Newcastle Coal Trimmers
The coal-trimming industry is now going along smoothly and briskly in Newcastle. Many of the original members of the Federal Union-numbering…
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Mining & the mines, 1918
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Selling Price of Coal
Mr. C. M. M'Donald, secretary of the Northern Collieries' Association, states:— "In Thursday's Issue of the 'Newcastle Morning Herald Mr. Baddeley is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colliery Working. Seaham No. 2. May Work on
The trouble at Seaham No. 2 pit in likely to be settled on Monday. The wheelers are complaining that one of their members has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coming to Australia. Desert Gold. Wellington
Mr. Lawry, the owner of the champion New Zealand mare Desert Gold, has decided to send her over to compete at Caulfield, Flemington, and Randwick in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Colliery Engine-drivers
Mr. T. R. Scott presided at a meeting of the Colliery Engine-drivers held at the Trades Hall on Saturday. It was announced that there were no…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Weighing Appliances
Mr. A. D. Cameron, examiner of weights and measures at Newcastle, is at present engaged on a verification test of the weighing appliances at the collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Working. Goal for Victoria. Question of Houses
An agreement between the New South Wales and Vietorian Governments will, if the anticipations of the Ministers concerned prove correct,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Trimmers. Question of Signing On
A general meeting of the Coal Trimmers' Union will be held on the Dyke to-morrow morning. "The principal business" said Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Shipments. Returns for 1917. Decrease of 130,855 Tons
The total amount of coal shipped from Neweastle during 1917 was 3,164,675 tons, and 8,622 tons of coke, as compared to 3,294,920 tons of coal,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nationalising Scheme. Colliery Proprietors Views
There is some stir in coalmining circles in Newcastle at the announcement from Melbourne of the possible nationalisation of the State coal mines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lymington Colliery. Wet Places Difficulty
Mr. A. Lewis (treasurer of the C.E.F.), stated to-day that he paid a visit yesterday to the Lymington colliery, at the request of the local…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Working. The Victorian Agreement. Mr. Willis's Comment
"I have further interviewed Mr. Downward, the Victorian Minister for Mines," said the secretary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Question
The agreement which the State Government is asked to enter into by the Government of Victoria is of a somewhat remarkable character, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Reserves. 100,000 Tons Stacked
The Railway Department have now stacked at Port Waratah over 100,000 tons of coal for loco, requirement. This huge heap is being added to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Trimmers. Agree to Sign On
A meeting of the Newcastle Coal Trimmers' Union was held at the Dyke this morning, when about 200 members were present. After some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Selling Price of Coal. Statement by Mr. Baddeley
Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president of the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation, replied yesterday to a statement made by Mr. C. M. M'Donald, the secretary to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Industrial Matters. Victorian Coal Supply. the Tentative Arrangement. Melbourne
Mr. Downward, the Victorian Minister for Mines, on returning from Sydney to-day, said that the arrangements made by him with the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Industrial Matters. Re-employment of Miners. Muswellbrook Colliery
With regard to the re-employment of miners at the collieries, it is considered by that executive as satisfactory that in some places, members of the C.E.F…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Mishap
William Cooksley, a miner, met with a serious accident ni Richmond Main colliery. He and his mate, George Smith, were being hauled to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lymington Colliery
A meeting of the Lymington miners held at the tunnel mouth, was attended by Mr. Lewis, the treasurer of the C.E.F. The meeting was convened for the…
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