Amended Mining Act. Colonel Nicholson's Appeal
Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholson, member for Maitland, wired us on Thursday:—"In the interest of the women and children I have asked the Premier, if the miners resume…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1917
958 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 48
Strike Situation. Mining Trouble. Position Unchanged
The positions in Sydney in connection with the coal trouble is unchanged. No further negotiations took place, and the council of the Coal and Shale Employees…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Strike Situation. a Calmer Feeling. Volunteer Workers. Miners' Conference. Sydney
Matters the Trades Hall yesterday were much quieter and the crowd in the vicinity was not nearly so large. The general feeling was that a simpler application form…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Strike More Hopeful Outlook. Government to Work Mines. Sydney
The industrial outlook generally is more hopeful as the result, of the advice given by the Defence Committee to strikers in private employment and the Government dockyards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sakhalien for America. Russia Concedes Islands and Vast Mining Lands. New York, July 5
The Petrograd correspondent of the Associated Press telegraphs that the special mining committee of the Russian Ministry of Commerce has decided to recommend the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Latest. Miners Will Continue Strike Position for Review in Six Weeks. Free Labor Opposed. No Settlement Likely. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Unionists consider that conditions are tenser because of the coal miners' refusal to accept the Government's terms It is definitely stated that the miners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipments of Coal. Coal Boars's Figures
Particulars relating to coal shipped at Sydney and Newcastle during the strike period to date were given out by the sectary of the Coal Board on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Maitland Mines
A number of employees of Richmond Main Colliery who declined to work the mine under conditions existing before the strike have received notice to quit their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Working the Mines. Acting Premier's Statement
The Acting Premier (Mr. Fuller) dicussing the coal situation said:—"Now that the miners have definitely refused to consider the Government's terms, I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Mass Meeting Government Proposals Rejected. Weston
A ,mass meeting of minors and other unionists from Stanford Merthyr to Abermain was hold at Weston this morning at which several thousand men were present. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unskilled Mining Labour Statement by the Minister
In order to make it clear that prior to the passing of the recent amendment of the [?] Mines Regulation Act it was permissable to employ unskilled labour in coal mines Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Miners' Position
The aggregate meetings of the coal miners yesterday resulted just as might have been expected, and the situation remains as unsatisfactory for the miners themselves as for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Miners. Government Proposals Rejected
"The statement is attributed to the Acting-Premier," says the president of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, "that the Federation has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Mines. Government Keeps Control
As an outcome of the strike the Government of New Sonth "Wales proposes to retain control of the coal mines for a period of at least 12 months…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Southern Miners
The Government's proposals were submitted to aggregate meetings of the miners on the southern coalfields yesterday at wollongong, Buill and Helensburgh…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Position
The Acting-Premier (Mr. Fuller) says there are now 13 mines including Muswellbrook and Gunnedah, working under Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Miners. Reject Government Proposals
Private advices received in Sydney indicate that at a miners' aggregate meeting at Weston, near Maitlanl, the men unanimously turned down the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal for Victoria. Richmond Main
Mr. Batoman, manager of the Richmond Main, characterises as utterly unjustified and absurd the statements of Mr. Charlton in the House of Representatives that the two New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Use of Brown Coal. Giving Satisfaction
The brown coal sales branch of the Victoria Minos Department has intimate that the public, and particularly manufacturers may have unlimited supplies of brown coal,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Mines. Victorians to Work at Maitland
Mr Hagelthorn (Victorian Minister for Agriculture) states that about 200 men will leave for Maitland to-day or to-morrow. The men are of good type, and…
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