Coal Strike Aftermath. Proposed Trade Union Bank
London, Tuesday.—Two thousand two hundred colliers employed at Ebbw Vale mines have struck work, owing to the lampmen withdrawing from the Miners'…
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Mining & the mines, 1912
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Mining Matters. the Joint Committee
The joint concillation committee met again yesterday at Newcastle, Mr. C. Hibble, chairman of the committee, presiding. The claim of the Colliery Employees'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heddon-greta Colliery
The residents of Heddon-Greta were reminded of old times by the temporary reopening of the colliery the other day. The boilers and machinery had beon silent for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boring for Coal at Murru[?]
A private company is at present [?] boring for coal near Murrurundi, and [?] sider they are likely to be successful in [?] operations. The deposits they are [?]…
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The collieries at Ebbw Vale have resumed work, having given the required undertaking that internal differences in the unions will not "hold up" the collieries in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Electric Lamp
The first prize of £600 offered by the Homo Office in a competition for a miner's electric lamp has been awarded to Mr. F. Farber, of Dortmund. Eight English and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Coal Export Trade
During the year 1911 the total output of the coal mines of the State amounted to 8,691,601 tons. Upwards of 5,000,000 tons of this were exported, and nearly half of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Colliery Strike in Wales. 2200 Idle. London
There is trouble at Ebbwvale Colliery, where 2200 colliers have struck owing to the lampmen having withdrawn from the Miners' Federation in order to join the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Colliery Explosion. Heavy Death-roll. Berlin
An explosion of fire damp entombed 100 at Lothvingea colliery, Buchum. Sixty-five Were saved, seven were killed, and 16 severely injured…
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The joint conciliation committee (Mr. C. Hibble chairman) sat again yesterday at Newcastle. It was reported to the committee that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Mine Explosion. Nineteen Lives Lost. (By Cable). New York
Nineteen men have lost their lives owing to an explosion of gas at the Abermant mine, Alabama. Seventeen bodies have been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters. Work at the Collieries
The fortnight ended on Saturday was a very brisk one for practically the whole of the mines in the Ne[?] Maitland districts. Twenty-five collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Minimum Wage Act. Miners' Federation Dissatisfied London, Aug 17
The Minors' Federation Conference agreed to a resolution expressing strong dissatisfaction at the working of the Minimum Wago in Coal Mines Act, particularly because,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Rainbow" Gold. Useless Treasure Hunt London, Aug. 17
[?] the well-known explorer, states that the party seeking for the treasure, said to amount to £11,000,000, which was buried by Jesuits in 1767, at Sacan Bay,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Palaw-main Miners
The monthly meeting of the Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge was held on Sunday, at which Mr. R. Herron presided. Resolutions of sympathy with Mr. R. Mason (a member…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Accidents
George Cooper Nicholson, a miner, 24 years of age, was admitted to the Kurri Hospital on Saturday suffering from a crushed leg, the result of a fall of coal in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stanford Merthyr Miners
Mr. B. Roberts presided at the monthly meeting of Stanford-Merthyr miners lodge on Sunday. In response to appeals sent out on behalf…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Secular Education. Condemned by Miners. London, Wednesday Night
The Miners Federation has given notice of a resolution for the forthcoming Trades Union Congress at Newport to eliminate secular education from future programmes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Wallsend Colliery
A fire was discovered about two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon in a drive in the Centennial district No. 1 tunnel of "Wallsend colliery by a deputy, who was going…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Maitland Coalmines. Pelaw-main Colliery
Considerable surprise was occasioned amongst the Pelaw-Main miners at a recent meeting by the contents of a letter received form the president of the federation. Mr…
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