The Coal Monument
Sir,—Now that the summer season has arrived, and our city will be the resort of hundreds of visitors, especially from hot country districts, may I suggest that…
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Mining & the mines, 1914
937 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 47
The Salt Mines of Wieliczka
Nine miles south-east of Cracow, the great Austrian-Polish fortress town, are the remarkable salt mines of Weiliczka, the most famous in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Federated Mining Mechanics
Sir,—Several members of our association have appealed to me for an explanation as to why the member for Maitland introduced the recent deputation to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Mine Exploded. London
A passenger steamer sighted a mine in the British Channel. Some soldiers who were on board exploded it with their rifles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mines in the Dardanelles. Paris
It is reported that a Turkish gunboat has sunk mines at the entrance to the Dardanelles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. the Afternoon Shift. Sydney
Speaking yesterday, Mr. William Rosser, secretary of the Labour Federation of Australia, said that every day that passed proved that there was no necessity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Matters in Britain. Miners to the Front. Large Volunteer Force. London
Lieutenant-colonel the Hon. Cyril St. Clair Cameron, of the Tasmanian forces, has been promoted to a Coloneley in the Imperial Army. He sails for Egypt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. Sending Wheat to Victoria.—the Good News That Lifted Us.—how Mining Stocks Responded.—new South Wales Public Debt, June 30, 1914, £116,695,031.—Some Train and Tram Figures.—an Interesting Case.—the General Trend—higher Prices. Sydney
With respect to wheat supplies! Mr. Trivett's estimate of the harvest was this—with what is left over from last crop enough for our requirements, plus…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labour Bureau and Colliery
In a statement made yesterday the executive officers of the Colliery Employees' Federation said: "The attention, of the executive has been directed to statements…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Wallsend Miners
A combined meeting of the West Wallsend and Killingworth and Seaham No. 1 and No. 2 miners was held in Federal Hall on Thursday evening. Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine Certificates. Low Percentages of Passes. Sydney
Mrs. Cann, the Minister for Mines has been informed by the board for appointing examiners that the average of passes throughout the year at the examinations…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian Coal. Discontinuance of Boring. Melbourne
In the Budget Speech, Sir Alexander Peacock, the State Treasurer, said that brown coal must be regarded as one of the greatest prospective assets of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters. Christmas Relief Pay
"With regard to the next relief to be paid to the wives and families of the men now out on the Maitland field, it is the intention of the Executive to pay them…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Canaries in Mines
About fifteen years ago Dr. John Scott Haldane, who had studied conditions in Cornish collieries, suggested that canaries could be used to advantage for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Disaster. Many Men Entombed. Tokio
An explosion occurred in a coalmine at Fukuoka, a town 65 miles north-east of Nagasaki. Eight hundred men are entombed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters. Lymington Colliery
A conference will be held at the Newcastle, Trades Hall to-day between the, management of the Lymington Colliery and representatives of the Colliery…
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Messrs., Joseph Palmer and Son report:—"Mining shares have been active with rising tendency. The position of those companies that smelt their own are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trawler Strikes Mine. Witnessed by Steamer Barbara
Captain Mayne, master of the steamer Barbara, which arrived at Newcastle yesterday, from Calcutta, witnessed the blowing up of a trawler off the Humber…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arbitration Laws. What Unionists Require. Viewpoint of Miners
The expressed Intentions of the State Government to amend the arbitration laws was the subject of a statement by the executive officers of the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Lymington Colliery
A conference was held yesterday afternoon between Messrs. Gibb (director) and, Stead (manager) of the Lymington Colliery, and Mr. A. Lewis, treasurer of…
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