Shortage of Coal
The quantity of coal on hand, as already stated, is small, and there is also comparatively little on the Dyke. Along the lines in the South Maitland district scores…
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Mining & the mines, 1907
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Disappearance of Gold
LONDON, Tuesday.—A box containing 2000 half-sovereigns, which was part of a consignment of £4000, disappeared from a parcels van on its…
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Sir,—In answer to Mr. A. R. Cant's statement regarding the tonnage rate a miner gets for filling small coal, he holds the position which enables him to…
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A special meeting of the Sea Pit miners was held last evening. Mr. J. Halliday presided. The secretary and chairman stated that that morning the…
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The decision of the District president, Mr. P. Bowling, allowing the men to work for three days to give the State Premier an opportunity of taking some action with…
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The situation in the mining trade yesterday assumed a more serious form than it had previously reached. The offer made by Mr. P. Bowling, the…
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All of the collieries on the Maitland field are idle. A few deputies and shift-men are engaged attending to urgent work, but otherwise the pits are deserted…
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At the sitting of the Coal Mines Select Committee to-day, Mr. William M. Shannon, acting locomotive superintendent of railways said that more…
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The Seaham miners met yesterday morning in the Federal Hall, West Wallsend. The chairman, Mr. W. Brownlee, presided, and there was a fair attendance…
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A meeting of members of Hetton Lodge will be held at 10 a.m. to-day; and the Stockton Lodge will meet at 3 p.m…
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Although most of the mines did not work on Tuesday, there was in many cases some coal in the tubs below. This was brought up on Tuesday and…
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There are about 1250 waggons of coal on the Dyke, and not much of this will be shifted. The greater portion will be run on to the sidings, where, of course, it…
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The position of affairs with regard to the coal-mining difficulty does not at present warrant great hopefulness. The fact, however, that the cessation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Southern Miners. Three Lodges Favour a Strike. Sydney
A rumour was circulated in Sydney this afternoon to the effect that all the miners in the southern district had been called out on strike, and that there…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Crisis. Hopes of Mediation. Position Becoming Acute
The full effect of the cessation of work at the collieries is now making itself felt, and the seriousness of the situation cannot be over-estimated. The steam colliers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. a Hurricane and a Coal Cargo.—dining the Crimea and Mutiny Veterans.—the Loyalty in Those Good Old Days.—prisoners' Wives and Children.—the "Australianism" of Our Governors.—stopping Letters to Astrologers. Sydney
The extraordinary buffeting about sustained by the barque Bengair[?] was a topic of general conversation when the news was spread of her experiences. She lies…
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Stockton residents were somewhat disconcerted yesterday when the rumour spread that Stockton Colliery will be dismantled if the stoppage in the district…
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A meeting of the Hetton miners was held yesterday at the lodgeroom, Wickhom, Mr. J. Cusick presiding. There was a large attendance. The committee…
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A meeting of the Burwood miners will be held to-night at Broadmeadow, and of the Wallsend miners at Wallsend…
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A meeting of the Sea Pit miners was held last night at Blackburn's Hotel, Mr. Peter Bowling, district president, was present, the members of the lodge…
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