Weighing of Coal. Mr. Fegan's Views
With respect to the remarks of Mr. Edden, the State Minister for Mines, last week, on the subject of the weighing of coal, Mr. J. L. Fegan, who has always…
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Mining & the mines, 1912
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Miners Entombed. Ironwood (U.s.a.)
Thirteen miners wore buried by a cave-in the Norrie mine. Two bodies have been recovered. There is no hope of the others…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Trouble at Pelaw-main
The work of the Joint committee of conciliation on mining disputes was interrupied again yesterday, by a stoppage at Pelaw-Main Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pelaw-main Miners
A meeting of the Pelaw-Main miners was held at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, when Messrs. Brennan and Lewis, of the executive, were present. As no…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Matters. Pelaw-main Trouble
The joint committee of conciliation on mining disputes met again yesterday at the offices of the Colliery Proprietors' Association. Mr. C. Hibble, chairman of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canaries in Mines
About fifteen years ago Dr. John Scott Haldane was had studied conditions in Cornish collieries, suggested that canaties could be used to advantage for…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Miners' Minimum Wage. London
Sir Robert Romer, chairman of the Durham Minors' Concilliation Board, has awarded the hewers a minimum wage of 5s 6d per day, datalers (day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Accident Benefits. Increase Asked For. Sydney
Mr. Edden, the Minister for Mines, was asked by a deputation representing the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Federation, to increase the payment under the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Daring Bank Robber. Leaves a Trail of Gold. Grass Valley (Cal.)
A horseman roobed a town bank, securing £1000. He locked three of the bank clerks in a vault and escaped laden with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Coal Trouble. Brisbane
The trouble which arose recently at ipswich through the refusal of some of the coal miners to pay fines imposed by the union has been settled, and work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Bellbird Colliery
At the meeting yesterday morning of the joint committee on mining disputes (Mr. G. Hibble, chairman), the question of an agreement for Bellbird…
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The Back Creek and Duckenfield Lodge met in Peel's Hall, Minmi, on Thursday evening, Mr. W. Muir presiding. Several minutes from the committee were dealt…
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Important correspondence has passed between Sir A. B. Markham, Bart., M.P., the well-known Derbyshire coalowner, and the Home Secretary (Mr. M'Kenna) on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Minimum Wage. British Boards' Awards. London
The Northumberland Miners' Committee has passed a resolution bitterly protesting against the award of the district board under the Minimum…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. THE B.M.A. and the Miners
Referring to the deadlock between the B.M.A. doctors and the miners' lodges in the Kurri Kurri and Weston districts, a medical gentleman yesterday made a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Lithgow Miners
Sir,—In the "Newcastle Morning Herald," of the 20th instant, appeared a reply from Mr. J. Charlton, in reply to my letter signed "Member C.E.F." This…
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Sir,—It is a source of great satisfaction, not only to the mining community, but also to the general public, to know that a conciliatory board representing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Down the Mine. Men at Work Again
The miners at the Brynkinalt Colliery were starting work again. It was close on 9 o'clock at night, and man after man emerged from the darkness of the lanes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Relieving Strike Distress. Newcastle Miners' Gift. London
Mr. Keir Hardle is distributing the money sent by the Newcastle (N.S.W.) Colliery Employees' Federation to the British miners…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Hebburn Pillars
At the meeting of the joint committee on mining disputes yesterday, at the offices of the Colliery Proprietors Association Mr. C. Hibble, chairman of the…
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