Rescue Work in Mines. British Proposals
A draft order providing for the organisation and maintenance of rescue brigades in British coal miles, based on the recommendation of the Departmental…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1911
1,195 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 60
270,000,000 Tons of Coal
Some 270,000,000 of coal were raised from the pits of Great Britain during 1910—sufficient in bulk to build a wait around the United Kindom 60ft high and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Work at the Collieries
At very fair average of days worked was maintained by the 32 collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts the returns for which are given below, for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Firedamp in Mines. Chief-inspector's Warning
In his general remarks on the working of the coalmines of the State during 1910, Mr. A. A. Atkinson refers to the finding of fire-damp in a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Welsh Miners' Strike. Appeal to Australasia. London
Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., has written to the miners' unions in Australasia, appealing for assistance for the hungry women and children in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Mines Bill. Protest by Miners. London
Meetings of miners held at Lothian and Durham carried resolutions protesting against the clause in the new mines bill which makes washing at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Phthisis. Capetown
A bill for compensating miners suffering from miners' phthisis has been read a second time in the Union Assembly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Speculation
The statement which has been made by a Belgian engineer, who is connected with some large and important goldmines in West Australia, that mining…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electricity in Mines. Care Necessary. Accidents in Britain
Mr. A. A. Atkinson, Chief Inspector of Cillieries, in his report for 1910, speaks of the use of electricity in coalmines, and to the need for great care in the matters…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Mining District. to Theatrical Managers and Others
The "Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate" is the only Daily Newspaper circulating extensively throughout the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian State Mine. Producing Coal Cheaply
That Mr. M'Bride, the Victorian Minister for Mines, is still an enthusiastic as ever in regard to the State coal mine, is evidenced by the fast that he spent the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Phthisis. South African Bill. Capetown
The Government proposes to amend the bill to compensate miners suffering from miners' phthisis so as to authorise employers to deduct…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Pelaw-main Trouble. Meeting of the Lodge
An interview took place at the proprietors' offices, Newcastle, yesterday afternoon, between Mr. Jackson, superintendent of Messrs. J. and A. Brown's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Vend. Federal Action. an Alleged Combine. Restraint of Trade. Commonwealth Charges. Sydney
The hearing of the Commonwealth prosecutions against what is known as the Coal Vend and the Associated Steamship Companies was continued before Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glebe Miners
The Glebe miners met in Simpson's Hall, Merewether, on Tuesday evening. Mr. J. Lloyd presided. The case of Mr. R. Laverick, who has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Miners Drowned. Auckland
Two miners working in a hole at Round Hill, Southland, were planed down by a fall of sludge. Before they were found the gradually rising water drowned them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Pelaw-main Trouble
At the meeting of the Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge on Tuesday night, the proposal made on behalf of the management, that the names of the men objected to by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Vend. Federal Action. an Alleged Combine. Commonwealth Charges. Crown Opening Concludes. Sydney
The hearing of the Commonwealth prosecutions against what is known as the Coal Vend and the Associated Steamship Companies was continued before Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Delegate Board
The quarterly meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees Federation was held yesterday at the Trades Hall, Mr. D. Watson, president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in a Mine. Thrilling Escapes. London
The fusing of an electric cable at the Pinkton Colliery set fire to the woodwork at the bottom of the shaft and filled the mine with dense smoke…
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