Price of Coal. Determined by Legislation
LONDON, Monday.--A Bill to regulate the price of coal at its source was read a second time in the House of Commons. The President of the Board of Trade said there was…
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Mining & the mines, 1915
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Welsh Coal Strike. Prospects of Settlement
LONDON, Monday.--The intervention of Mr. Lloyd-George has improved the Welsh mining situation and there is now a strong possibility of the executive agreeing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Welsh Coal Strike Ended. Compromise Arrived At. London
A compromise having been arrived at, the Welsh coal strike, it is announced, may be regarded as ended…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Strike. Mr. Lloyd-george's Intervention. Gravity of the Situation
LONDON, Tuesday.--Mr. Lloyd-George had an enthusiastic welcome at Newport. The Cabinet immediately conferred with the miners' executive…
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LONDON, Tuesday. -- It is now definitely announced that all the Welsh miners' demands have been conceded, except that for a three years agreement. It is reported that…
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LONDON, Tuesday. -- Mr. Lloyd-George told the Welsh miners, that it was impossible to wage a successful war abroad with a strike at home. The Government was responsible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Latest Cables. the Miners' Strike. Severe Press Strictures. Disloyal Proceeding
LONDON, Wednesday. -- The "Times" states that the Munitions Act has broken down on the first attempt to apply it. If the Government is going to ignore it they can hardly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Welsh Coal Strike. Settlement Arrived At, Terms Op Agreement
LONDON, Wednesday. -- Ministers are remaining at Cardiff until a definite settlement s is arrived at. Proposals for consideration of the conference are so satisfactory from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Welsh Goal Dispute. Appeal to Miners. Dependence on Coal
LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr. Lloyd George, addressing the miners' delegates, said that supplies of coal meant an inviolable Britain, which could defy the most potent enemy in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Welsh Coal Strike. Mines in Full Swing. London, Thursday Night
The mines in South Wales are all in full swing, only a few men being absent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Copper Mine Resuming Operations
SYDNEY, Friday.--The Great Cobar copper mine, which closed down soon after the outbreak of war, will shortly be in full swi[?] again. Advantageous financial arrangement…
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LONDON, Thursday.--material loss to South Wales by the strike is estimated at upwards of a million and a half sterling, while tons the loss of coal is estimated at one million…
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LONDON, Friday.-- The Coal Bill passed through committee in the House of Commons. A clause Was inserted exempting Ireland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scilence Notes News. Storng Coal in Water
The advantages of storing quantities of coal under water, where deterioration is much less than in the air, are appealing more and more strongly to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Diehards of Ypres. Magnificent Heroism of Men. Names of Regiments. Great Deeds of Territorials of All Ranks. Miners as Veterans
Here is the story of the Durham miners who helped the Canadians on the Grafenstafe ridge. They were unused to trench work and by no means seasoned troops, yet when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Strike Impending
SYDNEY, Friday.-- It is believed that the miners of the Newcastle district will ask 20 per cent increase of wages. An effort is being made to obtain the support of the…
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LONDON, Thursday.-- A Paris communique states that some grenades and petard fighting took place in the Souchez sector. Bombs and air torpedoes were used at Bagatelle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Coal Conference. Australian and New Zealand Bravery a Minister's Comments
LONDON, Thursday.-- Mr. Lloyd George, addressing, a conference of 200 coal -owners and miners' delegates in London, said the demand for coal was greater than ever, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Warsaw Crisis. Russians May Have to Retire on Account of Lack of Munitions. Petrograd Press Preparing the People Resumption of Offensive Almost Impossible. Conference of Coal Owners. the Polish Capital. Russian Evacuation Probable. No Fighting in the Vicinity of Warsaw
PETROGRAD, Thursday.-- An official message says that stubborn fighting continues on the Narew and Pruth, and on the left Lank of the Vistula. The enemy's outposts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Proposed Income Tax. Effect on Mining Companies
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The chairman of a mining company in Victoria addressing the shareholders said that the proposed taxation would crush many mining companies out of…
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