Work at the Collieries. for Fortnightly Pay
Work at the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts during the fortnight ended on Saturday was brisk. Owing to the Easter holidays ten days…
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Mining & the mines, 1920
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The Coal Commission. Further Evidence. Sydney
Dr. James Robertson, mining engineer, giving evidence before the Coal Commission, said that differences should always be settled promptly between the men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Strikes Management Defined. Evidence at Coal Commission
At the Coal Commission at Parliament House, Sydney, on Friday, Mr William Jones, manager of the Corrimal-Balgownie Colliery, said the miners had a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Coast English
From Tarquah, Gold Coast Colony, the foreman fitter of a gold mine sends to the "Newcastle Weekly Chronicle" some specimens of the letters he receives from natives…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Deficient Places. Outspoken Mine Manager
Giving evidence before the Coal Commission in Sydney, Dr. James R.M. Robertson, mining engineer, with over 55 years' experience in mining, was outspoken with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill Strike. Offer to the Miners
The proprictors of the Broken Hill miners and treatment companies have offered new conditions to the Barrier workmen. The chairman (Mr.C.F.Courtney) said that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Commission. Cause of Stoppages. Sydney
Joseph Rowe, manager of the Metropolitan Colliery, giving evidence before the coal commission, stated it was difficult to stop frequent stoppages. as youths largely controlled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Coast Miners Resume £2000 in Wages Lost. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The miners at the South Bulli col hery resumed work after losing £2000 in wages through ceasing to work over a claim for higher wages for old and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Commission
Mr. J. S. Rowe, at the Coal Commission to-day, said that any reduction in the number of hours worked in mines would cause at least thirty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Commission. Question of Shorter Hours
Mr. Sollars, manager of South Bulli Colliery, told the Coal Commission that a strike held up the mine last week. The miners' lodge,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Offer Rejected. Attitude of Broken Hill Miners
The offer of the mining companies to the employees of the Broken Hill mines and treatment works was considered at a meeting of the A.M.A. held on Tuesday afternoon, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Commission. Profit Sharing Opposed. Sydney
C.F.Mallett, secretary of the Clifton and South Coast Collieries, told the Coal Commission to-day that he was entirely opposed to profit sharing as applied to the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand Coal Mine
A critical position has developed in the Now Zealand coal mines. The Men's Fede-ration asserts thai the owners are not fulfilling the conditions nf the new agreement…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Mining Industry Cause of Stoppages
Joseph Seymour Rowe, manager of the Metropolitan colliery, helensburgh giving evidence before the Coal commissioners, stated it was difficult to stop…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery .Mechanics
A special general meeting of the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association will be held in St. Mary's Hall,Scotia-street (opposite St. Mary's Church), on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal and Labor Industry in a Perilous Position
Dr J. R. M. Robertson, mining engineer, giving evidence on Monday before the Royal Commission. (Mr J. L. Campbell, K.C.) appointed to enquire into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Causes of Mining Unrest Manager Gives Seven Reasons
Giving evidence before the Coal Commission in Sydney. Mr. Cecil Mallett, manager of Clifton Collieries gave seven reasons of the unrest in the mining industry…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Welsh Miners, Strike Ork in Abnormal Parts. An Unsettled Dispute. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Tuesday, Night
Some 200,000 South Wales miners have tendered notice of a strike a fortnight hence owing to the failure to settle the dispute concerning earnings…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners and Anzac Day
In conversation last evening, Mr. W. Brennan secretary of the Colliery Employees. Federation,made mention of the fact of Monday next, 26th instant, being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Commission. Beeby in the Box. Sydney
Mr. Beeby, M.L.A., giving evidence before the Coal Commission, said he believed if it were possible to get into actual contact with the miners apart from that section…
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