British Coal Trouble. Minimum Wage Bill Introduced. London
THE Prime Minister (Mr. H. H. Asquith) has introduced [?] Coal Miners' Bill, embodying a minimum wage for underground…
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Mining & the mines, 1912
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Vice-royalty at the Mines. Visit of Lord and Lady Denman. Kurri Kurri
The Governor-General (Lord Denman) and Lady Denman visited Stanford-Merthyr colliery this morning. Their Excellencies were attended by Captain Nutting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The English Coal Trade, Richer Than Gold
The seriousness of the situation cause by the coal strike in Great Britain can be gauged by the fact that the annual production of coal in the United Kingdom is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rating Mines
Mr. Justice Sly, without a jury, was engaged in the No. 2 Jury Court, in hearing a claim for £61 9s lOd, the plaintiffs being the Municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Amendments Refused
The "Times" states that the Cabinet has refused to accept any of the miners' amendments to the Minimum Wage Bill. Some Liberal papers anticipate that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Divided Opinions
The Miners' Federation Conference, contrary to the advice of the executive, carried a resolution that the bill would be unacceptable unless it provides for a minimum…
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Fort Smith (Arkansas), Thursday. Reports which have been telephoned here indicate that a great mining disaste[?] has occurred at the San Bois Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Coal-owner's Views
Mr. D. A. Thomas, chairman of the Cambrian Coal Combine, in an interview in regard to the Government bill, declared that it did not deal with the underlying cause…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Friday. the Coal Strike
Serious rioting took place at Kirconnel pits, where 500 pickets endeavoured to prevent 100 non-unionists from working. The police were summoned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Governor-general at Newcastle. a Word for the Miners
On Wednesday evening their Excellencies Lord and Lady Denman were entertained at a banquet tendered by the citizens of Newcastle in the Masonic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oil Ousting Coal. Warning to New South Wales
In spite of the fact that Hawaii is close to California, where all the cheap oil fuel for steaming purposes, comes from Newcastle coal is used almost exclusively by the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Vice-royalty at the Mines. Visit to Stanford-merthyr
The visit of the Governor-General and Lady Denman to Stanford-Merthyr Coliery yesterday was brief, owing to an alteration in the arrangements. It was at first intended that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Death of an Old Mining Identity
Mr. T. Cater late manager of the North Balli colliery, whose death occurred recently, was born in England in 1837, and began life as a miner. By dint of energy and close…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Great Coal Strike. Result of Conference. London, March 14
The conference between the representatives of the Government, the coal-owners, and the miners continued the general discussion as to the best means of arriving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Singleton Argus Saturday, March 23rd. the British Coal Strike
The attention of the world is still centred on the suicidal strike existing in the British Isles, caused by the demand of the coalminers for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Great Coal Strike. Wage Bill Agreed To. London. March 22
The House of Commons was packed, when the Premier formally moved the second reading of the Minimum Wage in Coal Mines Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bank Manager Honoured. Smoke Concert and Presentation of Gold Watch
When it became known that Mr. W. A. McDonald, the esteemed manager of the Maitland branch of the Bank of New South Wales, was about to retire from the service…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Oklahoma Mining Disaster. Additional Particulars. (By Cable). Vancouver
Additional details of the gas explosion at the San Bois mine, at MacCurtain, Oklahoma, show that 20 bodies have been recovered. They were blackened…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Coal Strike. Opposition to Minimum Bill. Poor Suffering Keenly. London
The Opposition newspapers class the Minimum Wage Bill as inadequate and a sham. "This Times" considers that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Coal Trouble Serious Rioting. Minimum Wage Bill. Important Speech by Mr Balfour. (By Cable). London
Serious rioting has taken place a Kirconner pits, where 500 pickets endeavoured to prevent 100 non-unionists from working…
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