Colliery Accidents
Many accidents due to the neglected condition of the collieries are reported, and three persons were killed and three others injured through the fail of roof at…
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Mining & the mines, 1912
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British Coal Strike
Alter about six weeks of cessation of work the miners of Great Britain are about to resume their occupation. The figures quoted in our cablegrams of yesterday indicate…
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London, Saturday.—The result of the ballot of the miners on the question of returning to work was officially announced yesterday to be as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stopping Op Collieries
In delivering his decision in the Abermah case, Mr. C, Hibble said he desired to point out generally that, in the event, of disagreements arising between managers and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rebellious Miners
Five thousand miners at Bolton and West Houghton have refused to resume work until the minimum wage is fixed. Strikers armed with pieces of timber,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Gold Yield
The usual return furnished by the Under-Secretary of Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for New South Wales for March is 8740 ounces crude, equal to 7720 ounces fine,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters
The joint committee which is dealing with disputes in connection with the worKing of the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts, met again on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Abermain Colliery Dispute. Men's Claims Upheld. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The joint concillation committee, in adjudicating on the dispute regarding, the top coal at the Abermain, [?] upheld the men's claims. The qu[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Coal Strike. (By Cable.) London
The coal strike has cost a loss wages of £l-ia,OUO, half among the [?] ers and half in the other trades. Is railways lost £2800000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Strike in Britain. Partial Resumption of Work. London, April 10
There has been a partial resumption of work in South Wales, owing to the colliery officials acting as enginemen. Elsewhere the miners are preventing the mine officials…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Coal Strike. Miners Returning to Work
London, Sunday.—The result of the ballot of the miners on the question of returning to work was officially announced yesterday to be as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nationalisation of Mines
In the House of Commons, Mr. L. G. C. Money (Liberal gave notice of a motion demanding the public control of coal mines and the establishment of a Power…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Pickers Killed
A fall of clay killed four women and children who were picking coal in an open pit at Bury…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Work at the Collieries Newcastle
The district collieries have worked excellently for the fortnightly pay to be drawn by the miners next Friday. The majority of the pits have put in the full-time of nine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Coal Strike
After about six weeks of cessation of work the miners of Great Britain are about to resume their occupation. The figures quoted in our cablegrams of yesterday indicate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Crisis
The Bishop of Birmingham (Dr. Russell Wakefield) preaching recently from the text "Charity never faileth," referring to the coal crisis said: "It does seem that gradually in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railways and Coal Supplies
Some of the railways have notified the collieries that at a condition to the carriage of coal they must themselves be guaranteed a supply to the extent of 20 per cent, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Next Demand. London, April 8
Many miners' meetings in Yorkshire have condemned the leaders of the men for [?]dering a resumption of work before the minimum wages are fixed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Poor Victorian Coal. Harbour Trust's Contracts
At a meeting of the Harbour Trust in Melbourne discussion was resumed on the question of the coal supply to the Trust, and the value or otherwise of the coal from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →British Coal Trouble. At Work Again
London, Wednesday.—There were 200,000 miners at work in Great Britain on Tuesday, but in some districts the resumption is only partial. A wages…
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