Neath Colliery
Neath Colliery, which has been closed for about six months, in consequence of a fire which stated in the workings, is again being opened out. The exploring…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1915
602 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 31
Letters to the Editor. the Mining Conference
Sir,—In your issue of the 31st December apeared copies of two letters in regard to a conference for the purpose of discussing the question of the afternoon shift. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Neath Colliery
The work of examining Neath Colliery with a view of getting to the seat of the fire which caused the pit to be sealed down in July last, is now in progress. When…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Neath Colliery
Chief-inspector Atkinson, Inspector Hutton, Messrs, Clem Jones, manager of the colliery, Mr. J. Jeffries, superintendent of the Abermain collieries, and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Output
The announcement which was published yesterday that the quantity of coal shipped from Newcastle last year was greater than in the previous year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wallsend Miners
The Wallsend Miners' Lodge met at the Masonic Hall, Wallsend, on Wednesday evening. Mr. T. Richardson presiding. The sub-committee appointed a short…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Cruiser Goeben. Strikes Russian Mines. Copenhagen
A Constantinople telegram states that Goeben struck two Russian mines near the Bosphorous. The repairs will occupy three months…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Western Awards. Payment for Afternoon Shift
The Coal and Shale Mining (West) Group, No. 1 Board, of which Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald is chairman, has issued three awards in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters. Meeting of Proprietors
A meeting of the Hunter River District Colliery Proprietors' Defence Association was held in Sydney yesterday, at which the business included…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Difficulty. Question of a Strike. London
The miners' federation has ordered a ballot in West Yorkshire on the question of a strike, owing to the non-payment of the increase in wages determined by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Abermain Collieries
A complete exploration of the colliery show that the area covered by the fire is more extensive than was anticipated, but the work of removing the debris is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Abermain Colliery
A conference will be held at Newcastle this afternoon between Mr. I. Chapman, Captain Brown, and Mr. J. Jeffries, superintendent, of the collieries, representing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Export of Coal. Sydney
Mr. Holman, the State Premier, in November, received certain representations from the colliery proprietors, respecting the Commonwealth restrictions on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Collieries Idle
Three of the Newcastle district collieries were thrown idle by the employees yesterday. At Burwood, the miners held a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Neath Colliery
A paragraph was published yesterday referring to the area covered by the fire in Neath Colliery, and the work of removing the debris. By an error it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seaham No. 2. Colliery
Seaham No. 2 Colliery, West Wallsend, was thrown idle yesterday owing to a difference occuring with the firemen at the boilers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Afternoon, Shift
The Colliery Employees' Federation has accepted the arrangements suggested by the Proprietors' Association, for the conference concerning the afternoon shift,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Situation
The fact that the differences between the proprietors of the mines now idle, and the miners have been amicably discussed in a lengthy conference, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters. the Afternoon Shift Proposals
In case there should be any possibility or confusion arising from the phraseology of the offer the colliery proprietors' made to the miners at the afternoon shift…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Western Miners Pay Appeal to Arbitration Court. Sydney
The serious effect resulting from the war was given as a reason for the reduction of wags by three western companies which applied to Mr. Justice Edmunds, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →