Stockton Colliery
The wheelers and drivers at Stockton Colliery, who last week asked for an increase in wages, and gave 14 days' notice in order that the request might be…
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Mining & the mines, 1906
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Stanford-merthyr Colliery
The fall in the main tunnel was cleared away by the workmen at an early hour yesterday morning, and disclosed the opening of the crosscut loading to the…
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Mr. A. Lewis, district treasurer, and Mr. Samuel Rees, a member of the committee of management, arrived at Heddon-Greta yesterday, and with Mr. W. H. Thorpe,…
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The drivers at Stockton Colliery informed the manager, Mr. George Durie, on Thursday afternoon that they would not go to work if the advance asked for last week…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heddon-greta Colliery
Heddon-Greta Colliery is still idle, and the prospects of a settlement are rather remote. In connection with the claims of the men, it is shown that thew have…
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The House of Lords last month dismissed the appeal in the case of the Denaby and Cadeby Main Collieries Company versus the Yorkshire Miners' Association. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sea Pit Miners
The quarterly meeting of the Sea pit miners was held in Blackburn's Hotel on Thursday evening. In the absence of the chairman. Mr. H. Oxley was voted to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Stanford-merthyr Colliery
The work of opening up the colliery continues without interruption, and the prospects are bright. The clearing party has reached the pump shaft, and is engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dudley Colliery
At the request of the miners, work was stopped at Dudley Colliery on Saturday at 11 a.m. to enable a meeting to be held to consider the situation. They had been…
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The short notice given by the youths employed at Duckenfield Colliery, to the effect that they wanted a ten per cent. rise in wages, expired on Saturday. Up…
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The wheelers and drivers at Stockton Colliery have not approached the manager since Friday, and it was not expected that any work would be done to-day. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wallsend Miners
The Wallsend miners met at the school of arts on Friday evening, Mr. T. Richardson presiding. A speaker referred to a question raised…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Stanford-merthyr Colliery
"The work is progressing splendidly. I have every confidence that there is little, if any, risk of failure now. The worst part of our work is being…
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The position now taken up by the colliery proprietors as a body in respect to the demands for increases in wages made by the wheelers and other…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters. Dudley Colliery
This colliery continued to work yesterday. In the afternoon a deputation consisting of the officials of the miners' lodge waited upon Mr. James Henwood,…
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A meeting of the wheelers was held on Saturday evening, in Power's Hall, to receive the report of the deputation that hard interviewed the manager in…
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There was no change yesterday in the position of affairs at Stockton. The wheelers did not approach the manager, Mr. Durle, in any way. There is a feeling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burwood Colliery
The wheelers at the Scottish-Australian Mining Co.'s Burwood Colliery gave verbal notice a week ago that they wanted an increase in the present tonnage rate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seaham Colliery
The notice given by the wheelers and drivers at Seaham Colliery expired last night. No action was taken by them yesterday, but it is understood that they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aberdare Colliery
Conditions under the new agreement are not so favourable to the men as was anticipated, and there is some unrest at the colliery. The old rate was 10s per shift,…
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