Mr. Fuller's Statement. Appeal to the Miners
In the course of an interview last night, the Acting-Premier made an important statement bearing on the strike. He said that though the public would undoubtedly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1917
958 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 48
Brown Coal Deposits. Proposed Development in Victoria
The Premier of Victoria, Sir Alexander Peacock, has received a report by a committee of experts on the proposals to develop the brown coal deposite at Morwell. The…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Work at the Collieries. for Fortnightly Pay
Several of the collieries which have been working for some time past with volunteer, labour to meet the Government's needs for coal have put in a full period for the past…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Strike Clearing the Air. Mass Meeting of Miners, Cessnock, Mondday
The miners of the Maitland district held mass meetings at Cessnock and Weston yesterday. The speakers at both meetings were Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president, and Mr. L…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Falling Into Line. Coal-lumpers Declare Strike Off. Sydney
A mass meeting of the Sydney coallumpers decided to declare the strike off thereby falling into line with the other transport unions, which agreed to resume…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Miners' Wages. 25 Per Cent. Increase Granted. London, Sunday right
The president of the Coalminers' Federation has announced that the Government has agreed in an all-round increase of 25 per cent in their wages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ministers and Miners
On Saturday last members of the executive of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation conferred with the State Ministry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal-lumpers Resume. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The coal-lumpers have declared the strike off. All the seamen are displaying anxiety to return, anti-shipowners are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Strike Mining Situation. Gradually Becoming Normal. Cessnock
Although a number of Maitland, mines are still idle, conditions are gradually becoming normal. Aberdare miners cavilled for places yesterday, and they are ready to go to work…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Questions in Parliament Working Maitland Mines
In the legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon, Mr Gardiner asked the Minister for Labour and Industry if it was a fact that the Coal Trimmers Union at Newcastle had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Strike Mining Situation. Awaiting Government's Decision
The executive officers of the Colliery Employees' Federation were very busy until late last evening endeavouring to bring about a resmption of work at the mines that are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broken Hill Mines
Nearly 6000 men have so far registered for work in the Broken Hill mines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work at the Mines
It is stated that arrangements have been mae for most local members of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association to resume work at Aberdare…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Federation. Application for Cancellation
The Metropolitan Coal Company of Sydney and various other colliery companies in New South Wales, applied to Mr. Justice Higgins in the Federal Arbitration…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Questions in Parliament the Maitland Mines
In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Fuller, Acting Premier, in reply to Mr. Doyle who asked if the action of the Government in taking over control of the coal mines was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brown Coal Tests. Experiments in Victoria
Following the successful results which attended the recent experiments with brown coal at Newport timber seasoning works the Victorian Mines Department has appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Broken Strike Mines in Full Swing. Mr Baddeley's Statement
Mr Fuller, Acting-Premier, received a telegram on Monday night from Mr Baddeley, stating that as far as the Federation was concerned the members of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Strike Mining Situation. the Hebburn Difficulty
Representatives of the Coal and Shale Employees Federation conferred with the Cabinet yesterday afternoon for nearly two hours, when matters concerning the miners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Maitland Coal Trouble Cabinet and Delegates Confer. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
A serious attempt by the Cabinet is being made this afternoon to bring abont a settlement of the South Maitland coalfields trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A 'Mud Rush." One of the Horrors of Diamond Mining in South Africa
Nothing causes such horror in the diamond mines of South Africa as a "mud rush." Unlike a flood it gives no warning to its victims. Without a sound the black slime wells up from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →