Fire in a Colliery Using Naked Lights. Sydney
A small outbreak of fire occurred in a tunned at the Wallscnd Colliery on Wednesday afternoon, and the affected area was scaled off. It has since been…
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Mining & the mines, 1912
1,137 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 57
Northumberland Miners
The Northumberland miner have obtained an increase in wages of 2½ per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japan's Coal Exports
The Premier has re[?]sived a report from Mr. J. B. Suttor (Trade Commissioner in the East). in which he shows the growing trade of Japan in coal experts. The figures are as follow:—1908,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland Coal[?] Stanford-merthyr [?]
Trains run daily between [?] and the colliery townships as [?] West Maitland to East [?] Junction, Kurri-rd, Stepford [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japanese Coal for Chili. Santiago, Aug. 25
With a view to balancing the exports of nitrate to Japan by imports of coal the Chilian railways are experimenting with Japanese coal, which is cheaper that either…
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Santiago, Sunday.—With a view to balancing the exports of nitrate to Japan by imports of coal, the Chilian railways are experimenting with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Zealand Mining Trouble
At a mass meeting of Barrier unionists, at Broken Hill, which was addressed by Mr. P. C. Webb, the president of the New Zealand Labour Federation, a motion was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Matters. the Joint Committee
The joint conciliation committee sat again yesterday at Newcastle, Mr. C. Hibble, chairman of committee, presiding. The claim of Colliery Employees'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Fatality. a Shiftman Killed at Sea Pit
On Tuesday afternoon a miner, named Harry Whiting, employed in the Sea Pit, Newcastle, met with a fatal accident. Whiting, who was a married man, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Coalmines. Kurri Kurri. Colliery Award Troubles
The Pelaw-Main colliery was thrown idle yesterday afternoon in consequence of the top hands refusing to work owing to the alleged dismissal of one of their number…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bogus Mining Company. Paris
An ex schoolmaster has been arrested on a charge of swindling the public of £16,000 by means a bogus mining company…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Miners' Strike. Long-standing Custom Involved. London, Aug. 28
Four thousand miners struck work in the Glamorgan Collierles, Rhondda, on Tuesday, owning to deduction made in their wages for leaving the pit, in accordance with custom,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality at Wallsend. Killed on a Coal Line. Newcastle
A man named Albert Henry Hughes, aged 27, a bachelor, living at Wellsend, was killed instantly this morning on the Wallsend coal line. He was returning along the line…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Near [?]
A representative of the big [?] Krupps has been inspecting the [?] Coomber, near Mudgee. The [?] Coomber is an extensive one, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters. the Joint Committee. Chairman on Sudden Stoppages
The joint conciliation committee (Mr. C. Hibble, chairman) had several matters before it at its sitting yesterday, with respect to the interpretation of the recent award governing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Flooded
An inrush, of water from old workings flooded a colliery at Aberdare. Three hundred workers were below, who had narrow escapes for their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Board for Collieries. Wheelers Unsuccessful
In Sydney, Judge Scholes, the President of the Industrial Court, delivered his reserved judgment on the question of constituting boards for the groups of employees engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting
The delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation met yesterday, at Newcastle. Mr. D. Watson, president of the federation, was in the chair, and besides the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Fatality. a Shiftman Killed at Sea [?]
On Tuesday afternoon a miner, [?] Harry Whiting, employed in the [?] Newcastle, met with a fatal accide[?] Whiting, who was a married [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Matters. Work at the Collieries
The work done at the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland district for the ortnight ended on Saturday was remarkable for the fact that the 38 mines from…
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