Western District Miners
The delegate board of the Western Colliery Employees' Federation, at their quarterly meeting recently, unanimously condemned the daylight saving schem, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1917
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Institutes for Mine Workers
The response to movements instituted for the improvement of the antracite mine worker, is to be noted in the of the various mining…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mines Electricians. Sydney
An examination of candidates for certificates of competency as mine electrician was held at the Technical College, Newcastle, on 16th instant. Seven candidates…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Italian Coal Schema Difficulty
Apart from any scarcity of tonnage, on area seems to prevail pretty generally among coal exporters that one or two difficulties are likely to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Oil as Competitor of Coal
Coal men who have argued that all was going to prove at serious competitor to coal for steam making will be interested in a statement by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coal Tribunal. Hearing of Complaints
Mr. Justice Edmunds presided at a sitting of the coal tribunal, constituted under the War Precautions Act, at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal, Iron and Engineering First Aid Contests
The wide interest shown in first aid work in the anthracite mines by officials and employees alike, has been forcibly demonstrated through the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cost of Coal Production. Reduction in Wages Sought
The South Wales Coalowners' Association recently notified the South Wales Miners' Federation that they demand a reduction in the wage rate…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Minmi Colliery Dispute
Sir,—On behalf of a majority of Minmi employees. I would like to disclaim any responsibility for the strike at that colliery. The public and other members of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Trimming Industry
Sir,—I see that I have to come out in the limelight again to answer Mr. P. B. Sulllvan. He refers to something about an adage, "None is so blind," etc. There…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scarborough Mine Idle. Wollongong
The Scarborough Colliery is idle to-day because of the dismissal of an employee. The management found certain fault with him, but his fellow employees hold a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Denmark's Coal Shortage. Copenhagen
The shortage of coal ho acute. Schools are temporarily closing, and also some of the theatres and places of amusement. Many factories and shops are open…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Industrial Matters. Colliery Mechanics. Compulsory Conference Adjourned. Sydney
The compulsory conference called by the Minister for Labour and Industry between representatives of the colliery employers and colliery mechanics met in tine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mining Industry. Sydney
For some months past the Mines Department has been making representations to the Prime Minister in regard to certain matters which affect the welfare of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ashtonfield Colliery
Mr. W. Brennan, secretary of the C.E.F., proceeded to Thornton yesterday to discuss matters connected with the Ashtonfield Colliery, situated on the Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Fatality. Caused by Coal-cutting Machine
At Lymington colliery. Cardiff, yesterday morning, Thomas Frederick Judd was the victim of a serious accident. By some means his feet were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minmi Collieries. Work to Resume
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Amam Lewis, treasurer of the Colliery Employees' Federation, northern district, and Messrs. W. M'Blane…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal-trimming Industry
Sir,—It is somewhat gratifying to see that Mr. Jack Andrews practically admits the errors of his previous remarks in an attempt to condemn the laws of my…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Industrial Matters. Colliery Mechanics. Thursday's Proceedings. Sydney
The compulsory conference between representatives of the colliery proprietors and colliery mechanics was resumed this afternoon, and was further adjourned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Mining Accident
Thomas Frederic Judd, 32 years of age, a machine assistant, employed at Lymington Colliery, Cardiff, was fatally injured yesterday morning…
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