Mining
Mr Smith, the well-known mining inspector, is at present on visit to the district. During the latter end of last week and the beginning of this,…
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Mining & the mines, 1912
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The Miners and Doctors
Representatives of the Neath, Abermain, Pelaw-Main, and Hebburn miners' lodges met on Tuesday evening to discuss the doctors' difficulty in relation to the collieries…
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Lord Mersey's award on the Northumberland Conciliation Board has fixed a minimum rate for underground workers as follows:— Day workers. 4/9; pieceworkers, 5/8; boys, 2/…
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A local syndicate applied for permission to acquire, for coall mining purposes, at the Warden's Court, Scone, last week 25 acres of land,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Wales Collieries. London, May 12
By a small majority the South Wales miners' executive has rejected Mr. Stanton's demand for a national stoppage, including the railway men and transport workers, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Entombed Miners. a Thrilling Rescue
New York, Wednesday.—Six of the thirteen men who were entombed as the result of a fall of earth in the Morris Mine at Ironwood, Michigan, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Accident Benefits. Increase Asked for
Mr. Edden, the Minister of Mines, was naked by a deputation representing the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Federation to increase the payment under the Miners' Accident Relief Act…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Worked on Polling Day. Queensland Miners in Trouble
Trouble has arisen in connection with the Queensland Colliery Employess' Union, owing to the fact that Apiil 27 was declared a public…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Coal Troubles. Satisfactory Awards. London, May 14
The independent chairman of the North Staffordshire Board has given an award with which the men are satisfied. The minimum wages he has fixed range from 5s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Coal Boards. Modified Satisfaction. London, Monday evening
Although Lord Mersey's award, which is retrospective, means a windfall of £20,000 in accumulated wages, the newspapers report, a wave of indignant disapproval…
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The conciliation Board has increased the wages of the Durham miner 3¾ per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northumberland Miners' Complaint. London, Sunday evening
The Northumberland Miners' Committee has passed a resolution, bitterly protesting against Lord Mersey's award, and asking the Federation conference to eliminate the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. the Joint Committee
At the meeting yesterday morning of the joint committee on mining disputes (Mr. C. Bible, chairman), the question of an agreement for Bellbird Colliery again came up for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest News by Telegraph. Sydney, Wednesday afternoon. Colliery Manager's Estate
The estate of the late Mr. Thomas Kater, colliery manager, has been valued for probate purposes at £ 23,154…
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The National Conference of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, which has been convened to consider the minimum wages fixed by the district boards, has been opened…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Manager's Estate. (By Telegraph). Sydney
The estate of the late Thomas Cater, of Hurstville, colliery manager, has been valued at £23,154 for probate. The deceased was interested in the North Bulli…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →mINING Camp Flooded. Santiago
A mining camp at Gatlea, Autofangasta, has been flooded, and 40 persons were killed or injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Llucky Find of Gold. Nugget Worth £120. Melbourne
A resident of Tarnagulia [?] walkins in his paddock at daylight, [?] gaged in catching the family cow, [?] ed something shining on the outside [?]…
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Out of the 469 boxed of gold that went down with the P. and O. steamer Oceana 40 have been recovered. The underwriters have largely used the proceeds of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stafford Miners' Award. London, Thursday evening
Sir Waller Lawrence has awarded the South Stafford and East Worcester miners as follows:—Underground workers 4/, boys 1/16 to 2/…
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