A Mine Explosion. Six Colored Laborers Killed. Nine White and 15 Colored Men Injured. [Reuter's Message.] London
Barrier Miner · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 6
A Chinaman, whose motive is un[?]nown, yesterday ignited a quantity of relatino at the Village Deep mine, Joaannesburg. The explosion which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at a Mine. Damage to Tools. Hobart
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 3
A fire at the Briseis Company's mine on Friday destroyed the toolhouse. Heavy damage was done to the tools and implements. The cause…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barrier Miner. Tuesday, January 19, 1909. Shareholders and Miners
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2
THESE has been an attempt made to place the position that Mr. Josiah Thomas, M.H.R. and Postmaster-General, has assumed in the matter of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Zealand Mines. the Matter of Insurance. Complaint From Employers. Wellington
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2
The general manager of the English companies at Reefton has announced that the mines will remain closed till after the conference with the miners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Moonta Miners' Assistance
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 4
A special meeting of the Moonta Miners' Trades and Labor Association was held at the Druids' Hall last Saturday evening (says the "People…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Assistance From Coal Lumpers. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 4
The Coal Lumpers' Union has voted £100 towards assisting the Broken Hill miners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The South Mine. Reduction in Costs. Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 5
It is understood that the Broken Hill South mine for the half-year will show a reduction in costs of working equal to 6s. per ton on crudes as compared…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →M.Z. Mining Troubles. Three Hundred Men on Strike. Wellington
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 4
Three hundred miners are on strike at Huntley (N.Z.) owing to the refusal of the company to degreade four officials who underwent examination for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Australian Arbitration Court. Metal Workers and Mining Enginedrivers. Fixing Rates of Pay. a Judge on the Minimum Wage. Perth
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 1
The West Australian Arbitration Court yesterday delivered its award in the metal workers' dispute, and fixed the following rates of wages:—Furnace…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Colliery Troubles. Dispute at Stanford Merthyr Mine. a Question of Wages. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 2
The dispute about wages for firstclass shiftment at the Stanford Merthry colliery has been causing uneasiness for some time. For six weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strained Relations at Bullen Mine. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 2
Strained relations exist between the employees and the management at the Cullen Bullen colliery. The former contemplate using political…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bore-hole Mine. Dispute with the Wheelers. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 2
A conference was held yesterday between the officals of the Miners' Federation and the manager of the Borehole colliery with reference to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. the London Market. London
Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 3
Broken Hill shares were quoted on 'Change to-day as follow:—North, 50s. 4d. Adelaide, Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand Mining Trouble. Serious Developments Threatening. Wellington
Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 2
In connection with the mining trouble Dunedin advices state that the general meeting of the Otago Coalminers' Union have received a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Wages
Barrier Miner · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4
Thus "Outis" in the "Daily Toles graph":—In the midst of the noise and racket of the Broken Hill ruction a voice is heard suggesting that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The North Mine
Barrier Miner · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 8
During last week the North mine dispatched 383 tons of concentrates. At the new mill steady progress is being made with the crection of the jig and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Colliery Troubles. Short-lived Disputes. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 1
The miners at the South Bulli mine were thrown idle yesterday through the wheelers refusing to work because of an alleged grievance. The disagreement…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Northern Territory. Mining Prospects Encourageing. Mr. Bice's Statement. Adelaide
Barrier Miner · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 5
At a welcome tendered to him at Port August a yesterday, Mr. [?]ice, M.L.A., the new Minister controlling the Northern Territory, said that he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Assistance From Airly Miners. Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 5
The Airly Shale Miners' Association yesterday received an appeal from the Barrier branch of thc Miners' Association for financial assistance. A motion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mines Trouble at Broken Hill
Western Grazier · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 3
Shortly after midnight on Saturday at Broken Hill, an ice waggon belonging to the Barrier Ice Company was blown up, evidently by dynamite…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →