Mining Matters. Pelaw-main Trouble
The position which has arisen at Pelaw-Main was considered by a very large attendance of miners, in the King's Hall, Newcastle, yesterday afternoon, Mr. W. Thomson…
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Mining & the mines, 1914
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State Coal Mine Experiences
Whenever serious strikes occur in any indus-try, them are always some demands for nationalization as though state employment were a sovereign remedy for the strike…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mining Conference. Mines Still Idle. the Masters' Terms. Kurri Kurri
The result of the conference with the colliery proprietors yesterday in connection with the cessation of work at Pelaw-Main and Hebburn Collieries was reported to a meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Canaries As Life-savers. Bad Air in Mines
The enumeration of canary-birds among the necessary implements of the minor might cause surprise, but these pets are life-savers of the first order when their services are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Battleship Australia. Condition Unsatisfactory. Australian Coal Censured. Sydney
The condition of the battleship Australia is said to be giving anxiety to the naval authorities. It is stated in official quarters that £200,000 must be spent on the battleship…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Romance of a Mine. This Queen of Molybdenite. [?]Ore One Time Discarded As Valueless Now Worth £525 Per Ton
How many regrets lay among the past endeavors of the man who has been lured by the call of mining speculation? How many abandoned shafts to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Remarkable Subsidence. Abandoned Mine Workings. Pottsville (Pen.), March 22
Two miners, while engaged at work in a shanty on the side of a mountain near a colliery, disappeared into the earth inside the building, owing to a subsidence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mining Situation. Mr. John Brown's Opinion
Nearly 2000 people attended the picnic promoted by Mr. John Brown at Paterson recreation reserve on Saturday to Celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the special…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Closed Down
The Whitburn Colliery, employing 2600 men, is closing down, owing to the heavy working expenses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Agreement. Case for the Federation
Messrs. D. Watson and A. Lewis, president and treasurer, respectively, of the Colliery Employees' Federation, referred on Monday to the speech made by Mr. John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →East Green Miners
Lieut-Colonel Nicholson, Member for Maitland has now received a definite reply from the Department of Mines in regard to his application to the East Grata miners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Colliery. One of Hugh Dimensions
Information has leaked out that preparations have been begun for the opening up of a very large new colliery near Cessnock. The name of the party or parties who are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Coal. Fleet Requirements
Up to the present it cannot be said that a really good Australian coal has been found for the Australian fleet unit. since the flagship, H.M.S. Australia, has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broxburn Mine Idle. Refractory Wheelers
The Broxburn mine is idle, through the action of the wheelers refusing to work, on account of one of their number getting dismissed (says our Greta correspondent). The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting
A special meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees Federation was held at Newcastle yesterday, at which Mr. D. Watson, the president, occupied the chair,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broxburn Colliery Trouble. Work Resumed
The Broxburn mine resumed work yesterday morning. After being idle two days. A deputation interviewed the manager again on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Stoppages. Treatment of Youths
During the currency of the recent stoppage of work at Pelaw-Main and Hebbarn collieries a proposal was made that in cases where boys and youths bring about a stoppage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coalt and Coal
To the unitiated, coal is coal, and they don't see much difference between one kind and another. Those who have to burn it under boilers,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Collieries. the Birth of Another Boom. Cessnock's Probabilities
Sometime age We drew attention to the fact that negotiations were then being entered into for the establishment of a new colliery near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Whitburn Colliery. Presentation to Mr. J. Lacy
On Monday evening last (says our Greta correspondent) a very pleasing ceremony took place in the Sportsman's Hotel, Greta, when Mr. J. Lacy, the late engineer of the…
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