Coal Transporters. for Melbourne Wharves
In pursuance of Its decision to instal coal transporters on the wharves of Melbourne, the Melbourne Harbour Trust is calling for tenders for appliances capable of dealing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1917
958 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 48
U.S.A. Gold. All Records Eclipsed. Vancouver
A message from Washington states that the amount of gold flowing into the Treasury recently from taxation has eclipsed all records…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Earn £20 a Week. Workers in Cardiff Invested £30,000,000 in War Loan
Cardiff has become known as the Pittsburg of the British Isles (says the New York "Sun"). Like the American city, the coal mines are largely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Work at the Collieries. Fortnightly Pay
Good time was worked generally at the various collieries of the Newcastle and South Maitland coal fields for the fortnight ended on Saturday last. Twenty-five…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold
"X.Y.": For some months past articles have appeared in the Australian press describing in glowing colors the wealth of gold lying on the ocean…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Troubles. on the South Coast
Three of the South Coast collieries were idle yesterday. At South Bulli, where 600 men are employed, the trouble was due to a number of the employees refusing to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Collieries Idle
Three South Coast collieries were idle on Tuesday, viz., South Bulli, Scarborough, and Coledale. The trouble at Bulli, where 500 men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Resume Work
The Coledale miners, who came out on strike on Tuesday last, through grievances relative to extra payment claimed for an electrician, resumed yesterday, a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The New Offensive. Mining Extraordinary. Million Pounds of Explosives. London
Reuter's correspondent at British Headquarters states that the new offensive opened an hour before daybreak, when, at a prearranged moment, the biggest thing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Barrier Miners
The Barrier branch of the A.M.A. has become merged in the Australasian Coal and Shales' Employees Association. Therefore, after a generation, it has ceased to exist as a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Miners' Task
Those who are impatient at what they regard the slow rate at which the Germans are being driven back on the west front ought thoughtfully to read the disclosures…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Air Service. Splendid Co-operation. Miners' Triumph. London, Sunday night
Mr. Pirrie Robinson, the "Times" corre-spondent, writes:— The value of the airmen's contribution to the victory at Messines is beyond…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Long Task. Months' Weary Toil. a Supernatural Cataclysm. London
The whole story of the great explosion before the British offensive on the Messines Ridge remains to be told, but an indication of the immensity of the scheme is given by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mines at Messines "Man-made Earthquahes." Gibbs's Description. a Thrilling Word Picture. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Sunday Night
Mr Philip Gibbs says that "The ground gained at Messines remains frm in our hands, our artillery breaking up all attempts at counter attacks,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Miners
Correspondents credit the Australian miners with the elaborate scientific tunnelling resulting in the destruction of Hill 60…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unions in Dispute. Colliery Mechanics and Amalgamated Engineers
A special conference, summoned by Mr. Justice Edmunds, Federal Coal Commissioner, to deal with, the dispute between the Colliery Mechanics' Union and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Work of the Anzacs Bravery of the Miners. Gallantry of the Troops. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.)
London, Tuesday.—General Sir Hubert Plumer has complimented all ranks on their soldierly conduct, which resulted in the capture of Messines Ridge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Bursaries. Metal Exchange Proposal
An important proposal contained in a letter from Mr. F. G. T. Nicholas, secretary and registrar of the Australian Metal Exchange, has been laid before the Council of the Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miners' Task
Those who are impatient at what they regard the slow rate at which the Germans are being driven back on the west front ought thoughtfully to read the disclosures…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fall of Coal
A man named Brady, about 30 years of age, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital to-day suffering from injuries received as the result of a fall of coal in the South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →