Coal-loading Facilities
The trade In Newcastle and Maitland districts coal has been seriously hampered for many years past for lack of sufficient and suitable loading facilities. The failure of…
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Mining & the mines, 1913
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Congestion in the Coal Traffic
Something must be done to relieve the state of congestion existing at Newcastle in the coal traffic. There is always congestion only every now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wages' Board Award. Pelaw-main Miners' Dissatisfaction
The president of the Minors' Federation, Mr. D. Watson, visited Pelaw-Main yesterday, in connection with a disagreement that has arisen at that mine respecting [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Miners' Problem. Second Shift. Whole Question Discussed. Newcastle, Friday afternoon
With the exception of the Hebburn colliery, where a fortnight's truce hus been arranged, the trouble on the Maitland coalfield in consequence of the miners'…
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The Muswellbrook Correspondent of the Maitland "Mercury" publishes a rumour that a State Coal mine is to be established at Kayuga,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Loading. Good News for Newcastle
For some years Newcastle's coal-loading appliances have been much short of the port's trade requirements, and to various Governments the commercial community of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Labour Troubles. Mine Employees' Demands. London
The Miners' Federation Conference ex-pressed regret at the rejection of the demand for a 15 per cent. advance in the wages of surfacemen, and the hope that the employers…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Buried in Coal. Rescuing a Miner
A miner named William Murray, employed at the Invincible colliery (Cullen Bullen), narrowly escaped using his hie by a fall of tops of some hundreds of tons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Explosion in Colorado. Thirty-Eight Killed
Grand Junction (Col.), Wednesday.— An explosion occurred in the Vulcan mine, in the neighbourhood of New castle, which resulted in the deaths of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Disaster. Grand Junction (Colorado, U.S.A.), Tues
An explosion at the Vulcan mine, near Newcastle, has entombed between 40 and 50 miners. The rescuers arc unable to enter the mine owing to the alter damp…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Explosion. Grim Disaster in Colorado. Grand Junction (Col.). Dec. 17
An explosion occurred in the Vulcan mine, in the neighbourhood of Newcastle, which resulted in the deaths of 38 out of the 40 meu who were below at the time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Matters. Work at the Collieries
Average evenness characterised the working at the pits during the past fortnight. the majority getting in practically full time. In a couple of instances time was lost…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Matters. Election of Executive
The returns with the exception, of one from a small lodge, in connection with the Annual election of executive officers of the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Matters. Conference of Miners' Representatives
A conference of representatives of the miners' lodge in the Maitland and Greta districts was held at West Maitland yesterday, to deal with a certain position [?] at the present [?]uncture to give any information relative to the business of the conference, on the ground that the lodges only had a right to know…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold in Siberia. St. Petersburg
There are extraordinary rumours of gold discoveries in siberia, Huge nuggets have been found in widely soparated alluvial diggings, including Yanuscuk provinco, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Policy of the Federation
Mr. David Watson, the president of the Northern Colliery Employers Federation, in the course of conversation had something to say as to the future pohey of the executive…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Cost of Coal. Facts About Mine Disaster. Heroes in the Pit
So long as we omit one precaution against coal mine explosions, no one, says the "Manchester Guardian," can look into his domestic fire with a clear conscience…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miners' Problem. Second Shift. Newcastle, Friday afternoon
With the exception of the Hebburn colliery, where a fortnight's truce has been arranged, the trouble on the Maitland coalfield in consequence of the miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Matters. Election of Executive
The returns with the exception of one from a small lodge, in connection with the annual election of executive officers of the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Mining Situation
Although Newcastle and Maitland, the chief colliery districts of Australia, have for a considerable time now happily been free from the widespread and enormous…
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