miner that your…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Rand Mines. Their Threatened Fate. Why Kruger Yielded
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 5
LONDON, Monday.--President Kruger, who was reluctant to cancel the order for the preparations for the destruction of the Rand mines, only did so in consequence of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company. Half-yearly Meeting
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 8
The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the W. and B. Island Coal Company was held at the Chamber of Commerce at poon yesterday. Mr. J. F. Burns (chairman of directors) presided. The report and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Proposed Destruction of the Johannesburg Mines. Why the Scheme Was Abandoned. London, April 30
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 5
It was recently reported that preparations had been made to destroy the Johannesburg mines and machinery, and afterwards arrests were made in Johannesburg…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Rand Mines. Botha Prevents Their Destruction. LONDON, April 30, 6.50 a.m
The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 4
It was recently reported that preparations had been made to destroy the Johannesburg mines and machinery, and afterwards arrests were made in Johannesburg of men who were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Western Australian Goldfields. Separation League. London, April 30
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 5
Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has consented to see Mr. Griffith, the representative of the Western Australian Goldfields Separation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Australian Goldfields
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 7
KALGOORLIE, Monday.--The Croesus South United are opening up the lode from the Brownhill in No. 2 shaft, aud are following the Brownhill Central lode in No. 9 shaft. In the latter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining
Evening News · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph
GOULBURN, Wednesday.—It is stated that the Mummell CoBber Mine has been purchased by Dr. Handcock, of Goulburn, from the original owners. The property is reputed to be very rich…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Coal Industry
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 8
The ship Marion Chilcot arrived to-day from Sydney to load a cargo of coal from the Grete Colliery for Honolulu; the four-master barque Mashona arrived from Melbourne to load coal for Iquique;…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Southern Collieries. a Request for Arbitration. Bulli
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 7
Mr. Walkins, M.L.A. for Wallsend, and president of the provincial council of the Australian Labour Federation, addressed a large meeting of miners last night in connection with the present difficulty at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The South Mount Lyell Mine
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 11
MELBOURNE, Monday. -- At a meeting of the South Lyell Company this evening, the chairman congratulated the shareholders upon the developments of the last six months. He [?] to the intention of the North…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Charters From 1St April. Coal
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 3
Aigburth, sh, Newcastle to West Coast Antaretie, bq, Newcastle to West Coast—Coal; thence to U.K. or Continent Australia, sh, Newcastle to West Coast—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Bulli Colliery Dispute. Inquiry Under the Arbitration Act Sought
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 6
BULLI, Tuesday. -- Messrs. Watkins, M.P., chairman of the Provincial Council, and Bowers, president of the Northern Miners' Association, were here yesterday to investigate the trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kruger v. Botha : re the Rand Mines
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 2
President Kruger has reluctantly cancelled the orders made for preparations to destroy the Band mines. General Botha threatened to resign had they been continued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mining Industry. Output for Last Year
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 9
AN INCREASE OF ROUNDLY £1,300,000. The Department of Mines has prepared the following particulars of the mineral output of the colony during last year --…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Mines of West Australia. the Disparity Between Returns and Market Rates
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 11
"The Daily Telegraph" has frequently called attention to the great disparity existing between the market prices for West Australian stocks and the dividends returned to shareholders. The Kalgoorlie mines represent in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Western Australian Goldfields. Separation League. London, April 30
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 7
Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has consented to see Mr. Griffith, the representative of the Westorn Australian Goldfields Separation…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining in New South Wales. Output of the Mines
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 May 1900 · page 3
The Department of Mines has recently prepared particulars of the output of the various mines of the colony during the past year, from which it appears that the value of our mineral products raised for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Industry
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 May 1900 · page 8
The barque Kosmos arrived to-day from Table Bay to load a cargo of coal from the Wallsend colliery for Valparaiso, and the steamer Aslou[?] arrived from Albany to load Lambton coal for Java. The…
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