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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
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In reference to the coal crisis at Newcastle, it was expected last night that the trouble in two out of the four collieries would have been settled, as the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The machine-men at the Durham Colliery also decided to go to work this morning, prepared to resume work on day wages, but if the manager insists upon them working…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At a special meeting of tho Dudley miners field yesterday, the agreement for yardage rates, etc. which had been before the ledge for some time, was discussed. it was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE work of the year commenced on Thursday at the Hunter district colleries under the new selling price of 11s per ton for best round…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The latest developments in connection with the coal mining crisis in the Newcastle district are not reassuring as this is written. The whole coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Good progress is being made with the work of development at the Wickham and Bullock Island Company's Neath Colliery. Perhaps the most important work since our previous visit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The return furnished by the Under-secretary for Alines shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of December is 29,192 ounces crude, equal to 24,749 ounces…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dr. Coding, Consul for the United States of America in Northern Now South Wales and Queensland, has received from his Government tender forms for the supply of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is expected that the introduction of the London stope drill will solve the labour problem the Rand, since a [?]tive working the instrument in five hours relieves as much as 15…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The wheelers employed at Seaham No. 2 Colliery, one of the large mines in the west wallsend district, went on strike this morning, but the mine has not been thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A new difficulty is being investigated by the Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the mining disputes in the Newcastle-Maitland districts, which is of so serious a character as to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The position of affairs at Rix's Creek remains] unchanged. Only a few surface men are now at work the others appear to be determined not to resume unless the sixpence per ton advance…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →So far as the wheelers and offhanded workers at Dudley and the wheelers at Burwood are concerned, the difficulty in each case been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The coal trimmers at Newcastle have called a special meeting for to-night, and it is regarded as certain that a proposal will be made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Matters in connection with the wharf abourers' strike are quiet again to-day. As far as the unionist strikers are concerned the wharves are practically deserted. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French companies have virtually made an immediate concession to miners of an eight hours work day, instead of waiting until 1910, when the law providing for this working day comes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THIS is the period when Government departments, by way presumably of justification for their existence, are apt to break out with a formidable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In fulfilment of the prediction made in last evening's "Mercury," the coaltrimmers at a special meeting last evening decided to made common cause with the wharf labourers, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The working costs of 63 mines 'representing 99 per cent, of the entire tonnage of the Rand was 20s per ton for November last, compared with 22s 6d per ton, the average for previous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Hodges' Hall, Teralba, last' evening a special meeting of the Rhondda, Pacific Northern Extended, and Northumberland miners was held for the purpose of dealing…
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