Mining Troubles. Burwood Colliery Idle
On Tuesday morning the Burwood Colliery, which employs about 400 miners and off hands, was thrown idle by the wheelers going on strike as a…
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Mining & the mines, 1908
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Special Mining Court. Paralysis Continues. Two Collieries Still Idle. the Judge Talks Strike. Newcastle
The fact that the Burwood and Pelaw-Main Collieries are still on strike (to-day being the third day of the stoppage in each instance has caused another somewhat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Srown Coal Electricity
[?] financial group in London is [?] the scheme to supply Melbourne with [?] from brown coal from Laverton, [?] Altona, Bay, and Morwell, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Eight Hours Bill
Tho Chambers of Commerce with two dissentients, have strongly condemned the bit to reduce the working hours in mines to eight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Matters
The frequency with which irresponsible youngsters at the collieries by reckless and senseless conduct deprive hundreds of men of their means of livelihood, inflict heavy losses…
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The manager of the Comstock Copper Mining Syndicate reports having struck a copper lode allowing blue and green carbons, rod oxide, and sulphide ore. He has tested it to 18ft in depth, and over 6ft…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal for the Railways
The coal supplies of the Railway Department reach a total of about 500.000 tons in the year. The Railway Commissioners do not confine themselves to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Pelaw-main. Clippers. Colliery Still Idle. Pelaw-main
The difficulty with the clippers which has resulted in a cessation of work at Pelaw-Main colliery, still continues, and the prosocet of settlement seems small. At…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Trouble Revived. Four Collieries Idle. Position Again Very Grave
THE coal trouble has broken out afresh at Newcastle, and yesterday three collieries were again idle, including Burwood, which employs…
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It is learned from a reliable source that a, big colliery will bo opened up shortly not far from Ellalong by a company rf wealthy English and Scottish capitalists. A largo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Warden's Court
In the Mining warden's court at East Maitland this morning, before Mr. S.E. gistrar, Alexander shedden, jun. made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegraphic News. Sydney, Friday. Mining Court Breaks Down
THERE are no further developments in the coastal lockout. Both sides are marking time and waiting the result of the Conference to be held this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work at the Collieries
For the fortnightly pay to be drawn at the south Maitland collieries on Friday next, East Greta has worked full lime, which is 11 days, At stanford Merthyr the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mining Crisis. Miners' Management Committee Executive Meeting Newcastle Saturday afternoon
A special meeting of the miners Management committee is being held to-day at the Trades Hall to consider the crisis brought about by the break-up of the Mining court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Trouble Special Mining Court Adjourns Sine Die. Judge Heydon Returns to Sydney. Newcastle
The Special Mining Court appointed to hear the disputes which have arisen between the Colliery Employees' Federation of the District and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Troubles Action by the Federation
The latest development in connection with the trouble at the three Newcastle collieries where strikes exist which have been responsible for the adjournmined of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Matters
The export of coal from Newcastle to places beyond the State for the week totalled 100,689 tons, exceeding by 28,335 tons the quantity sent away in the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Coal for the Railways
The coal consumed by the railways of the State amounts to, roughly, 10,000 tons per week, or 500,000 tons per annum. In arranging the yearly supplies the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Warden's Court
In the mining warden's court at East Maitland this morning, before the warden (Mr. T.H.Wilkinson). the adjourned application by Alexander shedden jun., for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Mining Crisis. Miners' Federation. an Ultimatum. Newcastle
A meeting of the. committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades Hall on Saturday, to consider the position of the federation at the present…
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