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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

399 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 19 of 20

Coal for the Mahia. Mr. Theodore and Union Leaders. Gladstone

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 5

The ex-Premier (Mr. Theodore), met the union leaders at an informal conference this morning, and the outcome, will be that recommendations will be made to a…

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350 FARMERS On The Way To Bowen to Load Coal and Sugar Challenge to the Communists. Home Hill (Q.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 5

Scenes of indescribable enthusiasm were witnessed at Home Hill railway station to-night as 130 farmers assembled on the patform…

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News of the World Seventeen Miners Killed. Explosion in German Mine. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 November 1925 · page 5

Seventeen miners were killed and several injured when an explosion caused by fire damp, occurred in the Holland pit of the Phoenix Company at Gelsenkirchen…

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Police and Strikers Fight Pitched Battle At Fremantle Stones, Coal and Pieces of Iron Thrown Many Men Injured In Two Hours Struggle Mob of 1000 Beaten Off by Police Fremantle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 November 1925 · page 5

The strike took a very serious turn to-day when' a pitched battle occurred between- the police and seamen on the wharf. A large number of men were seriously injured. A crowd of strikers, numbering about a thousand, gathered at the…

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Colliery Manager the Rothbury Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 November 1925 · page 5

Some of the charges of incompetency and negligence brought against Richard Thomas, manager of the Rothbury colliery, arising out of the explosion at the colliery…

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Coal for Ships Qland Railwaymen Defiant Challenge to Government Premier Will Take Action. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 November 1925 · page 5

The Premier, Mr. McCormack, stated to-night that the Commissioner for Railways had advised him at 9.30 to-night that the railway employees at Bowen,…

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What Strikers Lose. Mining and Skipping Disputes. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 5

In the year 1919 the sum of £528,995 in wages was lost through shipping disputes. During the same period…

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Drake Mining Revival

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 November 1925 · page 4

The Mount Carrington sulphide plant is expected to be in full operation by the 16th inst., when an official demonstration will be given, says the…

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Falls of Earth Two Miners Killed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 November 1925 · page 5

About eight tons of stone fell from the roof of a working in the Excelsior colliery, Bulla, to-day and Joseph Makin, 40, was completely buried…

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German Coal Belgium Refuses Delivery. Brussels

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 November 1925 · page 5

According to the newspapers the Belgian Government has suspended the German reparation deliveries of coal to Belgium, because, owing to the German…

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Gold Trophies Stolen and Recovered. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 6

Two gold and three silver trophies for the Dunedin Exhibition, valued at £800. were stolen from the cargo of the steamer Suffolk during her voyage from Liverpool…

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The Stoke Germ Collie Coal Miners Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 November 1925 · page 5

A message from Collie, in the Southwest, states that an immediate strike has been decided upon in the local coal mines…

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West Australian Coal Miners. Decide to Go on Strike Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1925 · page 2

A message from Collie (West Australia) reports thai an immediate strike has been decided upon in the coal mines…

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W.A. Coal Strike Railways Seriously Affected Reduced Service on Tuesday. Fremantle

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 November 1925 · page 2

The Western Australian Minister for Railways, Mr. Wilcock, states that unless the coal' strike at Collie (W.A.), is settled within the next few days, very…

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All Over £517 Miners Lose £32,000 in Wages. Maitland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 November 1925 · page 4

Pelaw Main miners, at a meeting last night, decided to resume work on Tuesday after a stoppage of six weeks. The stoppage has resulted in the loss of £32,000…

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Telegrams Coal Strike Settled. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 November 1925 · page 4

The coal strike at Collie, which threatened to cause [?] reduction of the railway service in that State, has been settled…

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Miners Entombed Dug Themselves Out. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 November 1925 · page 5

Three miners were entombed as the result of a fall of earth in South Langi Logan mine last night. They are John Barrett, and Fred and Ronald Battye. The…

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Gift of the Gods Vallourn Brown Coal Deposits. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 November 1925 · page 5

Herr Emil Gauditz, German scientist, is enthusiastic regarding the Yallourn brown coal deposits. He has been brought to Australia by the Victorian Government…

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Miners' Federation Protest. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 November 1925 · page 5

The executive of the Miners' Federation unanimously adopted a motion protesting against "the altogether unwarrantable and severe'' sentences passed upon…

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Two Miners Entombed One Rescued After 80 Hours. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 November 1925 · page 5

A fall of earth in Wathmain colliery, South Yorkshire, on Tuesday evening entombed two miners, Poole and Flinders. Rescue parties had to remove hundreds of…

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