Victorian Coal Industry
Giving evidence before the Coal Committee in Melbourne, Mr. Nicholson held that at present the coal industry in Victoria was at a low ebb. A revival of the industry was, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Mining & the mines, 1907
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The Coal Trouble
Usually, if employers can be got to confer, they can also be induced to concede something. The Confidence between the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold for Wall-street. London, Nov. 2
Shipments of gold to relieve the stringency of the New York money market are still being made. The new Cunard liner Lusitania, which sailed, to-day, took with…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Monetary Stringency. Bank of England Needs. Draws on France for Gold. London, November 6
In view, of the heavy withdrawals from London of gold for the United States, the Bank of England requested an advance of specie from the Bank of France…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →New South Wales Sydney, Friday. Use of Electricity in Coal Mines. Strange Indifference of Miners
A wire from Wollongong states that the commission of inquiry into the danger or otherwise of the use of electricity in coal mines expects to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Mines Crisis. the Demand of the Men. Appointment of Committee to Settle Grievance. Otherwise a Strike on Tuesday. Intense Anxiety in Newcastle and Maitland. Sydney
Affairs in the coal industry appear to be shaping towards an acute stage of the crisis which has been threatening. The management committee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.S.A. Financial Crisis Gold Import to New York. a Total of £7,820,000. LONDON
In order to relieve the stringeney in consequence of the shortage of coin in New York. the imports of gold have been very large. The total amount imported up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Gold Import. Later
It has been arranged to import a further £1,000,000 of gold to New York in addition to the £7,820,000 which has already arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. the Transvaal Mines Progressive Member's Opinion. Chinese Labor Absolutely Dead. London
Sir George Farrar, one of the leading members of the Progressive party in the Transvaal Parliament, has made an important speech at Boksburg. He admitted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.S.W. Coal Trouble. the Premier As a Mediator. Impartial Conference Proposed. Sydney
The State Premier is in communication with the mine-owners and the men's representatives with a view of having the questions at issue in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.S.W. Coal Crisis the Action of the Premier. Sydney
The Premier. Mr. Wade, yesterday submitted the following suggestions to the vice-president of the Colliery Proprietors Association and to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cable News. London, Tuesday. Import of Gold to New York
The import of gold to the U.S.A. continues. The amount now on the way to New York from Europe totals 52,000,000 dollars (£10,400,000)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.S.W. Coal Crisis Situation Very Grave. All Pits Idle To-day. Sydney
Although work was resumed in seven mines this morning 27 others are still idle. Yesterday. Mr. Wade having been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Coal Supply
One estimate of the [?] ply in Melbourne is 10,000 tons independent of the railway and gas company's supplies. The tramways use Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.S.W. Coal Strike. Situation Very Serious. an Owner's Statement. Pits May Be Closed Till Easter. "Give Men Opportunity Becoming Reasonable." Newcastle
All the collieries of the Newcastle and Maitland districts are idle this morning. It is stated positively that there is no chance of any worK being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Coal Trouble
The struggle between the northern coal proprietors and the miners has been fairly entered upon. All the mines were idle on Wednesday, with one exception. A…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Rich Pocket of Gold
On Wednesday Messrs. Chappell and Trompf, who are working, in an old prospecting shaft at Waterloo Flat, about three miles from Maryborough (Vic), picked out a pocket of…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Gold Movements. London, November 9
Gold is still urgently needed in New York to restore public confidence in the banks. In addition to the heavy shipments which were announced two days ago…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Miners Appeal for Assistance. to Prevent Unionism Being Crushed
The Miners Committee of Management has issued an appeal to the miners in the Southern and Western collieries in this State all other coal-producing centres of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Crisis in Melbourne a Serious Outlook. Protracted Trouble Feared. Melbourne
The situation is rapidly becoming grave in Melbourne. Steamship sailings are being cancelled, and the periods of service lengthened. Stocks of coal at Ballarat…
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