Colliery Crisis Afternoon Shift. Resentment on Maitland Field
The long-threatened strike of Maitland coal miners has begun, and unless something is done without further delay incalculable damage will result to the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1914
857 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 43
Gold Draid and Red Tape
The journey northwards from Broken Hill is fascinating for one can watch the gradual transition from the rather stunted trees of the Rhodesian bush to the finer timber of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Australian Gold. Australia's Great Prosperity
Mr. F. O. Lassetter, of the well-known firm of Lassetter's, who has been on a business trip to Great Britain and the Continent extending over about a year…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Buried Gold. Victims of a Legend
An extraordinary story of buried treasure, which recalls some of the delightful works of George A. Birmingham, has just reached France from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Matters. Work at the Pits
The work at the district collieries was fairly constant during the past fortnight, the wet weather of the past few days, and the congestion at the berths being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Matters. Monthly Coal Coal Port
The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during the month of May for places beyond the State totalled 476,454 tons, of which 264,046 tons was for Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Explosion. Eleven Fatalities. London, May 31
A gas explosion occurred at Silkestowe colliery, Wharneliffe, eleven persons being killed. It was the Saturday shift below, otherwise 200 would have been endangered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Afternoon Shift Hostilities Commenced. Idle Collieries. Kurri Kurri
The proprietors of the Pelaw Main and Hebburn collieries have made a move to which reference was made in the "Mercury" during the last week. They have notified the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labour Federation Will Assist Miners
Mr. W. Rosser, secretary of the Federation of Labour, stated on Monday that his body would stand by the miners in their determination to have the afternoon shift abolished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. New Award Arranged
The Coalmining (North) Group, No. 2 (Colliery Mechanics) Wagos Board, at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday opened the hearing of an application by the Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kurri Hospital. the Miners and the B.m.a
About 500 persons attended a public meeting at the band rotunda on Sunday afternoon. The meeting was convened under the auspices of the Stanford Merthyr,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Matters. Whitburn Colliery
Owing to the miners not turning up for work on the afternoon shift on Monday at the Whitburn Colliery, the mine has been shut down. No meetings have been held…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Lodge
The monthly meeting of the Pelaw-Main Miner's Lodge was held on Sunday, at which Mr. W. Thompson presided. Correspondence was dealt with as follows:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Afternoon Shift Nine Collieries Idle. Proprietors' Ultimatum
The ultimatum of the colliery Proprietors was put into force yesterday, and the nine afternoon shift collieries were closed down, because no assurance could be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Situation
The action of the miners, who have brought about the serious crisis in the industry by refusing to work the obnoxious afternoon shift, while not altogether unexpected, will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maitland Coal Mines. No Change in Situation. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
There is no change in the situation on the Maitlaml coal fields. The Hebburn Colliery is standing in with the other proprietors, and nothing, is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Mine Accident
Charles Moyle, a young man, who came from Victoria a little while ago, was killed in the British mine, Broken Hill, by a fall of ground on the 600ft. level. Moyle and a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Requirements. Deputation to Ministers. Sydney, Thursday afternoon
A deputation from the southern, northern, and western coal mines districts interviewed Mr. Cann, Minister of Mines, and Mr. Estell, Minister of Labour. They…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Beach Mining. North Coast Developments
There is every prospect that an industry which at one time attracted a lot of attention on the North Coast will be revived presently (says the "Clarence and Richmond…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Goal Trouble Mines Close Down. The Afernoon Shift. 4000 Men Idle
As was expected, the proprietors of the nine collieries in the Maitland district who refused to abolish the afternoon shift closed those mines on…
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