High Price of Coal. Control of Mines Urged. London
The Board of Trade Committee reports that, owing to the high price of domestic coal, exports to neutral countries ought to be restricted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1915
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Mining Matters. South Coast Collieries. Mechanics and Surface Hands
The Coal Mining (South) Group, No. 2 Board, has issued the following award dealing with the rates if pay and conditions of work of mechanics and surface…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labour Conference. Parliamentary Agents. Homes for Miners. Sydney
The Labour Conference continued it[?] sittings to-day, under the presidency of Mr. R. P. Meagher. More a discussion extending over 1½…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Central Greta Colliery. Serious Boiler Explosion. Greta
A boiler explosion occurred at the Control Greta Colliery to-day, which resulted in damaging property to the extent of about £1000, but fortunately no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine in a Trawl. an Unpleasant Experience
While the steam trawler Bernicia was making for Grimsby the look-out sighted an open boat adrift. The trawler bore down to it, and found that it contained…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stanford-merthyr Colliery. New Coal Seam Discovered
A discovery was made at Kurri Kurri Yesterday, which has been eagerly looked forward to by almost every adult resident of this end of the coalfields, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortland Miners. Work to Resume
A meeting of the Scortland Miners Lodge, was held last night at Langbridge's hotel. Adamstown, for the purpose of hearing the report of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Patriotic Miners. Welshmen Resume Work. London
Two hundred thousand welsh miners have returned to work, out of admirable loyalty to Lord Kitchener's appeal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Shortland Colliery
After being idle for a fortnight, Short land miners, on Thursday evening, agreed to go back to work, pending negotiations with the manager and district officers for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Wallsend Miners
The quarterly meeting of the West Wallsend Miners' lodge was held on Thursday afternoon. Mr. W. Ward presided…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Australian Miners. Perth
The industrial agreement of the miners with the Collie coal companies expired on March 31st. The union secretary has since telegraphed to the Clerk of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Wallsend and Plattsburg Miners' Lodge Meeting
A special meeting of the Wallsend Miners' Lodge was held in Young and Garaty's Picture Palace yesterday, and [?] Richardson presiding The minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Southern Surface Hands. Two Collieries Cease Work. Wollongong
The award of the South Coast Collieries surface hands has not met with the approval of the employees, and further trouble is threatened. Mr. A. C. Willis, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters. Shortland Colliery
No settlement has been effected at Shortland Colliery. Last week the miners agreed to resume work, but the wheelers decline to do so unless a member…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Victoria Coal Seams
For some time past the miners working the Victoria, or upper seam in the Newcastle district have been dissatisfied with conditions under which they are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Lambton B Colliery
The miners Lambton B Colliery held a meeting, at which the executive officers of the Colliery Employees Federation attended, and discussed the difference with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Glebe Miners
The quarterly meeting of the Globe Miners' Lodge was hold on Tuesday evening when Mr. J. Penman presided. Messrs. Yearby, and F. Stallard were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tasmanian Collieries. Severe Clackness
For various reasons, the Mount Nicholas and Cornwall collieries, in the Fingal district Tasmania, are only working half-time at present, and the earnings…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Minmi Miners
The quarterly meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield Lodge was held in Peel's Hall on Thursday evening, Mr. W. M'Blane presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Mechanics. Wages Board Sitting
A for[?] sitting of the Coal-mining (North) Group, No. 2 (Colliery Mechanics) Wages Board was held at Newcastle Courthouse yesterday. The board…
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