Price of Coal Mr. Booth For Inquiry
Mr. George Booth, M.L.A., commenting on the new schedule of rates introduced by the Government Insurance Office, which reduced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1926
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Gas Explodes. Miner Buried in Coal Fall
Anthony Walker, aged 50 years, a coal-miner, was working in the Balmain Colliery when a spark from his pick caused a pocket of gas to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Find. Promising Show in West Australia
"The best surface show I have ever seen" is Inspector Rockett's opinion of a new gold find at Glenclg Hills, 60 miles south-west of Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Forty Drowned. Baltic Steamer Founders. Believed to Have Struck Mine
A message from Riga states that the coaster Neibade was wrecked in the Baltic, and thirty passengers and ten of the crew drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BOXING British Miners' Relief Fund Tourney. and Pars About Pugs
A start will be made to-night with the tournament, to be run in aid of the British miners. Joe Shakespeare, organiser of the tourney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flow of Gold. the International Trend. Montreal, Sept, 9
A New York message reports the arrival of an additional five million dollars worth of gold at San Francisco, from Australia, for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Deadlock Mr. Churchill's Efforts. Compromise Plan. LONDON Sept 9
Mr. Winston Churchill's proposal for a settlement of the coal dispute, contained in the letter to the Owners' Association, as mentioned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Aids British Miners
Cessnock May Day Ladies' Committee raised about £120 by socials for the benefit of British miners on strike, Mrs. M. H. Brown is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Miners. Reorganisation Scheme Rejected
The council of the Miners' Federation yesterday rejected a scheme formulated by the miners of the northern fields for the reorganisation of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle
The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 82,129 tons, of which 64,781 tons represented…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Miners. South Coast Wages Claim
It has been announced at Wollongong that the Miners' Federation intends to put forward a claim for a seven-hours day, bank to bank, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold for America. Sydney
A shipment of £500,000 in sovereigns was sent to New York to-day by the steamer Sierra. During the past six months, £6,500,000 in gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Find. Fallen Tree Unearths Reef
Considerable interest is being shown in now gold find at Niangala, about 40 miles from Tamworth. Land for a considerable distance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bellbird Miners. Payment for High Places. Cessnock
The Bellbird miners' meeting to-day adjourned till Monday, as the manager, Mr. Mathieson, is in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miner Fined. Coal-dust for Tamping. Kurri
"Defendant was really inviting an accident," said Mr. W. J. Enright (who appeared for Hebburn Collieries Ltd.), before Mr. M. H. Cleeve,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Rush. the New Guinea Field. Sydney
The steamer Marsina, which arrived to-day from Port Moresby, brought further news of the gold rush at Edie Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reject Everything. and Starve Everybody. Policy of the British Miners
Here is a summary of what the British miners, for whom local Communists are asking Australian trade unionists to give financial support, have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Deadlock Atittude of Owners. Governments Threat. LONDON, Sept. 7
Following up the conference with the strike committee of the Cabinet the Mining Association to-day decided to refer the question of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Miners Agree to Conference. Owners to be Approached LONDON, Sept. 4
After a conference lasting all day in which Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, leader of the Parliamentary Labour party, took part, the secretary of the…
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