Cessnock Collieries. Still Idle. Cessnock
The two cessnock collieries were still idle this morning. At a meeting of employees last night it was decided to resume work, but this morning there was a shortage of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1916
813 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 41
Coal and Shale Federation
The ballot of members for the election of secretary and vice-president of the Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation has been concluded. The poll, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Exporting Coal. Without Permission. Heavy Fines. Newcastle
Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M., at the police court this morning, the Customs authorities prosecuted Frederick William Newman and Charles Lowe. Both…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Miners' Patriotism. London
The Yorkshire miners are giving six pence per week for 14 weeks, (awards raising £35,000 to buy motor [?], The South Wales miners are thinking of carrying…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Collieries. Resume Work
The dispute ever the new agreement which caused a stoppage of work at the Aberdare and Aberdare Extended Colleries during the past two days has been adjusted for the time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Strikes Mine
The Dutch liner Princess Juliann struck a mine in the North Sea. She was beached at Felixstowe. The passengers and crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires in the Mining Districts
Bush fires were much in evidence at Kurri on Tuesday. At about 11 a.m. a fire swept across from the railway on the north side of the town towards Baker's brick yard, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Guns and Mines. British Activity on the Western Front. British Headquarters, Dec. 3
Our artillery has again been active of late, while all the batteries, both heavy and light, seem to have ample supplies of ammunition. Every day the German lines are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Mining Lease
We are informed that Messrs. Thompson Brothers, of Widden, have taken up as a mineral lease the e ntire range of Mountains in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cessnock Mines Idle. Offhand Labourers. Cessnock
Aberdare and Aberdare Extended Colleries are idle today owing to disaffection of a certain section of the employees with the recently-drafted agreement. The trouble is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Exporting Coal. Without Permission. Heavy Fines. Newcastle
Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M., at the police court this morning, the Customs authorities prosecuted Frederick William Newman and Charles Lowe. Both…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Stoppage
The Bellbird colliery was thrown idle this morning owing to a misunderstanding about the interpretation of the agreement. The men went to the mine, but they did…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Supply Committee. London
Mr. W. Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, has established a committee of officials drawn from the Admiralty, Munitions, and Railways to advise district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Coal Black Team
One day last week quite a crowd ga[?] in the street to admire a splendid [?] bullocks (says the Dubbo "Line never since the good old carrying days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alien Labour Barred. at Kalgoorlie Mines
Recently the Miners' Union at Kalgoorlie (W.A.) carried a resolution that its members would not continue to work with enemy subjects…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Cobar Mine Work Resumed. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The Great Cobar Copper Company Ltd. announces that operations have been resumed and blister copper regularly produced and shaped. A second Wast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Agreement. Discussed by Delegate Board
Correspondence that has passed between the Colliery Employees' Federation and the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Committee, during the past couple of weeks, in regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners and Compulsion. Determined Attitude. London. Wednesday. I
The Miners' Conference passed a resolution expressing opposition to the spirit of conscription and the determination to exercise a vigilant scrutiny of any proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Successes Train Cannonaded. Mines Blown Up. (By Cable.) London, Tuesday Night
A Paris official message says "South of the River Somme we cannonaded a train between Roye and Chaulnes. Wo blew up four mines in tho Argonno…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russia and Roumania Enormous Coal Transfer. (By Cable.) London, Tuesday Night
A Bucharest report stiites that Russia is sending enormous quantities, of coal to Roumnnia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →