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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
1,060 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 53
Colliery proprietors seen this morning about the statement of Mr. Hughes that the mines will not be re-opened until February 5 say there is absolutely no truth in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At a meeting of the strike congress on Friday it is stated that an offer was received from the owner of a colliery in the Southern district to allow his mine to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This morning the whistles at all the collieries in the South Coast and Western districts were blown, as an invitation to the men to turn to, in accordance with the appeal made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the instigation of the Hebburn Miners' Lodge, the largest mass meeting over held in the district took place on the Weston Park on Saturday, at which addresses…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Government has, as already stated ordered 50,000 tons of coal, to arrive early in January. The coal will be brought to Sydney in French, German, and Dutch tramps, and possibly a few…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Early to-day a locomotive fireman named William Fenwick Bowen was killed by being run over by some coal waggons near Richmond Vale Junction. It appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There is no change in the strike position, which remains practically as it was Saturday. Mr. Hughes states that he has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Definite information was received in Sydney on Sunday night that the coal mines in the Western district which sup ply the Portland Cement Works and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Government has, as already stated, ordered 50,000 tons of coal, to arrive early in January. The coal will be brought to Sydney in French, German, and Dutch…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SINCE last issue, the only significant feature about the strike haf bee the complete triumph of Hughes over Bowling for leadership in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the meeting of the strike congress on Friday, it is stated that an offer was received from the owner of a colliery in the Southern district to allow his m[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The coal-lumpers refused to handle the cargo on board the steamer Dorst, alleging that the coal was put on board by non-union labour at mother port…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"I'm very glad to hear the Railway Commissioners have found coal," said Mr. Hughes. "It is a jubilation in which the whole of the public ought to join, expressed, no doubt, mild…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A mass meeting of residents of the Maitland coalfields was held at Weston Park on Saturday, when resolutions were adopted condemning the Government for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Strike Congress has adjudicated, upon the claims to leadership put for ward by Mr W. M. Hughes, M.P., and Mr Peter Bowling respectively. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The whistles of all the collieries, on the South Coast and at Lithgow were blown this morning, inviting the men to return to work, in accordance with the appeal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] Gazette" issued yesterday is appointment of Judge Scholes as [?] Messrs. Forsyth and Paterson [?] of the board constituted for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Discussing the coal strike in the January number of "Life" the Editor points'out a way to make the principle of arbitration in trade disputes effectual,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The whistles were not blown at the South Coast collieries this morning. Forty police left Sydney this morning for the South Coast towns…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[?] were drawn at Ebbw-Main Colliery to-day, for places in the third shift, which in to start to-night. Twenty-one pairs of miners have cavilled places, but…
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