Commissioners Coal "Black."
The strike committee met yesterday and during the afternoon Mr. E. T. Kavanagh, M.L.C., secretary of the Labour Council, made the following statement on its behalf…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1917
958 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 48
East Greta Railway. Traffic Ceases. All Collieries Idle To-morrow. Cessnock
Railwav traffic between Maitland and the mines district stopped at an "early hour this morning. The last train to run was a coal train from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Coal Board. Justice Edmunds' Decision Accepted
The ballot which was taken by the miners to decide whether or not they would accept Mr Justice Edmunds' decision on the Richmond Main dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Strike. Coal Declared Black. Loco. Men Decide
The strike of railway work [?] at Rand wick as a protest against the introduction of the card system threatens to spread until the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal and Electric Power. No Suburban Trams After 6 P.m
It is expected that the Defence Committee to-day will decide whether coal is to be declared black. If declared black It is feared it will have a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All Coal Declared Black All Unions Out. Stop at Midnight. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The Strike Defence Committee sat until 1 o'clock to-day. At the conclusion of the sitting Mr Kavanagh made an official statement that all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collieries Idle. Supply of Waggons Exhausted. Large Stocks of Coal. Cessnock
All the collieries on the Maitland Coalfield are idle to-day, all available waggons having been filled. In most cases there are large quantities of coal on hand, as much as 200…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Affairs at Newcastle. Serious Stage Reached. Mines and Walsh Island Idle. Newcastle
So far as tills city and district are concerned, the striek to-day reached a serious stage, notwithstanding that on the trains and trams an improved service is being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sydney Trams. Power House Men Loyal. Coal Lumpers' Decision. Sydney
Sydney presented an unsually quiet appearance last night, due to the fact that the tramway service ceased shortly after 5 o'clock. The majority of shops closed at 5…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All Coal "Black." Miners' Consultation. Cessnock
The strike position was discussed at a meeting of the Maitland and Greta section of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation held here to-dday, at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Men Out. Coal Industry Crippled. 7000 Miners Affected
The effects of the industrial trouble in Sydney are now being seriously felt in the Maitland district. Should the strike continue it will result in about 7000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →All Collieries Idle Newcastle and Maitland. Stand by Strikers
All Newcastle and Maitland district collieries are idle, owing to the enginedrivers deciding to stand by the unions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Abermain Mine Fatality Accidental Death
The adjourned inquest concering the death of Edward Meir, who died in Kurri Hospital, on July 31, as a result of injuries received in Abermain No. 1 Colliery on the same date…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Loyal Officers. 4000 Miners Idle. Sydney
Officers of the metropolitan division of the Permanent Way branch held a meeting and affirmed heir loyalty to the Commissioners in the present crisis…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Lumpers Not Out. Sydney, Thursday afternoon
The Coal lumpers are not on strike, but the majority of them are idle, as practically there is nothing for them to do. The executive of the Amalgamated Milk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Miners. Statement Denied. Sydney
Mr. Willis, secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, emphatically denies having made a statement that the coal miners were out to fight the Government to the last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Miners' Vote
The executive of the Miners' Federation, which represents 600,000 votes, I as decided to ask the Laber party for more information regrading the Stockholm Conference…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Coal Tribunal. Adjourned Indefinitely
When the Federal Coal Tribunal sat at Wollongong yesterday for the purpose of completing the unfinished cases, Mr. T. R. Morgan informed Mr. Justice Edmunds, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Black" Coal. Conveyance of Labour Members
In the House of Representatives, Mr Corser (Q.) asked Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, if he knew that the absence of labour members from the House was due to the…
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