The Mining Difficulty. London
Mr. Lloyd George, the Minister for Munitions Mr. Runciman, the President of the Board of Trade, and Mr. Handerson the President of the Board of Education,…
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Mining & the mines, 1915
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The Coal Trouble. Negotitations for Settlement. London
Mr. Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, has consented to meet a deputation of South Wales miners' representatives to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Mechanics' Board. Eight-hour System Coming
The Colliery Mechanics’ Wages Board, of which Mr. Justice Edmunds is chairman, sat at Newcastle yesterday. The board has been sitting in camera, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Situation Improves. London
There is a calmer feeling in South Wales. Many of the miners on Sunday favoured a continuance of work pending a conference with the coal owners…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hebburn Miners
The Hebburn Miners' Lodge met in the Olympia Hall on Sunday morning. Mr. G. Avis occupied the chair. Correspondence was received from a miner who left while the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colliery Mechanics' Board. Cost of Living
The Coal Mining (North) Group, No, 2 (Colliery Mechanics) Wages Board sat at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, in consideration of applications by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold for America. Washington
Forts-two tons of gold have arrived in the United States from Great Britain to pay for war munitions. The United States now leads the world…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brave Engineers. Strip a German Mine London
Lieutenant W. Cooper of the Royal Engineers was driving a mine 192 yards long under a German position, and when within a few yards of his objective he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Trouble. Agreement Likely London
The crux of the South Wales conference was as to whether enginemen, stockers, pumpmen, and banksmen were to be regarded as night workers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Coal Trouble. Satisfactorily Settled. London
The Official Press Bureau Announces that the coal conference has arrived at settlement. The coal owners, desiring to meet the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Exchange in America. Depreciation of Gold. New York
The sterling exchange in New York fell to-day to the lowest on record. The British sovereign stands at 4dol. 58 cents, or beneath the point at which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal-mining Settlement. London
The Cardiff Conference has almost unanimously accepted the terms of settlement of the coal trouble, and thanked the leaders for their able conduct of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Miners
A meeting of the Wallsend Miners' Lodge was held in the Masonic Hall, Wallsend, on Wednesday evening, Mr. T. Richardson presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Russian Gold Reserve Petrograd
The financial statement made in the Duma shown that the Government has already borrowed £600,000,000. Probably an important loan will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. the Wages Question
There have been no developments in connection with the demand which has been made by the Northern Colliery Employees for an Increase of 20 per cent. in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Price of Coal. Questions in Parliament. Sydney
In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, Mr. Fingleton asked the Attorney-General if he was aware of the high price ruling for coal in Sydney—25s per ton?…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Mining Conference. Work Resumed. London
The National Conference on the Coal-mining Industry began its sittings to-day at the Home Office. Owners and employees agreed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal-hammer
The tortoise is a great sleeper. A story is told of one which was a domestic pet in an English house. As his time for his winter sleep drew nigh, he…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Maitland District. Minister for Mines. Visit to Pelaw-main
The residents of Pelaw Main, since the inception of the township, have agitated with a view to securing some fixity of tenure from the Government for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hebburn Miners
A meeting of the Hebburn miners was held in the Olympia Half on Sunday morning, Mr. G. Avis occupied the chair. A jotter was received; from the secretary to…
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