Coal Train Derailed. Smash at Wallsend
Several trucks of a loaded coal train, running from the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company's C Pit to Port Waratah, were derailed yesterday afternoon, and as a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1914
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Mining Explosion. New Zealand Disaster. Auckland
The bodies of eight additional men killed by the explosion at Ralph's mine. Huntly, on Saturday, were brought to the, surface this morning. The names of the…
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Sir,—A paragraph appeared in your paper on Thursday last purporting to give an account in brief of the miners' lodge meeting at Abermain Colliery No…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Industrial Position. Unemployed Miners. Sydney
Mr. Estell, the State Minister for Labour and Industry, is having inquiries made in the different mining centres of the State with the object of dealing with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Romance of Gold. Coutts' and Lubrock's
The amalgamation of the great house of Coutts' and Roberts, Lubbock, and Co., two of our few surviving private banks (says "The Daily Telegraph" of July 18),…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting. Change of President
A special meeting of the Colliery Employees' Federation Delegate Board was held at the Oddfellows' Hall, Newcastle, yesterday. There was a full…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Letters to the Editor. Miners' Ten Per Cent
Sir,—I am afraid "The Miner of Very Many Years' Experience" has made a huge mistake. In his opinion the delegate board ordered the Maitland men to return to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Matters. Use of Explosives. Sydney
A deputation, representing the proprietors and miners of the Aberdare and Aberdare Extended collieries, was introduced to Mr. Cann, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russia's Campaign. Defence of Pola. Live Wires and Mines. Malaria and Smallpox. Petrograd
The Germans have provided pola, the chief Austrian naval station, with heavy howitzer and many modern guns. It is also defended by live wires on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Miners
A meeting of the Wallsend miners was held on Wednesday evening, Mr. T. Richardson presiding. The chairman reported that, with the other officers, he haul…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wonthaggi Mine
The development of what is known as the Dudley area of the State mine at Wonthaggi (Vic.), is proceeding vigorously, and from this section of the field…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attempt to Fire a Colliery
What seems to be a deliberate attempt to set the mine on fire was discovered at Noblevale No. 1 Colliery, at Gympie (Q.). A piece of waste was found burning on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Matters. Definition of Pillars
The Southern Collieries' Wages Board to hear next week an application for [?] definition of the working-place known as a pillar, concerning which, since the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →English Collieries Slack
English advices received in Newcastle this week give very doleful accounts of the coal trade there as a consequence of the war. The collieries of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Inspections
Mr. J. Barnett, district check-inspector, has reported to the Colliery Employees' Federation as follows:— Lymington Colliery (September 14).—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian State Mine
Recent operations at the Victorian. State coal mine are described in a report received by the Railway Department from Mr. Broome, the general manager of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Visit of the Premier
In a letter to the Newcastle Trades and Labour Council the secretary to the State Premier stated that Mr. Holman intended visiting Newcastle shortly for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Miners
A special meeting of the Wallsend miners was held in the Masonic Hall, Wallsend, on Tuesday evening, Mr. T. Richardson presiding. Mr. A. Lewis,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Matters. Maitland Coalfield
Cessnock Miners' Lodge has submitted the following notice of motion to the delegate board:—That in the opinion of this lodge the position of district…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Russian Cruiser. Sinks Mine-layers. Melbourne
The High Commissioner gives brief particulars of a conflict between a Russian cruiser and a German cruiser which was engaged with two torpedo boats in…
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