Colliery Fatality
David Jackson a miner was killed by a fall of coal in the Abermain No.1 Colliery on Wednesday afternoon. Jackson was engaged filling a skip when a quality of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1917
958 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 48
The Local Coal Mine
There does not appear to be any prospect of an early resumption of work at the local coal mine which has been thrown idle through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Grievances
A deputation representing the Aberdare and Aberdare Extended miners, comprising Messrs. Oliver, Turner, Lord and Davidson, with the president of the C.E.F.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Muswellbrook Colliery Difficulty
No settlement has yet been effected in regard to the difficulty at the Muswellbrook colliery, which has been idle for 18 days. Mr. Waller, secretary of the Colliery Mechanics,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Stoppages. Question of Explosives. Cessnock
A dispute about explosives has caused a stoppage of work at Aberdare and Aberdare Extended Collieries. The company recently stopped the use of gelignite in the mines and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Luxuries. Enjoying the War
Within a few miles of Wakefield lie a number of mining towns and villages, all of quick and easy access to the "metropolis" which is Wakefield, and all in a state of high…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Need for Coal. Amsterdam
The Minister for Agriculture is reported to have told a deputation that Holland must export potatoes to Germany in order to obtain coal…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Gehman Gold Suspected. Washington
Gabling, from Peking; tthe United States Ambassador (Mr. Reinsch) says that the revolutionary movement for restoring the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Coal Control. Saving Transport in England. London
The Controller of Coal Mines is instituting a scheme. under which Great, Britain will be divided into 20 areas, in Which the consumers will obtain coal from the nearest point at…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Neutral Mine-layers. Governments Must Pay Bill. London, Thursday night
Lord Robert Cecil, Minister for the Blockade, stated in the House of Commons to-day that the Government had every intention of obtaining adequate reparation from any…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Work at the Collieries. for Fortnightly Pay
Despite several collieries having been idle during the fortnight, 21 mines put in full working period of 11 days, and a number of others were close up. Of these, two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Towns Arrangements
The citizens celebration of France's Day at Cessnock as in the case of other' coalfield towns; has been postponed until Friday and Saturday next, those days being in the pay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Coal Crisis. London
Reuter's Zurich correspondent reports that in the Reichstag Dr. HaRferich Imperial treasurer, disclosed the fact that one of the principal causes of the recent coal crisis…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Troubles
There is no fresh developments concerning the dispute at the Aberdare and Aberdare Extended collieries over the explosives question. Questioned yesterday a miners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stacking of Coal. Federations Inquiries
A combined meeting of the executive officers of the Australian Coal and Shale Employees Federation and the Northern Colliery Employees Federation, was held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Mechanics. Matter Before the Court
Mr. Justice Heydon was engaged in sydney yesterday dealing with an application on behalf of the colliery Mechanics Association for a variation of the award of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Fatality. Inquest at Abermain
The adjourned inquest concerning the death of David Edward Jackson who was killed by a fall of coal in Abermain colliery on the 11th inst., was resumed at Garratt's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Fire. Grave Suspicions. Cessnock
A report has been made to the Cessnock police to the effect that the night watchman at Aberdaro Colliery, John Hill, discovered, a fire in an empty oil cask at about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Coal Mine. Railway Department to Take It Over
The State coal mine at Lithgow, which is temporarily closed down, will shortly be handed over to the Railway Commissioners, to be worked as an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coal Strike
So far as we are able to learn there are not at present any signs of settlement of the dispute between the C.E.F. and Mechanics' Association…
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