Brookfield Fined Again. Miners Idle in Sympathy. Sydney
Percy Brookfield, M.L.A., was fined £50 at Broken Hill Court yesterday for making a statement likely to prejudice recruiting and was also ordered to…
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Mining & the mines, 1917
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Welsh Coal Strike. 9000 Men Out. London, Thursday Night
Nine thousand miners in the Tredegar Valley, Wales, have struck work owing to several alleged grievances…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill. Brookfield Fined £50. All the Mines Idle. Sydney
Mr. Brookfield, M.L.A. charged at Broken Hill with making statements prejudicial to recruiting, was fined £50, with the alternative of six months…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the North Sea. German Ship Torpedoed. Coal Cargo Lost. Amsterdam
A submarine torpedoed the German steamer Nordecy, which, laden with coal, was going from Rotterdam to Denmark. One sailor was killed, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germany's Damaged Credit. Big Gold Shipment to Denmark. Copenhagen, Thursday Night
The Danish newspapers state that twenty million marks in gold have arrived from Germany with a view to improving the rates of exchange. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How a Tradition Was Kept. Mining of a British Troopship
"The veil is lifted now and again, and the nation is enabled to get a glimpse of the men it has bred and reared when confronted with such…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Chinese Trouble. the Chinese Navy. Victim of German Gold. London
It is reported from Tokio that the Germans, to secure the defection of the Chinese navy which has declined to recognise the new Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Switzerland. Loan to Secure Coal. London
Reuter's Berne correspondent says that the fact that Switzerland has decided to make Germany a substantial loan only means that Switzerland will be able to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Men Drowned in Mine. Auckland
John Tipler and Thomas Abbott were found dead in the Blackball mine, New Zealand. It is understood that the bodies were discovered in some water from a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Industry. Justice Edmunds Indignant. Newcastle
When the Federal Coal Board sat again to-day at Newcastle, the board was informed that the Delegate Board had approved of a proposal for the resumption…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Industrial Unrest. Miners Say No Night Shift. Broken Hill
A mass meeting of minors at Broken Hill decided that the night shift shall be abolished, to take effect next Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germany and Sweden. Swedes to Hew German Coal. Supplies for Both Countries Copenhagen
The Swedish press publishes details of a scheme to send Swedes to Germany and Austria to hew coal for Sweden. A percentage of the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Strike. Position Worse. Tramway Men Coming Out. Other Workers Taking Similar Action. Sydney's Food Assured. South Coast Mines Idle. Offers of Assistance. Sydney
The engineers, boilermakers, and blacksmiths employed at White Bay steel works came out this morning. A few laborers remain at work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stocks of Coal. Sydney
The Railway Commissioners have sufficient coal in the yards and at grass to keep the railways going for six or eight weeks at the normal rate of using it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Declared "Black." Further Unions Strike. Stoppage at Midnight. Sydney
The strikers' Defence Committee has declared all coal in the Railway Commissioners' service "black." Delegates from the Loco. Enginedrivers,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yorkshire Miners' Decision. No "Negotiations" with Germany. London
The Yorkshire miners, by a large majority (80,000 to 20,000), have rejected the proposal to obtain peace by negotiation and have instructed their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stockholm Conference. British Representation. the Miners' Vote. London
Each delegation to the Stockholm Conference submits a statement of claim, which is to be examined by a Representative Committee, reporting to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trams Stop, Too. 7000 Miners Out. 30,000 Men Now Idle. Sydney
In accordance with the notice given the day before, members of the Loco. Enginedrivers, Firemen and Cleaners' Union, Tramway Union and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Strike. Still Spreading. Coal and Electricity "Black." Many Men Loyal. Sydney, Monday Night
"Black" electricity is the latest device of the strike leaders. Fearing that the "black" coal move has miscarried attention is being given to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Men Out at East Greta. 7000 Workers Affected. Fear of a Coal Famine. Sydney
The Defence Committee decided that eggs received by rail at Darling Harbor and Sydney central stations should be declared "black."…
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