Mount Lyell Disaster. Flooding the Mine
It is now most uncertain when it will be possible to recover the bodies of the victims of the North Mount Lyell disaster (says a message from Queenstown, dated…
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Mining & the mines, 1912
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Hebburn Colliery
The trouble at Hebburn colliery was discussed at a meeting of the lodge held yesterday at which the president of the federation Mr. D. Watson, was in attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Killed. Crushed by Fall of Coal., Newcastle, Thursday afternoon
A fatality occurred this morning in Dudley colliery, a miner named Thomas Greener, aged 54, married, being killed instantly by a fall of about two tons of…
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Owing to the miners at Bellbird and Abermain collieries refusing to return to work on Tuesday, the joint conciliation committee, at its meeting on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five District Collieries Idle. 1500 Hands Affected. Newcastle, Thursday afternoon
Latest information to hand this afternoon from Maitland and outlying mining centres in this district is to the effect that there are five collieries idle and nearly 1500…
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The president of the miners federation Mr. D. Watson, in company with representatives of the joint committee, visited Bellbird Colliery yesterday in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Gold Frauds. Discoveries in Johannesburg. Johannesburg, Oct. 24
The police have discovered a method whereby unwrought gold stolen from mining companies is smuggled into England, and the Continent. The gold is sent in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Killed
A fatality occurred on Thursday morning in Dudley colliery, a miner named Thomas Greener, aged 54, married, being killed instantly by a fall of about two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Troubles
The trouble at several mines in the maitland and district caused a feeling of uneasiness lest the district should again to plunged into industrial turmoil. There is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Economic Treasurer. Gold Dust
The Commonwealth Treasurer has discovered a new way of earning interest on his gold reserves. It is remarkably small interest, and the incidental costs decrease…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In an Opium Den. Fashionable Women Surprised in Quest of Gold Tea
The opium den flourished in the States, and a sensation was caused the other day in New Jersey, when [?]fashionable women were trapped by police when…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mining Matters. Work at the Collieries
Though the average of days worked for the fortnight ended on Saturday was not as high as for the previous term, the work done at the large majority of mines is an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hebburn Colliery Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death
The adjourned inquest concerning the death of John R. White, who was killed in Hebburn Colliery on Friday last, was resumed at Jewell's Hotel, Weston, this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Situation. 1000 Men Still Out. Newcastle
The mining situation in this district and on the South-Maitland field is regarded with considerable alarm. All efforts so far made by the Miners' Federation leaders to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Lodge Meetings
A meeting of the Stanford Merthyr miners lodge was held on Sunday, at which Mr. B. Roberts presided. The check inspector, Mr. J. Maher, submitted a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lyell Disaster. Flooding the Mine
Later inspections that have been made of the North Mount Lyell (Tas.) mine disclose that the fumes are still too bad to permit of any underground…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Rescue Stations. Scheme for Maitland Field
The Minister of Minos has received from the chief inspector a report in regard to the proposal to establish a mine rescue station on the Maitland coal field. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Situation. Responsibility of Executive Officers
Strong exception is taken by the executive officers of the Colliery Employees Federation, to a statement which appeared in last night's issue in a message, regarding the mining situation, from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Northern Coal Troubles. Men Refuse to Accept Award of Conciliation Committee
There is a very disturbed situation at present in connection with certain mines in the Maitland district. At Abermain not Bellbird, the men have refused to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Abermain Colliery Dispute
Mr. G. Gregory, a late member of the Cessnock Miners' Lodge, who was recently appointed an inspector under the industrial Disputes Act, attended a meeting of the…
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