Miners' Minimum Wage. Coal Boards' Difficulties. London
The District Coal Boards, in carrying out the Minimum Wage Act, display great confusion, owing to the loose wording of the statute…
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Mining & the mines, 1912
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Victorian Coal Trouble. Non-unionists Cease Work. Melbourne
All the miners at the State Colliery, Wonthaggi, were away from the mine to-day. All blacksmiths also came out. The non-unionists who had been engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold-in West Australia. Cue
Twenty-six tons of stone from the Sweet William Mine—Payne's find-yielded 230 ounces of gold, The battery sands contain about 1dwt per ton, bringing the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Immigrant Miners. Deputation to the Premier. Sydney
A deputation, consisting of Messrs. A, Lewis and W. Brenman, treasurer and secretary of the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation, accompanied by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Pelaw-main Miners
The members of the Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge had before them at their meeting on Sunday the proposals for settlement of matters in dispute at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Submarine Mine. Steamer Sunk. Smyrna
The mallboat Texas struck a submarine mine in the Gulf of Smyrna, and sank. There were 156 passengers, of whom…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Coal Strike. Relieving Distress. London
Sir William Hall-Jones, High Commissioner for New Zealand, has received a further £1100 to relieve the distress in England through the strike…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Coal Trade. Mediation Suggested. Melbourne
Preparations are being made by the Railways Commissioners to work the slack coal at Wonthaggi mine with free labour. Most of the business places there are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Buying Laws. Ministers Confer. Melbourne
Mr. Edden, New South Wales Minister for Mines, conferred at Melbourne to-day with Mr. M'Bride, the Victorian Minister, regarding the legislation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Miners
A special meeting of the Cessnock Miners' Lodge was held in Lane's Hall on April 30th, Mr. R. B. Laing presiding. There was a fair attendance. Appeals…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Ton of Coal
From one ton of ordinary gas coal may be produced 1500 pounds of coke, 20 gallons of ammonia water, and 140 pounds of coaltar. By distillation the coaltar will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian State Colliery. Trouble Still Unsettled. Melbourne
There has been change in the position with regard to the trouble at the State coalmine at Wonthaggi. The committee of management of the V.C.M.A. is now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sunken Texas. Shell or Mine? Constantinople
It is now alleged that the steamer Texas, which was sunk in the Gulf of Smyrna, of the coast of Asia Minor, did not strike a mine, but that she…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal in Kent. After Twelve Years. London
After digging at Dover, Kent, for twelve years, coal has at last been obtained. A consignment was sent to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Minimum Wage. Coal Prices Increased. London
The Mining Association is advancing the price of coal 2s 6d per ton. The increase is due to the operations of the Minimum Wage Act, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Profit-sharing Mines
The statement of the great French profit sharing mine of Montoeau-les-Mines has just been issued. It allocates 1,500,000 francs (£62,500) out of the last year's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Manila Coal Contracts. New Regulations. Sydney
Mr. Suttor, the New South Wales Commercial Agent in the "East," has written to the Minister for Mines, advising him that tenders for coal contracts for Manila…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →American Coal Strike. Agreement Rejected. New York
A tentative agreement, providing a basis of settlement of the anthracite coal dispute, has been rejected. The mine-workers refused to accept…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scottish Miners' Leader
Of all the men of the coal crisis none has taken a more prominent place than Mr. Robert Smillie, President or the Scottish Miners' Federation, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Fatalities
Sir,—I wish to place beforo the mining employees a certain way of showing their sympathy towards a comrade, one who unfortunately is "out off" in kis occupation…
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