Miners' Strike. Cloncurry
The Mount Elliott Company asked the union to allow 22 men to assist to keep the smelter alight during their holiday on May 31, and they refused to allow a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1918
345 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 18
Queensland. the Sugar Crop Purchase. Further Coal Strike. Brisbane
The information from Melbourne that the Federal Government had accepted a contract for the purchase by the Commonwealth of this year's sugar…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Wales Coal Strike. 30,000 Men Idle. London
Thirty thousand South Welsh coal miners are idle. The dispute began over the stoppage of the pay of a few men, who ceased work following a fatal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Discovery. by Australian Soldier. London
James White, a discharged Australian soldier, has discovered a deposit of payable gold in a Welsh mountain near Barmouth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hellish Huns. How Allied Prisoners Are Treated. Horrors of the Salt Mines
Within a few days, says the London "Daily Chronicle," a detailed report will be issued showing the unspeakable cruelty to which British prisoners have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →High Cost of Living. British Miners Again Demand More Money. London
The conference of the Miners' Federation to-day unanimously decided to demand a substantial increase in the men's wages to meet the increased cost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Demand an Increase. London
The national conference of miners passed a resolution demanding a substantial increase in wages to commensurate for the increase in the cost of living…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Grievances. a Settlement Probable. Sydney
The minors representatives conferred with Mr. J, B. Holme, Industrial Registrar, to-day. After a lengthy discussion an arrangement for the settlement of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Secret Service. Sensation in Hongkong. Nest of Huns Discovered. Plenty of Gold Coin. Hongkong
The discovery of a nest of German secret service agents has caused something of a sensation in Hongkong. No fewer than 24 arrests have been made…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rand Miners' Wages. Engineers Want Increase, Capetown, Friday Night
The mine engineers on the Rand are taking a ballot on the question of demanding wages equal to the rates conceded to municipal engineers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pelaw Main Colliery Idle. Sydney
The Pelaw Main colliery was idle to-day for the first time since the miners were re-employed there after the agreement had been reached over the question…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Mining
Mining matters are brightening up considerably in the Coramba division, and the ensuing six months should show a very marked improvement in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →How We Get Our Coal
Mr. B. R. Palmer, who is delivering a lecture on the above subject in the local School of Arts hall this (Wednesday,) evening, has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Parliament. Purchase of Smelter and Mining Rights. Brisbane
The proposed Bill providing for ratification of the agreement between. the Government and the Chillagoe Company and the debenture holders for the purchase…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Mine Flooded. Two Men Entombed. Sydney
A sudden rush of water in the Tivoli Coalmine at Ipswich (Q.) resulted in the manager, W. Barnes, and a miner named Dredge being entombed below…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines for Hospital Ships. Huns' Indignant Denial. Amsterdam, Thursday Night
An official message from Berlin officially denies the British Admiralty statement, cabled on June 16, to the effect that the mines found in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Disaster. at Ipswich Coalfield. Great Rush of Water. Ipswich
A sudden inrush or ater at J. Wright arid Company's colliery at Tivoli this morning resulted in the mine manager, W. Barnes, and a miner named T. Dredge,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Colliery Disaster. Manager's Body Recovered. a Miner Still Missing. Brisbane
The body of W. Barnes, manager, has been found in the Eclipse mine, where the rush of water occurred yesterday. The search for the miner, T. Dredge, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mines and Hospital Ships. a German Denial. London
Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent reports that a message from Berlin officially denies the British Admiralty statement cabled last Sunday that the mines which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →American News. Another 250,000 Soldiers. Gold in Siberia. Labor and the War. Melbourne
The American Consul at Melbourne furnishes Reuter with the following wireless message received from Honolulu:-- New York: Reports indicate that more…
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