Labour Troubles. Colliery Difficulty. Intervention Opposed. London
Mr. Thomas, the chairman of the Cambrian Combine Collieries, has made a statement regarding the present difficulty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1912
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Mining Matters. Meeting of Proprietors
A meeting of colliery proprietors was held in Sydney yesterday, but no information would be given officially to the press as to the business transacted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aberdare Miners
A special meeting of the Aberdere Miners' Lodge was held in Hampton's Hall on January 8th, Mr. J. Cain presiding. There was a large attendance,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Barrier Miners. Broken Hill
The referendum on the Amalgamated Miners' Association's "Cease Work" resolution has concluded, and the figures counted. The question submitted was:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Colliery Trouble. Objection to Strike. London
Mr. John Wilson, M.P. for Mid-Durham and corresponding secretary to the Miners' Union, states that he is opposed to a strike as a brutal method…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Conciliation Proposals
The proposal that a joint committee should be established, consisting of a certain number of representatives of the Colliery Proprietors' Association and an equal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killingworth Explosion Electric Installation. Miners' Removing Tools
Mr. A. R. Watt, sitting as a Royal Commission, continued the inquiry at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday into the cause of the explosion in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters. Conciliation Proposals
With respect to the suggestion made by the colliery Proprietors' Association, that the chairman of the joint committee to deal with disputes in the district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labour Troubles. the Colliery Difficulty. Great Struggle Impending. London
Mr. Smillie, president of the Scottish Miners' Federation, addressing a mass meeting in Lanarkshire, stated that he told Mr. Winston Churchill, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Military Training. Attitude of Miners. the System Defended
The first of a series of meetings arranged by the Colliery Employees' Federation, to be addressed by Mr. D. Watkins and Mr. M. Charlton, Ms. H.R., on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rush of Gas. Two Miners Killed. Auckland
A sudden rush of gas occurred in the May Queen gold mine, in the Walhi district, this morning, while the miners were at work. Two men were suffocated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallarah Miners
The quarterly meeting of Wallarah Miners Lodge was held in Tobin's Hall on Tuesday evening, Mr. J. Bassett presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pelaw-main Miners
The trouble at Pelaw-Main Colliery, arising out of the dispute between the clippers and the management has been followed by the absence of many of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Miners. Favour a Strike. London
The miners have completed the ballot on the question of a national stoppage of work in order to enforce the adoption of a minimum wage for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Coal Mining. Miners' Leaders Urge Peace. London
Several of the miners' leaders are urging a peaceful solution of the big trouble. A round-table conference of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters Newcastle Coal Company
Another divided of 5s per share is announced in the report of the directors of the Newcastle Coal Company for the halt-year ended December 31. The price…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Miners Killed. Disaster at Wyalong. West Wyalong
The people of Wyalong and West Wyalong were, staggered yesterday afternoon when the news spread that five miners had met their deaths through being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Pelaw-main Colliery
M. D. Watson, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, was in Kurri Kurri on Sunday, and had interviews with the clippers-on and the members of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Whitbury Miners
A special meeting of the Whitburn miners was held on Sunday morning, Mr. A. D. Jones in the chair. The meeting was called for the purpose…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal in British Columbia. Enormous Quantities
Reference was made recently to the discovery of enormous coal deposits in British Columbia. Commenting thereon, "Nature" says:—…
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