Export of Coal. Figures for October
The total amount of coal exported from Newcastle to ports outside the State for the month of October up to noon yesterday was 259,983 tons. The…
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Mining & the mines, 1916
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Federal Coal Board. No Sitting To-day
A majority of the members of the Federal Board of Reference in respect to the Pelaw Main dispute assembled at the Newcastle Court House…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Mining Situation Northern Mines All Idle
The whole of the mine of the Newcastle and South Maitland coalfields are now idle, and what was a sectional cessation of work on Tuesday, has now become a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wolfram Mining
Mr. Oliver, Director of Mines in the Northern Territory, has made a favourable report on the Wolfram ore discovery at Hatches Creek. Eight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Southern Miners Idle. Bulli
At a representative meeting of coal miners of the Searborough Tunnel, South Clifton, Coalcliff, Coledale, Excelsior, South Bulli, and Corrimal Collieries, held…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →St. John Del Rey Mine
St. John Del Rey, the deepest metal mine in the world, continues to do woll. The bottom remains at 5,826ft vertically below the surface. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Mining Situation
It is to be apprehended that the action of the miners in insisting upon the grant of conditions relative to the hours of working without awaiting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Freight on Coal. Sydney
The request of the coal steamship owners for an increase in freight on coal to Sydney was further debated before Mr. Ackerman, State Commissioner to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Goal Mining, Safety and Efficiency
The first requisite for safety and efficiency is discipline. And by dis-cipline I do not mean making rules and falling ic enforce them, or…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lithgow Mines Idle. Helping Others' Demands. Lit[?]gow
An the comer[?] here are idle to-day. The men have been working under the eight hours bank to bank system for some time, but stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lithgow Collieries Idle. Lithgow
Although the Lithgow miners have enjoyed eight hours' from bank to bank for years, they ceased work to-day in sympathy with the effort being made to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Commandeered. Admiralty Action. Shipping Held Up. Railway and Mine Employees Idle
A new development of the coal crisis took place this morning, when orders were issued to the Railway Department, and also to the whole of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Congratulated. Sydney
At to-night's meeting of the New South Wales Labour Council, Mr. Klausen (Ironworkers) moved a motion congratulating the miners upon their fight for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Mining Crisis
It is very much to be deplored that the conference between the representatives of the colliery proprietors and employees yesterday made no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Wales Coal Trouble. London
The South Wales coal owners are demanding a reduction of 10 per cent, in wages. The miners have already demanded a 25 per cent. increase…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners Objected To. Trouble in other Industries
Trouble is threatened by the employees at the Sulphide Works at Cockle Creek, and at the Broken Hill Proprietary's steel works,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Situation. Conference Fails. Hope Not Abandoned. Sydney
A conference between the colliery proprietors and representatives of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, was held at the rooms of Messrs. Pitt, Son,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Mechanics
Over 2000 colliery mechanics on the northern field are idle as a result of the coal strike. Referring last night to the trouble, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Export
The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was only 13,206 tons. The smallness of the shipments was, of course, due…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Work at Collieries. for Fortnight Ended To-day
The return of the days worked at the various collieries of the northern district for the fortnight ended to-day, shows that the maximum…
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