Colliery Fatalities. Breaking of a Rope. London, Feb. 24
The breaking of a rope at a Rotherham (Yorkshire) coalpit precipitated eight miners to the bottom of the shaft. All except one were killed…
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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle
The steamer Kamona cleared at the Customs to-day for Devonport, via, Strahan and Kembla, with 420 tons of coal, and the barque Holliswood for San Francisco with 1576 tons of Hebburn coal…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday.—The difficulty at the Rhondda and Northern Extended Collieries at Teralba has practically been settled, upwards of 60 men having resumed work unconditionally…
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The turnover yesterday on the Sydney Exchange was mederate, the market for the most part being sluggish and easy. Silver remained steady though quiet, and in [?] the only feature was a decidedly lower quotation for…
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LONDON, February 25.—Four Japanese steamers are loading at Cardiff 25,000 tons of coal for Tokio…
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The steamer Manuka cleared at the Newcastle Customs on Thursday for Wellington, via Sydney with 3500 tons of coal, 1200 bags of coke; the steamer Guthrie, for Singapore, via Sydney and ports with…
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The police received a telephone manage late tonight from Peralba stating that a meeting had been held of the Rhondda miners, against some of whom proceedings have been taken under the Arbitration…
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The steamer Mannka cleared at the Customs to-day for Wellington, via Sydney, with 1500 tons of coal, 1200 bags of coke, 26 piles, and 564 pieces of timber, the steamer Mildura, for Brisbane, via…
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Four Japanese steamers are loading at Cardiff 25,000 tons of coal for Tokio…
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LONDON, Thursday.--A number of Russian torpedo- boat destroyers overhauled the British steamer Luristan in the Red Sea, and informed the captain that Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Recognition of Mining Certificates. Brisbane
The Minister for Mines is writing to the mining departments of the various States [?]o endeavour to have certificates issued by one State to enginedrivers in mines recognised in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Another Attack on Port Arthur. Glowing Russian Accounts. Vessels with Explosives. to Fire Russian Warships and Block the Entrance. Japanese Battleships and Transports Sunk. Three Japanese Officers Hanged As Spies. British Vessels Captured with Contraband Coal. Manchurians Called Upon to Assist Russia
LONDON, Thursday.--Accounts received through Russian sources state that on the night of the 23rd inst. (Tuesday), the Japanese attempted to send four steamers, each…
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A substitute for coal has long been the subject of research. Mr. James Dennis, an American inventor, claims to have made a discovery that will provide fuel from common earth at a…
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CARGO, Friday.—Mining has taken a start again here. Payne and Shorter have arrived from Orange with their new plant for extracting extra percentage of copper that could not…
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Columbia Smithfield crushed 184 tons for 65oz 8 dwt 6gr smelted gold. No. 1 North Orientnl and Glanmine crashed 650 tons for 239oz 16dwt 12gr smelled gold…
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Under any circumstances it may be taken for granted that sooner or later coal cutting machinery would be introduced into the collieries of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work Resumed. At Rhondda Collieries. [By Telegraph.] NEWCASTLE
After a long suspension work was resumed to-day at the Rhondda and Northern Extended Collieries, Eighteen men at Rhondda and 40 at the latter returned to work unconditionally…
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The coal-cutting machine recently installed in Mr. A. Sneddon's, Black's colliery was given a satisfactory trial yesterday at the coal face. The machine is worked by compressed air,…
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