British Coal Miners. Advance in Wages Granted. London
The President of the Coal Miners' Association has announced that the Government has agreed to an all-round increase in wages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1917
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Coal for Victoria
Negotiations for the despatch of coal supplies to Victoria and other States were concluded yesterday by the Victorian Minister for Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Strike. Coal Lumpers' Union. Sydney
It is stated that even though the coal lumpers have declared the strike off, the Sydney Steam Collier Owners and Coal Stevedores' Association will refuse to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Miners Beaten. All Maitland Mines to Resume. Sydney, Tuesday Night
It transpires that Mr. Baddely (President of the Northern Miners' Federation) and Mr. A. C. Willis (general secretary of the Coal and Shale Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Working the Mines. All in Full Swing Soon. Admission of Miners' Defeat
Mr. Fuller last night received a telegram from Mr. Baddeley stating that as far as the Federation is concerned, members of the association are prepared to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →End of the Strike. Coal-lumpers Give In. Arranging for Coal. Sydney, Monday Night
A mass meeting of coal lumpers today decided to declare the strike off, thereby falling into line with the other transport unions which agreed to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General War News. "Combing Out" Eligibles. British Miners Refuse to Help. London, Monday Night
The British miners have rejected the Miners Federation's request that they should assist the authorities to comb out the men who have entered the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Working the Mines
The Acting-Premier stated, at the conclusion of the conference between the Cabinet and members of the Coal Miners' Federation, that three Judges of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Output of Coal
There were decided increases in the output of coal from the South Coast mines yesterday. A number of married men with dependents, who were refused…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Working the Mines
Some of the mines at Broken Hill are preparing for the resumption of work. The continuance of the seamen's strike by delaying the arrival of coal, is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Trimmers
The Newcastle coal trimmers carried a resolution condemning the action of the master stevedores in applying for other labor to perform their work, and deciding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal for Victoria
The first cargo of coal hewn by the Victorian volunteer miners from New South Wales mines reached Melbourne yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cabinet and the Miners
A series of conferences between the Cabinet and the miners' representatives has concluded. The Federation's executive will receive a letter from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ship-owners Determined. All Mines to Work Next Week. Sydney
There is no change in the shipping position. One inter-State owner says a few hundred men in Melbourne are holding up the whole of the shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Strike Situation. the Shipping Trouble. Arbitration on Future Coal Disputes. Sydney, Wednesday Night
The shipping companies are taking up the stand that no ships will restart unless members of the Seamen's Union agree to work with volunteer labor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines in the Pacific. Sweepers at Work. MELBOURNE,Friday
Mr. J. Cook, Minister for the Navy, states that on October 10, in lat. 37deg. 38min., long. 149deg. 55min., a submarine mine of enemy origin was exploded by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal for Melbourne. Melbourne
The collier Hexham is expected to arrive at Melbourne from Newcastle tomorrow with 5000 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Price of Coal. London
The Press Bureau states that the Board of Trade has increased the price of coal at the pit mouth by 26 a ton, to meet the cost of the war wage recently granted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill Miners Working. Sydney
Practically all the Broken Hill minus are now fully manned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Off Our Own Coast. Enemy Mine Near Gabo Island Mine Sweepers at Work. Sydney
The Minister for the Navy (Mr. J. Cook) made the following announcement in Melbourne last night: "On Wednesday in lat. 37deg 38min…
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