Mining Difficulty. in South Wales. London
After holding a conference, the South Wales coalminers' leaders announced that they had resolved not to accept anything less than their original proposals…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1915
602 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 31
Mining Matters. Abermain Colliery
Abermain Colliery was idle again yesterday owing to a dispute in connection with the working of the seam. The miners are claiming the full pick coal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Coal Difficulty. Appeal to Miners. London
Mr. Runciman, the President of the Board of Trade, formally introduced in the House of commons to-day a bill to limit the price of coal. It will be read…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. Bellbird Colliery Fatality. Coroner's Inquest
An inquest was held at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday by Mr. G. Brown, the district coroner, into the circumstances of the death of John Young, who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floating Mine. in Mid-atlantic. Las Palmas
A South American steamer, proceeding to the Argentine, passed a floating mine in add-Atlantic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Mechanics. Wages Board Sitting
The Coal Mining (North) Group No. 3 (Colliery Mechanics) Wages Board, at the Newcastle Courthouse, yesterday, resumed the inquiry into the application by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Price of Coal. Limited by Law. London
The bill to limit the price of coal, being introduced by Mr. Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, prohibits the sale of coal at the pit's mouth at more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Difficulty. Appeal to the Men. London
The South Wales miners' executive spent the whole day in conference, but did not announce their decision regarding the strike…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Difficulty. Welsh Collieries Idle. London
The cessation of work in South Wales is now general. Upwards of 120,000 men are idle. The enforcement of the Munitions Act has stiffened resistance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. One Shift Collieries. Wages of Off-hands
A good deal of disappointment is felt amongst colliery employees at the result of voluntary arbitration proceedings hold last month, concerning the wages of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Mechanics. Wages Board Sitting
The Coal Mining (North) Group No. 2 (Colliery Mechanics) Wages Board, at the Newcastle Courthouse, yesterday, continued the inquiry into the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal in Germany. Amsterdam
A Berlin official states that the Government has decided to assume control of the coal industry, and fix the price in the public interest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Mining Crisis. Conferences Futile. Others Fixed for To-day. London
Mr. Runciman, the President of the Board of Trade, had an hour and a half's conference with the colliery' proprietors, and later on met the executive of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Work at the Pits
The working at the district coilieries for the pay ending on Saturday last was, considering all circumstances, of a satisfactory character, and on the average,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters. Abermain Colliery
Mr. J. Jeffries, superintendent of the Abermain Collieries, writes as follows:— "I notice in your issue of 19th instant some remarks by Mr. Baddeley relative…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Loading at Newcastle. the New Wharf
Mr. Cann, the Minister for Public Works, has made available particulars regarding the recently completed first section of the coal loading wharf, which is being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Strike. French Condemnation. Paris
M. Gustave Herve, writing in "La Guerre Sociale,” denounces the strike of the South Wales miners as high treason against England, France and all the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Trouble. No Strike Pay. London
There has been an unpleasant shock to the miners, owing to the notice that there will be no strike pay. The South Wales war chest only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Black Sea. Coal Ship Torpedoed. Petrograd
A communique states:—Our submarine Nerpa torpedoed a large ship in the Black Sea. The vessel was ladch with coal for the enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Queensland Coal Industry
The Queensland Government "Mining Journal," reviewing the coal trade for the first live months of the year, remark(, that in the southern part of the State…
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