Minmi Colliery
There was a hitch that prevented the resumption of work at Minmi Colliery yesterday. The wheeler, against whom…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1918
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Wallsend Miners
Mr. E. Parkes presided at a meting of the Wallsend miners in the Masonic Hall on Wednesday evening. In the minutes of the committee were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →World's Gold Production
The Gold Producers' Committee states that the world's production has fallen from £94,700,000 in 1913 to £83,000,000 in 1918, the decrease for the British Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal and Coke Union
At the half-yearly meeting of the Carrington Coal and Coke Shipping Union, held in the Carrington School of Arts, the election of officers resulted:—Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Pool. Melbourne
While he is advocating the installation of better coal discharging appliances in Melbourne, Mr. M'Pherson, the State Treasurer, regards the views expressed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Explosives and Mines Why Costs Are High
As reported yesterday in "The Newcastle Sun," the miners' delegate board has decided Co ask the proprietors to confer on the question of explosives, it being considered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Conference. Melbourne
Action on the lines indicated by Mr. M'Pherson, the State Treasurer, has been taken by the Victorian Government to protest against the decision of the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Colliers and the Mine Owners
"Negotiations" are still going on between the Government and the coal miners' unions. The Government has allowed itself to be placed in an extraordinary position in this affair…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Snap Shots. a Country Which Needs No Coal
There are no coal mines in Switzerland, but there is "white coal," or water power, in abundance that can be transformed into light, heat, and power. An electric…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Minmi Colliery
Although work at the Minmi Colliery was resumed on Friday, the difficulty in connection with the wheelers has not so far been adjusted to the satisfaction of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industrial Matters. Lymington Colliery
Mr. Baddeley, accompanied by the officers of the Cardiff Lodge, interviewed the manager of Lymington Colliery yesterday for the purpose of of ascertaining…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Favour Proposal. Sydney
The miners' executive favours the proposal-submitted yesterday at the Treasurers' Conference, Melbourne, to have them included in the bodies to come under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters Consolidated System
The re-employment of the victimised men at Richmond and Pelaw Main mines involved a compromise, the miners agreeing to accept the consolidated system, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lymington Colliery
It is improbable that work will be resumed at Lymington Colliery, Cardiff, before the end of the week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hebburn Colliery
A conference in regard to the question of pillars at Hebburn Colliery took place at Weston yesterday. Mr. Harle (the manager) and the under-manager…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coastal Mining
The prospects of successful mining and prospecting on the North Coast appear brighter for the current year than was the case in 1917…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Zealand Miners. Wellington
The Miners' Federation, in reply to the coal owners' statement and offer of a bonus to miners working full time, state that the offer means "speeding up," which is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal-trade Equal Distribution Proprietors' Scheme Criticised
The scheme formulated by a section of Newcastle colliery proprietors to provide for more even distribution of the coal trade, was criticised this morning as not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"LOPSIDED" Miners' Executive Replies
The miners' delegate board decided recently to accede to the request of the Shop Assistants and Warehouse Employees'. Union of Australia to assist in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal-mining Court
The executive of the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation has clearly defined its attitude on the question of the industrial legislation as…
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