Colliery Troubles. Eight Mines Idle on Monday. Newcastle
Colliery stoppages throughout the north district are becoming more frequent. Eight collieries were idle yesterday…
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Mining & the mines, 1917
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Coal Strikes. the Coal Board Threatened Pelaw Main Idle. Newcastle
The executive officers of the Colliery Employees' Federation received a important telegram regarding the frequent strikes. It is surmised the telegram…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Gold Yield. a Comparison of Figures. Sydney
The gold yield of New South Wales for June, this year is valued at £24,507 as compared with £18.264 for June, last year. The yield for the first six…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four More Collieries Idle. Newcastle
Four more Newcastle collicries are idle The situation is serious. Pelaw Main Colliery resumed to-day, but a number of others are still idle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Opening Old Mines. Proposal to Spend £10,000. SYDNEY
The Minister for Mines intends to place £10,000 on the Estimates for the purpose of helping to open old mines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Machinery
The machinery for the molybdenite mine at Way Way was landed from the steamer Nerong at Macksville last week, and will shortly be erected by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mediterranean. Mine Sweeper Mined. London
The Admiralty reports that a minesweeper in the Mediterranean was mined, and sunk. Ten are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Coal Supplies. Economical Distribution. London
The Coal Controller has subdivided Great Britain into twenty areas and arranged for the economical distribution of coal from the nearest suitable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Submarine Menace. Mine Sweeper Sunk. Ten Men Missing. London, Saturday Night
The Admiralty reports: A mine sweeper in the Mediterranean has been mined and sunk. Ten men are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal in Britain. Scheme to Save Haulage. an Important Move. London
The Controller of Coal Mines has evolved a scheme whereunder Great Britain is divided into twenty areas, wherein consumers obtain coal from the nearest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Excitement at Colliery. False Alarm of Fire. Sydney
A false alarm that the pit was on fire caused the men working in the Pelaw Main pit to suddenly rush out. There was tremendous excitement,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Industrial Unrest. More Coal Mines Idle. Sydney
Five more collieries were yesterday added to the list of mines idle through the strikes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The North Sea. the New British Mine Zone. London
Reuter authoritatively learns that the new British mine zone in the North Sea is specially made to prevent enemy ships and submarines emerging from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Tribunal. Justice Edmunds and the Stoppages. Sydney
The Coal Tribunal sat to-day to discuss the stoppages in several coal mines during the past few weeks. Mr. Justice Edmunds said he wished to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burraga Copper. Mines Closed Down. Bathurst
The Burraga copper mines have closed down temporarily owing to the bad state off the country, preventing the darting of firewood. Three hundred men are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Huns Squeezing Holland. Coal Supplies Stopped. London, Tuesday Night
An Amsterdam message says the passage of coal from Germany to Holland has been stopped. (Holland is truly in an unhappy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Explosion. London
Eighty coal miners were killed in an explosion at Cape Breton (Canada)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Disaster. 100 Men's Fate Unknown. Vancouver
A message from Sydney, Nova Scotia, says: Two hundred and five men were entombed by the explosion in a coal mine. A hundred were rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain. Desires of Glasgow Miners. London
The Miners' Federation at Glasgow favor the nationalisation of mines, an old age pension of 10 weekly for sexagenarians, immediate steps to secure adequate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Industrial Judge Heydon on Miners. Caustic Comments. Sydney
Justice Heydon, giving judgment in the application of the Federated Mine Mechanics to vary their award, said the increases at the colleries had been obtained…
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