The Mining Situation
Whatever view may be entertained as to the merits of the numerous small disputes which arise at various coal mines throughout the district, there…
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Mining & the mines, 1914
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Mining Matters. the Wages Board. Adjourned Until After Easter
On the assembling of the Northern Coalminers' Wages Board, yesterday, Mr. Justice Edmunds, the chairman, made it definite pronouncement as to the vacation…
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There was no arrangement made yesterday for the resumption of work at Dudley. The manager was communicated with, and declined to receive a…
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A special general meeting of the Hebburn miners was held at Weston yesterday, when Mr. E. Aubin presided over a large attendance. Addresses were…
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The executive of the Colliery Employees' Federation has taken prompt action in regard to Mr. Justice Edmunds' decision that the wages board has no…
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Lymington Colliery, Cardiff, was idle yesterday through a dispute between the machine men and the manager. It was expected that the trouble would be…
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Work at the State mine at Wonthaggi is proceeding as usual, but the wheelers' trouble is far from being settled. The new executive of the A.C.M.A. will…
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Messrs. E. Aubin, T. Hadfield, and G. Perris, officers of Hebburn Miners' Lodge, and Mr. James Thompson, check-weighman, went to the colliery office…
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Lambton B was idle yesterday. It appears that the manager, who visits the colliery only two or three times during the fortnight, was unable to meet the men…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Letters to the Editor. Pelaw-main Coal Carters
Sir,—In your issue of Tuesday there appeared a letter signed by "Pelaw-Main," who makes wild remarks about the principle of coal carting. He sympathises…
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At the annual general meeting of the shareholders in the Caledonian Collieries Ltd., in Melbourne, Mr. H. B. Howard Smith, chairman, said that the company…
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The steamer Knight of the Thistle was despatched by the Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., from Newcastle, for Valparaiso, yesterday, with 10,493 tons coal cargo and…
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Mr. Estell, the Minister for Labour and Industry, whilst in Newcastle yesterday, had a conference with Mr. W. Brennan, district secretary, concerning the…
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At a meeting of Dudley Miners' Lodge, held yesterday morning the wheelers agreed to resume work on Tuesday on the conditions offered by the manager when…
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Sir,—I deem it my duty, in the general interests of the Colliery Employees' Federation to give a truthful report concerning the present dispute which is now…
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The committee of the miners' lodges in Durham and Northumberland have issued a circular urging the men to back up the efforts of their leaders to…
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The decision arrived at by Mr. G. H. Broome, general manager at the State mine, to take decisive action on Friday morning to end the unsatisfactory state…
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Some exceptionally rough weather was experienced by the steamer Adelaide on her trip from Sourabaya to Newcastle, where she arrived yesterday morning…
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The stoppage which appeared imminent at Wallarah, owing to the failure of the management and miners' representatives to agree upon tonnage rates for machine…
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A special meeting of the Whitburn miners was held at Greta on Sunday. Mr. R. Jackson was in the chair, and Mr. W. Brennan and Mr. A. Lewis, executive…
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