Trouble on the Coal Fields
A serious break is threatened in the Miners' Federation. In the northern fields there are about 14,000 members, and the rank and file is clamoring for…
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Mining & the mines, 1928
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Coal Mines Federation's Gloomy View
Dealing with the prospects for 1928, the annual report of the Northern Minors' Federation stated:— "The federation regards the outlook…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mount Morgan Mine Closed Down Finally
One of the most important obituaries of the year was written on New Year's Eve. At midnight, Mount Morgan, which was once Australia's, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →City Council Coal Contracts a Last Minute Deal
One of the last business transactions of the now defunet Sydney City Council, was to have been the placing of a contract for 850,000 tons of coal, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greta Collieries
New Greta Colliery resumed operations on Tuesday morning after the ten days' Christmas holidays. Prospects for work in the coming…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extended Colliery's Idle Period
The Extended will not be producing coal until next Monday. During the week the now haulage plant has been getting installed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mount Morgan Mine Closed Down Finally
One of the most important obituaries of the year was written on New Year's Eve. At midnight, Mount Morgan, which was once Australia's and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Discovery. Twelve Miles From Eden. on Sugarloaf Mountain
The Under Secretary for Mines is in receipt of a report from Mr. M. B. McGrath, inspector of mines, on the recently-discovered gold find at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Federation. Conference with Proprietors
Messrs. T. Hoare (president) and A. Tecce (treasurer) have returned to Newcastle, having represented the northern branch of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rich Crushing Hill End Gold
The discovery of rich deposits of gold in the abandoned shaft of the old Lady Belmore mine on Hawker's Hill at Hill End has resulted in a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mining Slackness Export Trade Diminishing at Alarming Rate
Mr. C. M. McDonald, chairman of the Northern Collieries' Association, said that, in view of the unprecedented slackness of trade in the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Collieries. Abermain Extended Resumes Cessnock
Abermain No. 2 is idle owing to slackness of trade. Aberdare Extended Colliery resumed to-day. During the past week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Noisy_ Scenes at Aberdare Central Colliery. Cessnock
Noisy scenes were witnessed at Aberdare Central pit-head this morning. When the no-work whistle sounded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collieries Resume Work
Abermain No. 2 Colliery, which was idle yesterday, owing to slakness of trade, resumed work to-day. Aberdare Extended resumed work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Idle Collieries Over 1000 Men on Strike
Owing to a dispute at Hebburn No. 2 Colliery, olver 1000 men are now idle. Hebburn No. 1 and Elrington have come out in sympathy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →His Weight in Gold
Aga Khan's recent losses on the English turf were to some extent made up by his Moslem subjects last November, when they in accordance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Increase. Queensland Gold Yield
Statistics issued by the Queensland Mines Department reveal that the gold yield of Queensland this year shows an increase of 24,747 fine oz…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Game of Chance Copper, Silver And, Gold
At the Wollongong Police Court, Charles Stanton, who has been conducting te "White City," an aggregation of sideshows, pleased guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Cables. American Mining Disaster. London
It is understood the Rugby League vainly sought to attract three Waratahs, namely, Jack Ford, Breckenbridge, and Greatorax, to join its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Trapped. Explosion in America. Thirty Men Missing. Montreal, Jan. 9
Approximately thirty miners were trapped by an explosion in a mine at Westfrankfort, Illinois…
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