Work at the Collieries. for Fortnightly Pay
Operations at the various Newcastle and Maitland district collieries were brisk during the fortnight, and at fourteen of the mines ten days were worked, which was the…
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Mining & the mines, 1916
813 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 41
Killed While Mine Sweeping
Mr. E. Nettleship, headmaster of the Superior Public School, west Maitland, has received word of the death of his son Edward James Nettlwship, of the Royal Naval…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Federation
Delegates from the Miners' Federation visited Muswellbrook on Sunday, and addressed a meeting of local miners at the Park gates during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Treasure-seekers Fail. The General Grant's Gold
The cutter Enterprise has reached Stewart Island (N.Z.), after an unsuccessful quest in the vicinity of the Auckland Islands for gold on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Federation. General Organisation
Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president of the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation, proceeded to Muswellbrook on Saturday. upon an organising mission with a view of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Local News Gold Button Art Union
The art union far a gold button, disposed of locally for Button Day was drawn on Wednesday night during the interval at Singleton Pictures at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Unrest
The miners are South Bull resumed work on Friday morning; but as the wheelers would not take horses into the mine, the men appointed some of their own number to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colliery Water Shortage
Owing to shortages of water, sinking [?] have not yet been resumed at the C[?]donian Company's now. Abordare Central mine. A number of men who were displaced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Output. Loyal Miners. London
Presiding at the annual conference of the Miners' Federation at Buxton, representing three-quarters of a million unionists, Mr. Smi[?] affirmed that the miners' leaders…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Food Exploiters. Miners' Presidents Castigation. London
Addressing the Trade Union Congress, Mr. Robert Smi[?] the president of the Minors' Federation, stated that Dick Turpin was a gentleman compared with the food…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal at Moree
Mr.J. Miller, well-sinker, of Bellata, informs as ("Moree and Gwydir Examiner") that whilst sinking a well on Tycannah Station, three-quarters of a mile from the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Officials' Award
The hearing was concluded in Sydney in the Industrial Court of the appeal by northern colliery proprietors and cross appeal by the Colliery Officials' Association, in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Colliery Proposition. Howard Smith Options
Mr. Howard-Smith, of the firm of Howard-Smith, Ltd. visited the Cessnock district yesterday in connection with the proposed acquisition of about 4000 acres of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miser's Gold. Chapter 1. the Lonely Hut
"Hands up!" The stern voting voice let out the two words with the force almost of a pistolshot! The two miscreants, standing one on…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Old Age Pensions. Claims of Miners' Conference. (By Cable.) London, Thursday Night
The Miners' Conference has urged that that the old age pension should be increased to 7/6 and the age reduced to 65…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Work at the Collieries. for the Fortnightly Pay
There was a revival of trade at several of the collieries during the fortnight, and 14 of them recorded full time of eleven days for the period, while other pits put in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Troubles. Deputies Dissatisfied. Cessnock
Great dissatisfaction exists amongst members of the South Maitland District Collery Deputies Association in regard to the suspension of a recent award relating to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Shipment. New York
Mr. J. P. Morgan has received a shipment of twenty millions in gold from London…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Quest for Gold. Romance of This Sea
The return to New Zealand of Captain P. V. Catting andhis daredevil companions in the little outter Enterprise (14-h.p.) marks the closing chapter of one of the greatest…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Matters. Colliery Mechanics' Dispute. Proprietors Agree to a Conference
In connection with the Colliery Mechanics' Dispute, Mr. Walter Waller, secretary of the Association, late yesterday afternoon received a message from…
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