Turkey's Plight. Shortage of Coal. Athens, June 8
Travellers from Constantinople report a serious shortage of coal. The mills are restricting their output, and waterworks may be compelled to discontinue their supply…
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Travellers from Constantinople report a serious shortage of coal. The mills are restricting their output, and waterworks may be compelled to discontinue their supply…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The fact that work at a number of coal minus has been retarded owing to the scarcity of permitted explosives has been brought under the notice of Mr. Eastell in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trouble occurred between the Colliery Employees' Union and the proprietors of Balmain Colliery concerning working conditions. As a consequence the colliery has been thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Committee reports that 191,170 miner's joined the army up to the end of February. The shortage of production owing to the war was 12,000,000 tons per…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Athens, Tuesday.—Travellers from Constantinople, report a serious, short age of coal. The mills are restricting their output, and waterworks may be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The executive of the South Wales Miners' Federation has decided to summon a general conference of South Wales delegates, and also to ask the colliery proprietors to agree…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Courthouse to-day the Colliery Mechanies' Wages Board completed an inquiry as to whether or not the present condition of the coalmining industry warranted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Despite an increase of 17½ per cent., the South Wales miners persist in their notices expiring at the end of June. It is their intention to compel the coalowners to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Walter Runelman, President of the Board of Trade, speaking in the House of Commons with reference to the increased price of coal, stated that it was largely due…
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Committee reports that 191,170 miners joined the army up to the end of February. The shortage of production owing to the war was 12,000,000 tons per economising coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Senate, Senator Watson (N.S.W.) said the situation at Newcastle wan very grave in regard to the export of coal. The matter called for immediately attention, seeing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Travellers from Constantinople report a serious shortage of coal. The mills are [?] stricting their output, and waterworks may be compelled to discontinue their supply…
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →A graphic narrative by the French Eye-Witness of the sapping operations in the vicinity of Fontenelle is published to-day. It says:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. F. Arnall, who has been afternoon overman at Stanford-Merthyr Colliery for some time, and who has accepted a position as underground manager at Rothbury…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. W. Runeiman, President of the Board of Trade in answer to a question in the House of Commons, stated that the coalminers were working on an average 5, 6.1 days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In connection with the serious delays that have occurred at the Newcastle and Maitland district collieries owing to the shortage of explosives, Mr. Estell, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Five thousand miners at Merthyr and Rhondda collieries struck as a protest against the employment of non-unionists…
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