A Wheeler's Claim. Hebburn Colliery Thrown Idle
Hebburn colliery was idle yesterday, the result of trouble about a wheeler's claim to promotion. A vacancy occurred for the appointment of a first-class shiftman, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1919
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Price of Coal. the Government Concerned
The Premier (Mr. Holman) stated that the Government was concerned at the proposed increase in the selling price of coal. "We have been watching the developments,"…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Miners' Delegate Board. Proprietors' Proposals. Newcastle
A Miners Delegate Board meeting was held to-day to consider the proposals emanating from the conference with the colliery proprietors. These are that the minimum…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →State Gold Yield. Decrease in Value
Mr. R. H. Cambage, Under-Secretary for Mines, has furnished a return which shows that the gold yield recorded in this State for the month of March is 3,825 ounces…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Victoria's Coal Supply. Position a Serious One
At a conference in Melbourne of representatives of the City Electrical Supply. Metropolitan Gas Company. Railway Department, and the Melbourne Electric Supply Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Peace Conference. Coal for France. Vancouver
An agreement on the Saar Valley has been reached. It leaves the sovereignty unchanged, but accords France, free of duty, sufficient coal for the Lorraine iron…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Work at the Collieries
Owing to the holidays a full return of the number of days worked at the colliers of the Newcastle and South Maitland coulfields for the past fortnight was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mining Townships
The Kurri Kurri Superior Public School has been opened as an isolation hospital and patients from the Drill Hall removed there, The matron and two nurses of Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Double Mining Fatality. Electric Shocks
George Thompson, aged 19 years single was found dead in the main tunnel of the under ground section of the Mount Bisehoff Tin Mine Waratah (Tas), on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Barrage. Closing North Sea Exit. Seventy Thousand Mines
The American mining squadron, which, in conjunction with the British navy, blazed a 230 mile trail of mines across the North Sea from the Orkneys to the coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bellbird Colliery Idle. Bellbird
The employees of Bellbird colliery refused to go down the mine with men who had visited infected areas during the holidays. The pit was therefore laid idle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Commission. First Sitting. Sydney
The first sitting of the Royal Commissioners Mr. J. L. Campbell, K. C. to inquire into the trouble in the coal trade, was held this morning, No representative was present for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Miners, Accept Government Terms. London
A message dated April 16, says: The Miners' Conference has unanimously accepted the Government terms. The mine owners and the Coal Controller…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Why the Miners Are Not Represented. Mr. Willis Questioned. Sydney
Mr. Willis, when asked to-day for the reason the miners were not being represented before the Coal Commission, said that up to the present they had not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Mining Townships. Three Cases at Neath. Cessnock
Three cases of pneumonic influenza were notified from Neath yesterday. These are first cases notified from that town, and it is evident that the disease is gradually spread…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters. Miners Executive Meeting
A meeting of the executive of the southern district branch of the Coal and Shale Fedoration was held at the Newcastle office of the organisation yesterday. Mr. J. M…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Commission. Opening Sitting
Mr. T. .L. Campbell. K.C., the Royal Commissioner appointed by the State Government to inquire into the coalmining industry and the coal trade of the State of New…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nationalisation,of Mines. London, April 16
Mr. Smillie (miners president), speaking at the Miners' Conference, promised to organise a new campaign to enforce nationalisation, giving the men joint control of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion of German Mine. on New Zealand Coast
A sensational discovery was made on the beach at Woodleigh, near the mouth of the Kalkato River, about 30 miles south of Auckland (N.Z.). where the romains of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Collieries Idle. Newcastle
It was reported in Newcastle this morning that only Neath collery was working on the Maitland field, but the Greta mines are still working. The outlook is…
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