Coal, Iron and Engineering Utilisation of Coal Tar Pitch
Enormous quantities of coal tar pitch are being accumulated throughout the country, and every tar distiller has on hand at least an average…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1917
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Miscellaneous. Norway Wanting Coal
COPENHAGEN, Thursday.—Arising out of the stoppage of the export of coal to Norway, several Norwegian newspapers make attacks upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Trading. Interstate and New Zealand
Between the hours of 1 a.m. to-day and midnight tomorrow it is expected that steamers at the cranes, at the basin and dyke will load about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gas Poisoning in Mines. First Aid Treatment
In all cases of gas poisoning in mines prompt and efficient first-aid treatment is of the greatest importance. The records show that the practical…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Naval Operations. British Mine Laying. Hun Absurd Allegation
AMSTERDAM, Thursday.—Dutch newspapers scout the German accusations that the British are laying mines, and point out that no sane…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strike Pay Disputes. South Maitland Miners. Reject Board's Decision
The system of victimisation pay to men on the South Maitland field for logs of work during recent stoppages has aroused the resentment of at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Coal Lumpers. Difficulty at Gasworks. Sydney
Several colilers have been idle in Sydney since Monday. They brought coal from Newcastle for the Australian Gaslight Company, but no coal-lumpers have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Mechanics
Meetings convened by the executive officers of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, and hold at Cessnock and Kurri Kurri, have rejected the agreement…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stanford-merthyr Miners
The members of Stanford-Merthyr Miners' Lodge have decided that, in the best interest of colliery employees, all should be members of the Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Justice Edmunds's Award. Accepted by Miners. Accepted by Miners
Returns made available by the officials of the Colliery Employees' Federation to-day placed the acceptance of Mr. Justice Edmunds's order beyond…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Coal Control
The control of British coal mining and shipping in the national interests rather than for the creation of that particularly passive, obstructive, and wasteful type of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Stanford Merthyr Colliery. Men Desire Investigation
Stanford Merthyr miners, at their last lodge meeting, decided to ask the delegate board to apply for the formation of a board under the War…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Insurance. Proposed Scheme
Consideration has been given for some time past by the executive of the Colliery Employees' Federation to the question of extending its funeral benefits to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Lumpers' Strike. Law to Be Enforced. Sydney
Mr. Booby, the State Minister for Labour and Industry, stated this afternoon that the industrial law would be strictly enforced against the coal lumpers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Miners' Ballot. Four to One Majority
Forty of the 42 collieries in the Northern district have reported the result of the ballot held last week, to determine whether members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Mechanics. Agreement Repected
There were over four hundred members of the Colliery Mechanics' Association In attendance at the aggregate meeting held in Fatzeus' Hall, West Maitland, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Starting at Eight. Day Shift in Collieries.steps In
The movement to start the day shift in collieries at 8 o'clock has been taken out of the Jurisdiction of the lodges, and is to be decided by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cessnock Band. Reconstituti0n Discussed. Miners' Representatives Pre Sent
Members of the Cessnock Band and delegates from local miners' lodges met in the Ambulance Hall. Cumber-land Street, yesterday morning, to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Mechanics. Will They Join the C.e.f.? the Strike Weapon
The Colliery Mechanics' Association met at West Maitland on Saturday afternoon for the purpose of considering the offer of the Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Miners' Ballot. Nearing Completion
The ballot in connection with the acceptance of the order made by Mr. Justice Edmunda and assessors sitting as a special tribunal to deal with the…
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