Coal-loading Congestion
With regard to the congestion that has arisen in the coal-loading operations of the port, it is pointed out, on behalf of the railway authorities, that owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1914
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Sanitation in Mines. Sydney
Mr. Edden, the Minister for Mines, promised a deputation of northern coalminers representatives yesterday that he would give further consideration to the question…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Dust Inquiry. Sydney
Mr. Edden, the Minister for Mines, stated yesterday that the committee inquiring into the question of coal dust in mines had not yet concluded their work. Some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Gold Reserves. Considered Inadequate. London
Mr. Olden, the chairman of directors, delivered a striking speech to-day at a meeting of the shareholders of the City and Midland Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Coal Strike. Building Trade Crisis. London
The coal strike is threatening to extend to the general carters, owing to the contractors seeking to compel the latter to load waggons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Fire. East Greta Disaster. No. 1 P.T. Ablaze. the Heapstead Demolished
A fire broke out in the downcast or winding tunnel of East Greta No. 1 pit yesterday morning and demolished the heap-stead within two hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters. the Burwood Trouble. Deputation to Mr. Edden. Sydney
The rate of progress of the work at the Burwood Colliery, preparatory to the installation of the new weighing appliances, was the subject of a complaint…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Mines. a Precaution. London
The Home Offices' committee on fire in coalmines recommends that whenever the temperature of any accessible part of a mine attains 110…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Porters' Strike. Hospital Supplies Fail. London
The strike of coal porters continues in London. Several firms are following the example of the Cornwall Company, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Explosion of Coal Oil. Six Persons Fatally Burned. Quebec
The clothes of a boy named Wilfred Robin, 13 years of age, caught fire during an explosion of coal oil while he was trying to light a stove…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting. Increased Rates Wanted
The quarterly delegate board meeting of the Colliery Employees Federation held in three sessions, was concluded at the Oddfellows' Hall,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The London Strikes. Building at a Standstill. Coal Strike Collapsing. London
Building operations in London, including the work on the new Common-wealth buildings, are practically at a standstill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Barrier of Gold
Magdalen Temple, young beautiful vivacious, and inordinately fond of adulatory worship inherits a fortune and gathers around her all sorts of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Strike Ended. Men Gain Small Increase. London
The coal porters remaining on strike will resume work to-day, The South London Coal Company and all the co-operative societies have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. the Wages Board. Afternoon Shift Question
At the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, the Northern Coalminers' Wages Board continued the hearing of evidence in connection with the claim of the Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lymington Colliery
With reference to the stoppage at Lymington Colliery, the trouble arose over a question of the tare of the skips, the men contending that the tare was operating…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Miners
A special meeting of the Wallsend Miners' Lodge was held on Wednesday evening, in the Wallsend Masonic Hall. Mr. W. Johnson presided…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian State Mine. Melbourne
A compromise has been arrived at between Mr. Broome and the union officials, on the question of the reinstatement of the clippers who were discharged for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hetton Coal Company. Sydney
The fifty-fourth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the Hetton Coal Company, Limited, was held at the Royal Exchange, to-day, the chairman of directors,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Coal Output. Melbourne
The returns of the Mining Department show that the coal output of Victoria for 1913 was 593,912 tons, valued at £204,371, being an incrouse of 5000 tons on the…
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