Controlling Labour. New Scheme for Mines. Prelude to Controlling Industry
It is proposed by the employees to introduce a new system in regard to labour control into the coal mines. Particulars of the scheme were made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1922
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Mining the "Gyarran" and "St Heliers" Seams
We understand that the syndicate working at "Gyarran' has struck a seam of coal of a thickness of about 25ft. In our last issue it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important Mining Conference
A good deal of importance is attached to the meeting in Sydney next Tuesday of the representatives of the colliery owners and the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Smash. Axle of Coal Truck Breaks
A goods train, consisting of 33 trucks of cattle and sheep and eight trucks of coal, that left Woodville Junction for Flemington at a quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steel Works. Overcoming Difficulties. Coal Too Dear
In accordance with the previous public statements made by the directors of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Limited, the works at Port…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' President
For the position of president of the Northern district branch of the Miners' Federation, rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr. J. M. Baddeley,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Find of Coal
A syndicate which has been working on a lease at "Gyarran" last week found coal at a depth of 14ft. The extent of the find has not yet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Industry. Conference To-morrow
The conference between the representatives of the colliery owners and the Australasian Coal and Shale Workers' Federation will take place in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal for the Trawlers a Costly Contract
A remarkable statement made on excellent authority is that the State Trawling Industry had entered into a contract, for a fairly lengthy period, for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Mechanics
A meeting of the colliery mechanics of the South Great, East Greta, and Ashtonfield districts will be held in St. Mary's Hall, West Maitland, to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →English Miners at Lithgow. Upholding a Principle
Two English coal miners, who recently arrived at Lithgow, were given work Oil a mine connected with the Lithgow ironworks. The other miners objected,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Wages. Proposed Drastic Reductions. Reversion to Two Shifts
The coal-owners of New South Wales propose to reduce wages all round in the industry by 33 1-3 per cent. and to revert back to a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steel Works. Price of Coal. Key to the Position
The Trades Hall is very much perturbed at the proposal to close down the Newcastle steel works. The A.W.U. recently forwarded a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aberdare South Colliery
The Aberdare South Colliery has not been coal producing for some weeks, and in consequence most of the workmen have been laid off temporarily…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Nuggets. Famous Australian Finds
Word from Kalgoorlie announces the discovery at Black Flag, about 20 miles north of Kalgoorlie, of two gold nuggets, weighing in all about 90ozs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company
Sharcholders in the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Co., Ltd., at the annual meeting yesterday, adopted the report and balance-sheet for the year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hill End Gold. Results 50 Years Ago
The once famous Hill End diggings was at the zenith of its fame in 1872. Many a romantic story-of the "get rich quickly" days have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Conditions. Reductions and Alterations Desired
The coal owners came forward with a surprise at the conference between their representatives and the representatives of the miners. There were seventeen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Industry. Proposed Reduction in Wages. to Be Resisted
The proposals of the colliery proprietors, at Wednesday's conference, were, to the miners, as one man put it, "a staggerer," and there is no possibility…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Mining Sweeping Reductions Sought by Employers
A reduction of 33 1-3 per cent, in the wages of contract miners, machine men, shooters, flllers, wheelers, and various other employees, eight-hour shifts, and…
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