Coal Contracts
Owing to the anticipation of a lock-out in South Wales, several large coal contracts have gone abroad…
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Mining & the mines, 1909
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Eight Hours in Mines. Question of Wages. London, May 20
The South Wales coal owners, who control 40,000,000 tons annually, have issued a manifesto explaining why they have given notice of reduction of wages to the miners and other pit hands…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work at the Collieries
Work at East Greta has been very irregular during the past fortnight, with the result that the employees only have 1½ days' pay to draw on Friday next. At Stanford-Morthyr the operations extended…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Very Latest Cables. London, Friday afternoon. Durham Miners' Wages
Although the coal operators asked for a reduction in wages of 7½ per cent., and the operatives were agreeable to a 5 per cent, reduction, Lord Collins, umpiring on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scotch Colliery Wages
The Scotch coal masters decline to cancel their demand for a reduction of wages by sixpence per day, although the National Federation of Great Britain is backing the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cobar Mining Agreement. Settlement Probable
'A' very large meeting of the A.M.A. members was hold on Sunday night to receive the report of the delegates to the conference with the Mincowners' Association. The scale…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scottish Coal Dispute
[?] Scottish coalowners have decided to [?] from the Conciliation Board, and [?]rce their demands for a reduction of [?] from 6s to 56 6d a dya. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General News. Pay at the Collieries
Owing to the slackness in the coal trade, the pay at the East Greta and Stanford-Merthyr collieries, which was distributed to-day, was not as large as the previous fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maitland Coalmines. Hebburn Colliery Trouble
The difficulty at Hebburn Colliery regarding the lifting of "bottoms" briefly reported in last evening's issue, was yesterday made the subject of an interview between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Commission the Miners Withdraw. Totally Unexpected Development. Newcastle, Tuesday Afternoon
When the reconstituted and resurrected Royal Coal Commission on the dispute between the Colliery Proprietors' Association and the Miners Federation attempted to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When Miners Strike
The International Miners' Congress at Berlin [?] that whenever there is a general strike [?] miners, neighbouring countries shall stop [?] for a time. The congress also resolved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Coal-mining Commission
There is every probability that the miners will withdraw the whole of their claims before the Royal Commission at Newcastle. Their principal reason for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Loading at Newcastle
The whole question of the efficiency of the M'Myler hoist, installed by the Railway commissioners at Newcastle, is to be inquired into by a board, consisting of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Loading Facilities
It is well that the whole question of the best means for lending coal economically aud expeditiously should be referred by the Government to a board for inquiry. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Commission. the Miners Withdraw
When the reconstituted and resurrected Royal Coal Commission on the dispute between the Colliery Proprietors' Association and the Miners Federation attempted to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Work at the Collieries
Better time has been worked by the East Greta Company's collieries for the pay to he drawn on Friday next. Both collieries— East Greta and Standford—Merthyr—[?] on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal in India
India is still making marked headway on the matter of coal production, and is now producing about 10,000,000 tons annually. Mr. Suttor, Trade Commissioner for New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dudley Colliery Thrown Idle. the Debburn Conference. Newcastle
Dudley Colliery is idle to-day the miners refusing to work pillars in the manner desired by the manager whom the miners accuse of having altered the conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Co-partnership in Collieries
Sir Christopher Furness is continuing the work of extending the practice of co-partnerships, to lesson the friction between employers and employed, and to secure for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pelaw-main Miners' Lodge
The monthly meeting of the Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge was held on Sunday afternoon, and was presided over by Mr. E. Blanche. A letter was received from a…
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