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Mr. John Brown, of Newcastle, the principal of the firm of J. and A. Brown, owners of the Back Creek and Duckenfield Collieries, and of J. and W. Brown, owners of the Pelaw Main…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.--The wheelers at Pelaw-Main have received no reply from Mr. Brown to their request for the original rate of wage. The trouble was further considered at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Wednesday.--Up to the present 154,000 miners employed in a total of 202 pits in the Westphalian coalfields, Prussia, have struck work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the 600ft level of the main shaft of the North Lyell, the main crosscut is in 8ft from the end of the South plat chamber. The countiy is keeping intensely hard, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The manager of one of the prominent mined was this morning asked why the owners did not put 300 new wheelers into the mines, and so settle the difficulty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--To-day the situation at Newcastle has remained unchanged. Mr. Wade's telegrams have not moved the Miners' Federation from their assumed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After a day filled with rumours about a settlement, the strike in the coal trade was to-night unchanged. The wheelers and the owners are still standing apart and showing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The latest news regarding the great coal strike in Westphalia, Germany, states that 176,000 men are now out on strike. Coal at Newcastle (England) is 1s per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--There are now over 175,000 miners on strike in Westphalia, Prussia. As a result of the strike, coal at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The annual meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation of the Northern District was held at the Trades Hall to-day. The election of officers was announced as follows:—president,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The market yesterday on the Sydney Exchange showed very little spirit, and the turnover only assumed moderate proportions. The silver section opened rather easier in the more speculative lines, and at the close there…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--The proposed re-opening of the Junction mine has apparently attracted a number of men to Broken-hill in search of employment. Early this morning nearly 400 men of all grades attended at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A good deal of business was got through by operators on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. The general tone of shares was bright. The general tone of shares, cased…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The steamer Melbourne galled yesterday for Melbourne with 1800 tons ot coal. The steamer Mocrakl cleared at the Customs to-day for Wellington, via Sydney, with 1500 tons of bunker,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The December output of Hannan's Star totalled 2421 short tons, yielding 1265oz of fine gold and 137oz fine silver, valued at £5327. The return includes 136oz of fine gold recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A meeting of the Colliery Proprietors' Association has been arranged for this afternoon, when the request of the men for a conference and their other proposals will be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board was held to-day. There was a full attendance of the Colliery Federation officials. The meeting started at 10 o'clock in the morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Huddart-Parker steamer Victoria, with about 120 passengers on hoard, arrived at Sydney to-day from New Zealand ports. The steamer left Auckland on January 16 at 7 p.m. and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A representative meeting or the colliery proprietors was held at Sydney to-day, when, among other matters considered, the proposal of the miners to hold a conference, was dealt…
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