Eye Diseases Among Miners
At the 67th annual meeting of the British Medical Association at Sheffield (Eng) between 800 and 900 members of the profession were present. Professor Simeon…
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Mining & the mines, 1908
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District News. Wallsend and Plattsburg Colliery Buildings Ablaze
As several of the shift workmen were coming out of the Wallsend Company's tunnel shortly after 12 p.m. on Thursday, they discovered that the workshops…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London News. London, August 25th. Great Britain and Germany.—federation of South Africa.—lord Kitchener's Post.—coal Mine Disaster.—mahommedans' Message.—the Hope of the Esperantists.—clifford's Inn.—an Anniversary. Great Britain and Germany
Castor has spoken and Pollux has followed suit. It other words, Mr. Lloyd-George has unbosomed himself on the prospsect of war with Germany, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Eight Hours. London
Sir Christopher Furness, Liberal M.P. for Hartlepool, in the course of an address to a meeting of colliery shareholders in Newcastle-on-Tyne,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hebburn Miners
A special meeting of Hebburn miners was held at Jewells's hall on Sunday morning. Mr. R. Jarvis presiding. Letters were received from J. Lee, thanking the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Hulk Condemned
The Blackball Coal Company's old coal bulk Jean Pierre has been condemned. The vessel is to be deprived of her winches, masts, and other furnishings, which are all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hebburn Colliery
A special meeting of the Hebburn miners was held at Jewell's Hall on Tuesday evening, Mr. R. Jarvis presiding over a small attendance on account…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bellbird Colliery
Mr. P. Bowling, president of the Minors' Federation, with Messrs A. Biggers and C. Thompson, chairman of the Aberdare Miners' Lodge, came to Bellbird on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Steamer Elgin. Bunker Coal Runs Out
The steamer Elgin, bound from Vladivostock to Sydney, with a cargo of timber, was yesterday reported on the coast north of Newcastle short of coal, and burning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Mine Award
The goal miners in Otago are very dissatisfied with the award of the Arbitration Court in their case, and 26 men—all of them coal-cutters—employed in one…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Co-operative Miners
The quarterly meeting of the Co-operative Miners was held at Wallsend on Thursday evening. The attendance was very, fair. Mr. G. Sellwood presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Mechanics. Application for a Board. Sydney
In the Industrial Disputes Court to-day, an application was made on behalf of the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association, Hunter River…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Johannesburg Mines. Success of White Labour. London
Three hundred and seventy-five unskilled white men were some time ago given employment in the Johannesburg mines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Work at the Collieries
There was no improvement in the number of days worked at the Newcastle and Maitland collieries during the fortnight ended on Saturday, as compared with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Balmain Colliery. Employees Receive Notice. Sydney
At the end of last week the employees of the Sydney Harbour Collieries, Limited, were informed that their services were to be dispensed with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Miners
A special meeting of the Wallsend miners was held in the school of arts on Monday evening, Mr. T. Richardson presiding ever a comparatively small attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Glebe Miners
The monthly meeting of the Glebe miners was held on Monday evening in the absence of the chairman, who was in Sydney, Mr. J. Lloyd was voted to the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortland Miners
The quarterly meeting of the Shortland miners was held on Monday night at Russell's hotel, Adamstown, Mr. J. Usher being in the chair. There was a good…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Special Mining Court. the Teralba Case
The Royal Commission, consisting of Judge Heydon, president, Mr. H. S. Forsyth, representative of the colliery owners, and Mr. P. Bowling, representative…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hebburn Miners
" A special meeting of the Hebburn miners was held at Jewell's Hall on Tuesday evening. In the absence of the chairman, Mr. J. Curtis presided. Mr…
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