The Coal Difficulty
The announcement that the Federal Government has decided to commandeer all the coal in Australia, meaning presumably the coal at the mouth of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1916
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Railway Department Seizes Coal. Sydney
The Railway Commissioners were not long in taking action after they ascertained that the conference between the proprietors and the representatives of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sunken Greek merchantmen Allies Accused of Mines. ATHENS
Seven Greek steamers have been torpedoed within twelve, days. The anti-Ventizelists now allege that the Allies laid a mine field, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Missing Mining Engineers. El Paso
American mining intercuts are anxious concerning the safety of nine mining engineers who were Known to be in the vicinity of Chihuahua. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Difficulty. Action by the State. Ascertainment of Stocks. Sydney
The Council of the Australian Coal and Shale Miners' Federation held a meeting this morning, and discussed the position that has arisen out of the failure of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work at the Collieries
There is a vast difference in the number of days worked at the collieries of the Newcastle and Maitland fields as compared with the returns of the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Crisis. A Significant Visit. Prospects of Settlement. Miners' President in Sydney
The situation in connection with the coal crisis wan much easier this morning. Although no official statement was made by either side, there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Lambton Miners
Now Lambton miners, who are working eight hours bank to bank, will hold a meeting this afternoon at Adamstown The business is important, and all…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Coal Difficulty
While the difficulty in the coal trade has now resumed a very grave form, there is reason to hope that it will not be of long duration. An interview…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Crisis
At time of writing no advices have been received regarding the result of the interviews between the Attorney-General, the Minister for labour and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industrial Matters. Colliery Mechanics. Aggregate Meeting
An aggregate meeting of the colliery mechanics of the Maitland coalfield was held at Weston yesterday morning, when Mr. E. Pendlebury presided over a good…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Russian Mine Field. Stockholm
Russia has informed Sweden of her intention to lay another mine field in the Saland Sea, near Swedish territorial waters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Strike. Conference Abandoned. Ministerial Statement. Sydney
The coal strike appears to be as serious as ever. The conference which was to have taken place to-day between the Attorney General (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Workers' Sympathy. Will Not Load Coal. Sydney
The railway workers who are members of the Railway Workers' Union, now incorporated with the Australian Workers' Union, are determined not to do anything…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Difficulty. Action by the State. Ministers Hope to Mediate. Sydney
Nothing was done yesterday an regards the dispute between the Coal and Shale Workers and the Colliery Proprietors, but matters have been put in train which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. the Coal Strike.—law in Relation to Indifference.—the Railway Service and the I.w.w.—a New Kind of "Push."—prisoners! What Next?—advertising the Play.—the Lights of the City.—a Cup Item. Sydney
Respecting the strike! Of course, the public down here cannot presume to speak on the merits or demerits of what they do not understand. There is a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Lambton Miners
A meeting of New Lambton miners was held yesterday, at Adamstown. The business for which the meeting was called had reference to the coal tipped at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stacking of Coal
Hundreds of tons of coal have been stacked at the pitheads of the various colliery companies. The companies notion in stacking provoked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Crisis
It is much to be regretted that both employers and employees hold the belief that they cannot bridge their difficulties, and so, without prejudicing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reply of the Miners. Sydney
The executive officers of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation to-day furnished a reply to the statement issued by the proprietors…
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