A Long Fire. 4,000,000 Tons of Coal Burned
Burning for sixty-seven years, a [?] in the Summit Hill coal mine in Pennsylvania has not yet been extinguished. Engineers estimate that it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1926
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Coal Crisis Debate in Parliament National Agreement Urged. LONDON, Sept. 27
In view of the seriousness of the coal crisis, there was a large attendance of Ministers and members at the re-assembling of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Proposal. Embargo on Imported Coal. London. Sept. 28
The Miners Execuitve to-day proposed that the Trade Union Council should recommend all unions to impose a levy of one percent, upon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kurri Miners' Meeting
The meeting of Pelaw Main and Richmond Main Miners' Lodges at 2.30 yesterday afternoon, in the School of Arts Hall, Kurri, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Crisis. House of Commons Debate. Emergency Regulations. London, Sept. 28
In the House of Commons, Sir William Joyson Hicks, justifying a month's continuance of the emergency regulations, mentioned that there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kuril Mines
Abermain Nos. 1 and 3 whistles blew for work this morning at 5.30 o'clock; Hebburn No. 1 at 5.45; and Stanford Merthyr at 7. There was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Accident
Mr. Alec Wilson, shiftman at the Central Colliery, was injured while at work to-day. His injuries are to the back and are of a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Skip Line From Hill End Colliery (To the Editor)
Sir,—During the term of the last Shire Council permission was granted to Thos. Bartlett to lay a skip line via Quarrybolong Street to the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Entombed Miners. Alive After Five Days. Vancouver, Sept. 29
News comes from Ironwood (Michigan) that communication was established this afternoon with 43 miners who had been entombed in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Miners. Delegates Return to Districts Chastened and Disgruntled London, Sept. 29
The delegates of the Miners' Federation duty decided to refer the Government's proposals to the districts. The delegates have returned to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Proposal. Embargo on Imported Coal. London, Sept. 28
Tim Miners' Executive to-day proposed that the Trade Union Council should recommend all unions to impose a levy of one per cent upon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Manager Transferred
Mr. R. E. Howie, manager at Aberdare South Colliery for the past 3½ years, has been transferred to a similar position at the Killingworth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay
Eleven days constituted full time at the collieries in the northern district for the fortnight. Time was lost at Pelaw-Main owing to a dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The British Coal Strike
"Beaten by starvation." So says Mr. Cook, the British miners' secretary, in explanation of what appears to be the beginning of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Miners. Included in Unemployed
A number of unemployed British miners are finding their way to the offices of the Miners' Federation, pleading to be given employment…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle
The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 98,713 tons, of which 67,390 tons represented…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Petty Strikes. Aberdare Extended Miners' Decision
A momentous decision was arrived at by the Aberdare Extended Miners' Lodge, which aims at checking petty strikes which mainly have been…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →New Guinea Gold. Consignment Reaches Sydney
About 16,000 ounces of gold, worth about £10,000, arrived in Sydney by the steamer Montero. The gold was from the new goldfields at Edie Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Time for Settlement. Views of Mines' Executive. London, Sept, 26
After tabling the emergency regulations the Government to-morrow intends to move the adjournment of the House in order to provide an…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Hopes Shattered. Mining Deadlock Continues. Hours Obstacle
The deadlock in the British mining industry continues, the owners having received the miners' proposals for a settlement. The latest difficulties…
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