The Coal Mines Bill. Sydney
Mr. Cann, the State Minister for Mines stated to-night that several small additions had boon made to the Coal Mines Bill as the result of the recommendations…
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Mining & the mines, 1914
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The Miners' President
Mr. D. Watson, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, writes:—"In your issue of Thursday, a letter appears under the heading of 'A Question,'…
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The recent ballot for a delegate of the Sea Pit Miners' Lodge resulted in Mr. Robert Errington being elected. The voting was a follows:—R. Errington, 47; I…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters. "Westonite" Explosive Permitted
Several reports having reached the office of the Colliery Employees' Federation that managers at various collieries were unwilling to allow the use of "Westonite"…
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At a meeting of the Wonthaggi (Vic.). branch of the Australian Coalminers' Association, several grievances relading to working conditions, etc., at the State coat…
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In every mine there is a light problem, for the miners must be absolutely dependent upon ar[?]thcial light in the execution of their work…
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If the coal famine, whose black shadow, is now creeping over Tasmania, extends its range, a crumb of comfort may be got from the good news that in the near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wireless Telephony at a Fife Colliery
The Fife Coal Company has introduced wireless telephony apparatus into their Lindsay Colliery, at Kelty. Should the instrument prove as reliable as is at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold in the Soot
Four pounds of gold were not so long rigs collected from the soot of the chimney of the Royal Mint in Berlin. So the things accounted vulgar are full of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Mining Matters. Stoppage at Stockton-borehole
Stockton-Borehole Colliery was thrown idle yesterday. Prior to the hour for going down the wheelers held a meeting at the pit head, and discussed some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Disaster. Canadian Colliery. Great Loss of Life. Vancouver, Friday Night
An appalling explosion occurred in a coal mine in Fernie, as a result of which two hundred lives are reported to have been lost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Metalligerous Miners. Melbourne
When seen to-day, the executive of the Federated Mining Employees' Association said that telegrams and Setters had been received during the last two days from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Belgian Colliery Fire. Entombed Men Rescued. Brussels
A terrific fire has broken out in the colliery of Viellemarihaye, near Liege. Two hundred men escaped in the nick of time, but two hundred became…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Miner Killed. Wonthaggi (Vic.)
A miner named Albert Keddle, employed in the State mine, met with a fatal accident yesterday. Deceased and his mate, F. Gregory, were employed on a long wall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Southern Miners. Assistance for Maitland Men. Wollongong
The special meeting of delegates of the Illawarra Miners' Association, which commended here on Monday, concluded yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Labour Federation. Mr. Rosser on the Maitland Trouble
A meeting of the executive of the Labour Federation of Australasia was held on Saturday at the Trades' Hall, Sydney, at which M. J. H. Catts, M.H.R., presided…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Coal Mines. Mr. Cann Investigating. Sydney
Mr. Cann, the Minister for Mines, is still making investigations into the question of a State coalmine. To-day the Minister made some calculations as to the quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Stanford-merthyr Lodge. the Law Invoked. Lodge Officers Restrained. Sydney
Mr. R. Broomfield appeared before Mr. Justice Heydon, in the industrial Court, to-day, and applied for an injunction under the terms of the Industrial Disputes Act,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wonthaggi Colliery
The trouble which arose a few days a at the Victorian State mine, owing to a wheeler being discharged, assumed a serious aspect…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mine Disaster. the Toll of the Dead. Hillcrest (Alta.)
The exploration parties have recovered 50 more bodies from one of the tunnels in the Hillerest collieries where the disastrous fire occurred…
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