South Greta Colliery
The check-inspectors' report on South Greta Colliery shows that all sections are well ventilated. No inflammable gas was found. The air-ways are in good…
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Mining & the mines, 1912
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Glebe Miners
The Globe Miners' Lodge met in Simpson's Hall, Merewether, on Monday evening, Mr. J. Lloyd in the chair. Two appeals from Bellbird and…
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The joint conciliation committee sat again yesterday, and further considered the claim of the Colliery Employees' Federation in connection with payment for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Greta. Mining Accidents
Two mining accidents have occurred at Greta this week. The victim of the first was Robert Hawkins, who was falling top coal in Broxburrn Colliery, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Matters. Machine Cutting of Pillars
Mr. Edden, Minister for Mines, writes as follows, on the above subject:— "Machine Cutting of Pillars:—I should have replied earlier to the statements…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trade-union Congress. an Eight Hour Day. Nationalisation of Mines. London
Mr. Will Thorne, M.P., in his presidential address to the Trade-union Congress at Newport, blamed the Government for the defeat of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Conference. Increase in Wages. London
At the conference of the Miners' Federation in October the surface workers will ask the federation to secure for them payment at the rate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallarah Colliery Accident. Evidence at the Inquest. Most Unusual Fall
An inquest was held by Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, at the courthouse, Catherine Hill Bay, yesterday, concerning the deaths of Reginald Darcy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Damp Explosion. Many Miners Killed. Paris
An explosion of firedamp has occurred in the Clavena mine, at Bethune, in the Pas de Calais, in France. Thirty-three men were rescued, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters to the Editor. Colliery Stoppages
Sir,—It is not easy for the outside public to judge in regard to pit stoppages. There must be a certain amount of bias in the public mind to all employees. Well,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colliery Disaster. Injured Men Dying. Two Rescuers Killed. Paris
It is feared that the majority of the miners who were rescued from the Clarence Coalmine at Bethane, in the Pas de Calais, after the explosion of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortland Colliery Idle
Shortland Colliery was idle yesterday. It appears that one of the men employed in the mine was off for two days with a bad arm, and that when he turned up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Still Discontented. Attitude of British Miners
The awards of the District Boards created under the Coal Mines Minimum Wage Art have now been made. The following articles shows how they have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Matters. Machines in Pillars
Speaking yesterday to a representative of the "Newcastle Morning Herald," in reply to the letter of Mr. Edden, Minister for Mines, on the above subject, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Accident. Two Men Killed. London
Owing to a chain breaking, a watertank fell from a height of 1300 feet into the Shakespeare Colliery, at Dover. Two men were killed, and eleven…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Mining Strike. Serious Conficts. Charleston (West Vir.)
The strike of coalminers here has assumed serious proportions. Militla are camped on the ground, and martial law has been proclaimed,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Merewether. Colliery Picnic
The annual picnic of the employees of the Newcastle Coal Mining Company took place on Saturday, and was largely patronlsed. The special train engaged for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Minmi Miners
The Back Greek and Duckenfield Miners' Lodge met in Peel's Hall, Minmi, on Thursday evening. There was a large attendance, and Mr. W. Burke prolsed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal-loading Facilities
The serious delays that are now taking place in the loading of vessels with coal at Newcastle are not only occasioning loss to shipowners and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Dust in Mines
The first report of the committee which was appointed some time ago by the British Home office to inquire late the cause and prevention of coal dust explosions in…
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