Colliery Employees. Delegate Board
The annual meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was continued yesterday at the Trades Hall. Mr. J. M'Williams, acting…
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Mining & the mines, 1908
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Pelaw-main Colliery. Work Resumed
Work was again resumed at Polaw-Main Colliery yesterday morning, and the district and lodge officers are hopeful of the settlement of the difficulty being more…
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Messrs. E. Williams and T. H. Prout, check inspectors, made an inspection of the Burwood Extended mine recently, and report as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Summons Division. Stealing Coal
James King, miner, proceeded against by Railway-inspector Derkenne, on a charge of stealing 40lb of coal, valued at 6d, the property of the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Miners and the Non Unionists
Mr. T. Burl, secretary of the Northumberland Miners' Association (Eng.), writing in his monthly circular on the non-unionist agitation, says:—The withdrawal…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Trouble in the Collieries
Recently trouble recurred in the Tivoli district, near Ipswich, where a number of mines are being worked. It appears that the men employed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greta Coal Measures. the Workable Area
Professor David, continuing his interesting observations upon the Greta coal seem, in "The Geology of the Hunter River Coal Measures," speaks of the great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Wheelers and Shiftmen. Scale of Wages Arranged
A conference of delegates from the collieries in the Newcastle district, representing the wheelers, shiftmen, and other workmen, was held at the Trades Hall,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Troubles. Four Collieries Idle
Four mines were idle yesterday. At Burwood three of four of the wheelers on one flat were dissatisfied on Friday when they received their pay to find that they…
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The necossity for sternly disciplining all bodies of men working in collieries must have made itself apparent to the Colliery Employees' Federation by the…
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Sir,—I have noticed by the report given of the delegate board meeting, held on Thursday and Friday last, that a great amount of discussion ensued anent a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rescue of Miners. Entombed for 48 Days. London
The three miners, Bailey, Brown and M'Donald, who were entombed in the Alpha shaft of the Giron mine, at Ely in Nevada, since December 4th…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—An explosion has occurred at a colliery at Flenu, in Charlerol, France, by which ten miners were killed and twenty-eight injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rix's Creek Miners
The minors at the Rix's Creek Colliery, in the Singleton district, stopped work yesterday, after having worked for one week under the now condition. The…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Professor Yates, of Johannesburg, considers that it will be possible to install 4000 small drills in the mines, thus releasing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Commission
Word was received from Sydney yesterday that Judge Heydon has not recovered sufficiently to make an inspection of the mines at Teralba to-day, and that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Troubles. the Minmi Difficulty
The position in regard to the collieries of the district was no better yesterday than on Monday. Although Burwood, Lambton B, and Shortland were at work,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Eight Hours. Opposition to the Bill. London
The Glasgow Chamber of Commerce has unanimously decided to petition Parliament against the Miners Eight Hours Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rix's Creek Colliery
Mr. W. Brennan general secretary of the Colliery Employees' Federation, visited Singleton on Monday night, in response to an Invitation from the Rix's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Neath Colliery Idle
Trouble arose yesterday at Neath Colliery, in consequence of the suspension of two miners during the morning for an alleged breach of a special rule. When…
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