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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
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The proposals put forward by the Premier (Mr. Bavin) for the re-habilitation of the coal-mining industry, were rejected to-day by the whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bellbird Colliery, which was idle earlier in the week, resumed work yesterday. Work had been held up as a protest by the employees…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Richard Johnson, 29, an employee at the Richmond Main Colliery and residing at Victoria-street, Kurri Kurri, was admitted to the District…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The position in the coal industry remains critical. A meeting of colliery proprietors will be held next week, when, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. George Booth, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following communication from Mr. Frank Chaffey, Minister for Mines:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A critical stage in the coal industry in New South Wales has been reached, the Miners' Federation and a number of allied unions having definitely…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The coal trade in N.S.W. is greatly disturbed by the rejection of the scheme placed before the miners' representatives for rehabilitating the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The action of the miners in rejecting the Premier's proposed reductions in wages is regarded at Cessnock as certain to precipitate a strike…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Should there be an upheaval on the Northern coalfields it will not affect the railways, as there are large stocks in hand in the event of any cessation…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The treasurer of the Maitland Hospital, Mr. H. I. Mannall, received a cheque to-day for twenty guineas, from Mr. H. Horton, secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is reported that gold has been discovered at a spot some little distance north of Mt. George, near Wingham. A total of 250 acres have been pegged out, and a syndicate has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Premier, Mr. Bavin, on his return from Melbourne referred to the coal position. He said: Unless the price of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr D. Rees) this morning received the following telegram from the Prime Minister, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two miners and two shiftmen were engaged in timbering work in bord 52. No. 5, west section, Pelaw-Main colliery, yesterday, when a burst of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Buried under a fall of about 30 to 40 tons of coal, at the Pelaw Main Colliery, on Monday, four miners had a remarkably narrow escape from death Only one thing saved them: the coal that came away carried the top, consisting, of mostly small coal. Attracted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Caught by a fall of coal at the Hebburn No. 2 Colliery, James Archibald, miner, residing at the Old School Hill, Abermain sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General regret has been felt at the breakdown of the negotiations by the Premier (Mr. Bavin) to rehabilitate the coal industry, and the impression…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce, who left for Canberra last night, when interviewed, said he had nothing to say regarding the coal crisis…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The present price of coal at Newcastle is 25/ a ton, so that on last year's figures the loss of the Victorian contracts would involve a sum of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The General President of the Miners' Federation, Mr. D. Rees, when asked to-day if he had any knowledge of an offer reported to have…
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