Miners and the Double Shift. Agreement Arrived At. Sydney
A mass meeting of Broken Hill miners accepted the proposal of the manager of the Central Mine to work two shifts, by putting extra men in each party. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1918
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Coal. Miners Dissatisfied. Telegram to Mr. Hughes. Workers From Victoria. Sydney
Mr. Baddeley, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, has sent a telegram to Mr. Hughes declaring that unless labor is checked from leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strike Figures. Loss on Handling Coal
The report of the Coal Board which handled all matters connected with coal during the recent strike was laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Coal Pool. and Shipping Combine. Sydney
A coal pool is about to be formed in connection with the Interstate shipping to eliminate competition between the fast and slow coal vessels…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Fields. Position Very Acute. Sydney
A message states the position on the coal fields is very acute and is a result of the Pelaw Main and Richmond Main volunteer workers trouble. In the present…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Voyage of the Wolf Another Thrilling Story. Piracy and Mine-laying. (Special to the Australian Press Association, which supplies all war and oversea cables to the Grafton "Argus and to the leading metropolitan journals of Australia.) LONDON
A representative of the Australian Press Association has interviewed Dr. Strangman and Dr. Flood, Australian medical men who were captured on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Mining Dispute. the Compulsory Conference. Nothing Definite Arranged. Sydney
A compulsory conference to deal with the matters in dispute in the mining industry met again to-day, and after three hours' discussion nothing definite had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Mine Idle. Afternoon Shift Dispute. Sydney
The Stanford Merthyr colliery at Maitland was idle owing to the afternoon shift dispute. Five hundred men are affected. A compulsory conference has been called…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Man Power. South Wales Miners Agree. London
The South Wales Miners' Federation, by a small majority, has balloted in favour of combing out fifty thousand miners from the British…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Randwick Gallops. Desert Gold Goes Well. Sydney
At Randwick this morning Farivale put up a stylish performance in running seven furlongs in 1.32. The Hague sprinted six furlongs in 1.22. The Christian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News of the World. Man-power. Combing-out in Britain. South Wales Miners Approve. London
South Wales voted by a majority of 694 in support of a general comb-out of 50,000 miners under Sir Auckland Geddes' scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Combing-out Process. Midland Miners' Opposition. London
The Lancashire and Cheshire miners voted by a majority of 15,500 against the man-power scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Abortive Conference. Maitland Coal Trouble. Sydney
A compulsory conference called by Mr. Holme, Industrial Commissioner, was held to-day to discuss the position at Stanford Merthyr colliery, in the Maitland district,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining at Coramba
In the vicinity of Coramba, where good lodes of copper have recently been struck, mining matters appear to be particularly busy. Mount Browne is being worked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain's Man-power. Miners' Aggregate Vote
"The Times" says it is understood the British miners' aggregate vote shows a majority of 30,000 against the comb-out. The Federation delegates are privately…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man-power Proposals. the Miners' Ballot. London
The complete ballot of the Miners' Federation indicates that there was a majority of 2900 against the combing out of 50,000 men for the army. There…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Randwick Gallops. Another Record by Desert Gold. Others Go Well. Sydney
A number of interesting gallops were recorded at Randwick this morning. Desert Gold put up another track record on the course proper, by running a mile…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rich Gold Find Near Coramba
The following leases have been applied for at the Warden Clerk's office Coramba, for gold, in the p[?]sh of Comlaroi, county Fitzroy:—John corge E[?]est…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Mine-sweeper Mined. Sixty-six Men Lost. London
The Admiralty reports a mine-sweeping sloop was mined and sank on March 22. Two officers and 64 men were lost. A destroyer, after collision on March 23,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Kaiser's Graciousness. Iron Crosses, Gold Rays, and Photos. Rare Distinctions
Reuter 's Amsterdam correspondent states a Berlin message says the Kaiser at main headquarters on March 24, conferred on Hindenburg an iron cross' with…
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