Price of Coal
The Coal Board has recommended that the price of large coal, f.o.b. at Newcastle, be 20s a ton; small coal, 16s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1917
563 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 29
The Strike. Strikers Flocking Back to Work. Coal-mining Proceeding Satisfactorily. Trouble in Other States. Sydney, Wednesday Night
The strike continues unabated, except that many strikers are resuming. Nearly 4000 have now been reinstated. In two days 1154 men have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Submarine Menace Navy's Increasing Success. Pirate Destroyed by Own Mine. London. Wednesday Night
The "Pall Mall Gazette" says the Navy's methods of dealing with enemy submarines are increasingly successful. It mentions a recent case where…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Karangi Mine Cases. Application for an Injunction. Granted Till Wednesday Next. Sydney
An ex-parte application was made by Mr. Justice Harvey in Equity by Mr. Davidson (instructed by Messrs. A. J. McDonald and Kem[?]is, agents for Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Gas Supply. Gas Employees Will Cease Work Refuse to Handle "Black" Coal
The Acting-Premier stated to-night that the Government had been informed that the gas employees had decided to cease work rather than handle the coal shipped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thousands of Volunteers. Opening More Mines. Further Arrests at Broken Hill. Tom Barker Again in Custody. Sydney, Thursday Night
The Government hopes to open eight mines within a fortnight. Crews for colliers are urgently needed. It is reported that the Lithgow miners may…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Working the Mines
Nearly 2000 volunteered since last week for work in the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →School Boys As Mine Workers
A great number of the biggest boys from the secondary public schools have volunteered their services for the coal mines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →National Service Bureau. What It Has Accomplished. Nine Collieries Working
The Acting-Premier says that although the National Service Bureau has only been opened a week, the Government has already sent 3090 men to the Wallafah…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Coast Mines. Sydney
The South Coast miners met at the Trades Hall yesterday. Later their representatives interviewed the Strike Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pulganbar Copper Mining Co
The directors' annual report of the above states that when the last report was published a year ago there was a large body of ore at the reducing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Price of Coal. Colliers Laid Up
Owing to the increased price of coal the owners of seven small colliers have found it does not pay thorn to carry the commodity. The vessels have therefore…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Admiralty Report. German Mine Sweepers Sunk. London
The Admiralty reports:--Our light forces destroyed four enemy mine-sweepers off the Jutland coast this morning. The Admiralty report that naval…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germany's Larger Craft. Torpedoes, Shells, and Mines. Copenhagen, Friday Night
Germany has launched a number of submarines 340ft. long, of 1500 tons. The crew numbers 50, and the vessels carry forty torpedoes and many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Submarines and Aeroplanes in It. Mine-ayers Caught Redhanded. British Undamaged. COPENHAGEN,Sunday
German aeroplanes and submarines participated in the fight. A Danish official communique confirms the details of the encounter. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Cause Blamed. a Coal Surplus in Sight. Riverstone Butchers Resume. Sydney
A meeting of the I.W.W. at Broken Hill was stopped yesterday by the police and 28 arrests were made. The police raided the I.W.W. rooms…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Mines. Coal Supply
Last week 9378 tons of coal were hauled from the Newcastle collieries, and 7209 tons were shipped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nine Collieries Working
The Minister for Agriculture states that nine collieries will be at work today. By Wednesday the Government hopes to be winning more coal than is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Stand Firm
The Newcastle Miners' Delegate Board reaffirmed its decision not to resume work until the railway men's grievances are settled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Volunteers for Mines
A special train conveying about 150 volunteers to work at the Invincible Colliery arrived at Cullen Bullen, accompanied by a body of police. It is…
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