Colliery Difficulty. Agreement Hoped For. London
The Miners' Federation has adopted minimum rates, varying according to the districts, as a basis of local negotiations with the coalowners…
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Mining & the mines, 1912
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Mining Matters. Abermain Dispute. Statement by Mr. Edden
Mr. Eddon, the Minister for Mines, was asked on Saturday if he had anything to say regarding the Abermain dispute. The Minister said in his opinion it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Whitburn Miners
A meeting of the Whitburn miners was held at Greta on Sunday morning. Mr. A. D. Jones presiding. After the minutes were confirmed, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Weighbridges. Some Defects
The new weighbridges at the coal loading appliances on the Dyke and Basin Wharves were put into commission yesterday and did not give general…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal-loading Plants. Port Kembla Conveyer. Sydney
A tender was recently accepted by the Minister for Public Works, for the erection of a modern plant for loading coal at Port Kembla…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Abermain Miners
A special general meeting of the Abermain Miners' Lodge was held in Garrett's hall yesterday. Mr. M. Mannion occupied the chair until he was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Glebe Miners
The Glebe miners met on Monay evening in Simpson's Hall, Merewether, Mr. W. Taylor presided. The deputation that waited upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coal Weighbridges
Yesterday's experience of the new weighbridges on the Dyke and Basin wharfs bore out the complaints regarding delays at some of the cranes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Deluge of Gold
M. de P. Webb, chairman of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce, writes in the "Nineteenth Century" on the coming deluge—the ever-increasing output of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Queensland Coal. Mount Mulligan Deposits. Engineer's Reports
Mr. C. F. V. Jackson, State Mining Engineer, Queensland, has furnished the Department of Mines of that State with a report, which has been published in the…
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Mr. W. Brennan, general secretary of the Colliery Employees' Federation, and Mr. A. Lewis, district treasurer, met Mr. A. R. Cant, secretary of the Colliery…
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An interview took place yesterday between representatives of the Colliery Proprietors' Association—Mr. A. R. Cant and Mr. J. Clark—of Shortland Colliery—…
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Sir,—In reply to Mr. Longworth, permit me to state that he either wilfully misconstrues the point at issue, or through some unfortunate disability, fails to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →British Miners. the Minimum Wage. London
The South Wales Council has accepted the minimum wage proposed by the National Federation as a basis for settlement, while deploring the action…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Abermain Difficulty. Federation's Attitude
With respect to what has been stated, from the colliery proprietors' point of view, on the subject of the difficulty at Abermain Colliery, and the result of the…
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Sir,—As one who takes an interest in federation affairs, and seeing that a great deal of controversy is going on in regard to the Abermain trouble, I would…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colliery Difficulties. Ignoring Agreements. London
The National Conference of Miners has reached a crisis owing to the stand taken by Mr. Enoch Edwards, M.P., president of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal for the Squadron
The usual practice of coaling his Majesty's warships during their stay in Tasmanian waters is to be carried out this year. The Union Steam Ship Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Entombed. Work of Rescue. Amader City
Sixty-five men are imprisoned in the Banker Hill Mine, California. It is believed that they are all alive, and the work of rescue is being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand Mining. Interesting Figures
A continuous, though happily diminishing decline in the once prosperous mining industry of the Otago and Southland districts of New Zealand, is noticeable…
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