Miners Fined. Wollongong
At the police court five young men from Corrimal were charged with riotous behaviour. They were with others who took part in the recent pocessions, and…
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Mining & the mines, 1916
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Colliery Holidays. Abandonment Proposed. Ballot at Cessnock
Usually, collieries close, down from Christmas Eve until the day after New Year. The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) has suggested, however, that…
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WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—Far-reaching effects are threatened by the new policy in a British announcement which has reached here through…
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The Advisory Coal Board, which has been formed for the purpose of assisting the Naval Department in dealing with the berthing of vessels, and the distribution…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Settlement. Strikers who Worked. Feeling on the Field
More or less bud fooling has been engendered amongst, the miners on the South Maitland field by the notion of some of their number during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Twenty Years Ago. Sad Story Re-told. Newcastle's Day of Mourning. Miners' Perils and Heroism. No. I.
Twenty years ago yesterday, Newcastle witnessed one of the saddest spectacles in its historyâthe funeral of the men, or rather seven of themâwho lost their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Sydney Letter. the Last Rumblings.—what of the Moulders?—the I.W.W.'s. Are Angry.—anxious Bookmakers.—when Aldermen Call Names.—the Need for Economy.—heavy Gold Exports.—some Interesting. Banking Figures. Sydney
The "strike" headings have gone down from an inch to half; the sub-headings to type requiring spectacles. This means that the storm is over. At the same…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hebburn Miners Stop. Monthly Coal Allowance, Men Decide to Resume
Yesterday the afternoon shift at Hebburn Colliery, Weston, did not work, owing to a grievance which the men had in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Mechanics. a Conference Required
There is unrest at several of the collieries among the members of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, the bone of contention being the eight-hour and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters. the Coal Tribunal. Overtime and Holiday Rates. Sydney
The Coal Tribunal, consisting of Mr. Justice Edmunds and three assessors from each side, sat in camera this morning and dealt with a number of details in…
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The advisory committee, which is acting in conjunction with Commander Fearnley in allotting the supplies of coal for the vessels in port continues to meet each…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hebburn Colliery. Cavils and Saturday Shifts
In March next the afternoon shift at Hebburn colliery is to be abolished. To make the cavilling coincide with the initiation of the one-shift…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Mechanics. Wish Eight Hours Bank to Bank
Meetings of the various branches of the Colliery Mechanics' Union on the South Maitland coal field are being held this week to consider what…
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In the Senate to-day Senator Pearce, the Minister for Defence, for the Minister for the Navy, informed Senator Watson (N.S.W.) that arrangements had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Muswellbrook Mine. Question of Re-opening
The Muswellbrook Mine, which has been idle since the beginning of October, did not re-open on Monday, and the proprietors have made an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Thanks. Power of Labour. Wage-earners' Lesson
At the meeting of the Eight Hour Committee, last night, the following letter was received from Mr. A. S. Willis, general secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Inspection in Mine. Four Hours Before Men Start. Is It Adequate?
It was contended, at the meeting of Hebburn miners at the Olympia Hall. Weston, last night that good order in a working place four hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Trade. Sitting of Tribunal. Orders Reviewed by Judge
SYDNEY, Friday.—When the Coal Tribunal met this morning in the Arbitration Court. Mr. Justice Edmunds stated that the first question would…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Twenty Years Ago. Sad Story Re-told. Stockton Pit Disaster. Miners' Perils and Heroism. No Ii
The first ghastly discovery in connection with the Stockton Colliery disaster was made by the men whose duty It was to make a daily inspection of the working…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Need for Coal. Miners and Holidays Sydney
In view of the great need for coal for war and industrial purposes, and particularly to enable many workers cow idle to be re-employed, an appeal is…
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