Stanford Colliery Fatality. Inquest at Kurri Kurri
An inquest was held at the Kurri Kurri Courthouse last week before the district coroner, Mr. G. Brown, and a jury of six, concerning the death of James Allan Munton,…
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Mining & the mines, 1916
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Blown Up. German Mine-layer. Copenhagen. May 17
A German mine-layer was blown up at Falsrterbo by one of her own mines. One of the crew was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →St. Eloi Salient. One of the Strongest Enemy Positions. Great Mine Explosions. Fusiliers Charge "Like a Rugby Team." France, March 29
I have already given a brief account of the capture of 600 yards of German trenches, near St Eloi, but this achievement, which is of real importance deserves more…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Colliery Mechanics. Wages Board Sitting
The Coalmining Group (North), No. 2 Wages Board (Colliery Mechanics), at the Newcastle Courthouse on Saturday, continued the hearing of matters filed by the Colliery Mechanics…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mines Washed Up on Swedish Coast. Copenhagen, May 28
Since 1914, 600 mines have been washed up on the Swedish coast, while Swedish marines have destroyed 500 in the same period…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Colliery Holiday
Judging by the number of inquiries received by the executive of the Colliery Employees' Federation, a good deal of uncertainty exists amongst miners as to whether…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pelaw-main Colliery. Subsidence of Surface
During last week a subsidence of the surface took place over the southern working of the Stanford-Merthyr colliery at a spot close the boundary of the Pelaw-Main…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Corps Comforts Fund
The executive of the above is appealing for Balaclava caps with ear flaps, for the Australian Mining Corps, double knitting or single Berlin wool, for which patterns may be procured at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Freights on Coal. Anglo-french Agreement. Paris, May 31
Britain and France have agreed to maximum freights for coal, thus reducing prices 35 per cent In addition to a reduction of 45 per cent, in freights, this means that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pelaw-main Colliery. Subsidence of Surface
During last week a subsidence or the surface took place over the southern workings of the Stanford-Merthyr colliery at a spot close to the boundary of the Pelaw-Main…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New Mines Township. Kitchener. Near Cessnock
The township of Kithcener which is adjacent to the Caledonian Company's Aberdare Central Colliery, is steady growing. The mine is as yet in the sinking stage, but,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine-laying with Submarines. Row It Is Done
During the past few weeks the losses among vessels plying in the North Sea, together with the sinking of two or three small British war-vessels, point to a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Eight-hour Bill. Coal and Shale Federation
A meeting of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation of Australasia was held in Sydney. The president, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, was in the chair, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines Washed Up on Swedish Coast. Copenhagen, May 28
Since 1914, 600 mines have been washed up on the Swedish coast, while Swedish marines have destroyed 500 in the same period…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mines in Artois. Failure of Enemy Attacks on the French
Mr. H. Warner Allen, special correspondent of the British Press with the French armies, says the principal objectives of the German offensive in Artois during the last week in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Praise for Duntroons. "Worth Their Weight in Gold." Sydney
In a message to the Commandant at Duntroon College, Sir Ian Hamilton says he is not overstating the case when he says that each…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Work at the Collieries. for Fortnightly Pay
Operations at the Newcastle and Maitland district collieries, so far as days worked were concerned, maintained in the past fortnight the average of the past months…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Their Own Mines. London, June 3
One account of the battle states that when the Germans divided their forces the British squadron got between the battle fleet and the smaller vessels, [?]oreing the latter on the a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Retreating Germans. Scatter Mines. Copenhagen, June 4
The "Politiken" believes thai the retreating German Fleet threw out an extraordinary number of mines, to which the pursu-ers fell victims…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Award. Deputies Shot-firers, and Waste-examiners
The Coal Mining (North) Group No. 1 Wages Board has issued its award in connection with the application of the Colliery Officials' Association of the South Maitland…
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