Mining Dispute. Trouble at Mount Kembla
Serious trouble has occurred at Mount Kembla Colliery, as the result of which the mine did not make a start this week. The employees declare that the mine is…
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Mining & the mines, 1920
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Coal Mining in France
When the great explosion took place on the Courieres coalfield in France fifteen or sixteen years ago, heroie work was done by the members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murrurundi Shale Mine
The following letter, in reference to the Shale Works and Mine at Murrurundi, has been received by Mr.Frank Chaffey, M.L.A.:—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal in Russia the Property of the State
A wireless message received in London from Moscow shortly before the last mail left for Australia stated that the Russian Soviet Government had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →India's Coal Industry. Government Enquiry
Reuter's correspondent at Simla reports that the committee appointed to enquire into coat questions in India advocates the appointment of a controlling authority to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Miners' Claims. Statement by Prime Minister
Representatives of the colliery proprietors aud the Coal and Shale Workers' Federation waited upon Mr. Hughes, Prime Minister, and put the position, as it presented…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Ward 'N's Court
A mining warden's court was held yesterday before Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., when four applications were granted on behalf of Sir Albert Gould, and one on behalf of Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Industry. Parties in Conference
The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) presided over a special conference held at the Commonwealth Government offices last evening between the representatives of the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Mining Strike Averted. London, June 14
Valley on June 7 has been settled, and a threatened general stoppage thus averted. A strike of 5000 in the Rhymne…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The "Burning Mountain." Is It Coal or Petroleum? Interessting Statement
In reply to a communication regarding the possibility that it may be petroleum, or potroleum gas that is burning at the "Burning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Industry. Conference of Off—hand Labour
A further conference of the off—hand labour employed at the collieries In the district was held at [?] Hotel, West Maitland, on Saturday, All the lodges in the northern…
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The Secretary Mr. H. C. Morton visited the western district and addressed a meeting of members at Lithgow on matters in connection with the Western Award (Mechanics)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident Relief. Miners' Fund
During last year according to a report furnished to the Department of Mines, claims were admitted in respect to the deaths of two persons injured prier to june 30. 1917. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Cobar Mine to Be Closed Permanently. Assets to be Realised
A communication has Been received by the Mayor of Cobar from Mr David Fell, representativer of the receiver of the great Cobar Limited, stating that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A British Mine—sweeping Invention
H.M.S. Vernon is the home of the engineering. training and experimental school of the British Navy at Portsmouth, and we are only now beginning to learn something…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Industry. Owners and Men Confer
The delegates from the colliery owners and the miners' organisation continued their conference at the rooms of the Southern Coal Owners' Association on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Harry Lauder Used to Coal Mine and Could Do It Now
The brawny frame of Harry Lauder was developed, it seems, by digging coal. "Sir Harry Lauder" he is now, and the war has tried and changed him through the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Miners' Disease
A new miners' disease of the eyes, attributable to the use of the safety lamps, is reported from the South Coast Mines. It is called nystagmus…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Explosives
Representatives of the Australasian coal and shale Employees' Federation yesterday left with the prime Minister's secretary a statement of claim for the remission of duty on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The "Burning Mountain" Is It Coal or Petroleum? Interesting Statement
In reply to a communication regarding the possibility that it may be petroleum or petroleum gas that is burning at the "Burning…
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