The Coal Shortage
The prospect of a coal shortage in the winter is causing increasing anxiety in Britain. The Coal Controller has suggested…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1918
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Miners Distress Solving Unemployment Problem
The question or unemployment still engages the attention of the Colliery Employes Federation, and the executive of that body In particular, for with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Beeby's Bill Coal Employees' Ballot
The council of the Australasian Coal and shale Employees' Federation has decided to submit the question of the acceptance or otherwise of Mr. Bceby's Conciliation and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Johannesburg Strike Spirit of Conciliation Chamber of Mines' Offer CAPETOWN
Reuter's correspondent at Johannesburg telegraphs that the Industrial Federation and Chamber of Mines have been negotiating for several weeks in reference to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Outlook Black All Allies Affected Italy's Plight Employment of Women Urged LONDON. Monday Night
One of the most urgent questions necessitating attention at the present moment is the coal shortage, the extent of which is only now fully grasped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Abermain Collieries
The dispute at Abermain, in consequence of which the two collieries have been idle since the beginning of the month, will be dealt with by the miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Phthisis Law in New Zealand Unknown in Collieries SYDNEY
Mr. J. H. Blow, Under-Secretary for the Mines Department in New Zealand, who is at present in Sydney, was asked by the Board of Trade to give evidence on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Mechanics
At the meeting of the Newcastle Labour Council last night, Mr. W. Waller, delegate of the Colliery Mechanics, complained that Mr. Beeby only looked after one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Purchase Scheme
The coal purchase scheme is so far working satisfactorily. Since its inception approximately 10,000 tons of coal have been taken possession of, and tipped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Difficulty
In connection with the appeal to Britishers to economise coal, it is pointed out that Britain is called on to supply tremendous shortages in many countries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pelaw-main Miners' Lodge
The committee of Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge held a special meeting on Sunday morning in connection with the recent statements made by Mr. W. Grahame, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Storage Small Piles Desirable
Coal should be stored in small quantities as near to the point of consumption as possible, says a recent statement of the United States Bureau of Mines on tho subject of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pelaw-main Colliery
In consequence of a difficulty at Pelaw-Main Colliery yesterday, the mine was thrown idle. A meeting of the men had been arranged to consider the matter,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Fob England
I saw paragraphs that 1600 minors were idle in this district, and that £2,000,OO0 worth of copper was tied up in Australia, owing to the scarcity of shipping space…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Shortage
Mr. Calthrop, speaking at a conference of the Miners' Federation at Southport, said the country was faced by a coal shortage of 36,000,000 tons this year. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Difficulty
The Coal Controller announces that the surface workers in certain Yorkshire collieries have threatened to go on strike, primarily over disputed hours. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Phthisis. Board of Trade Inquiry. Sydney
The New South Wales Board of Trade to-day resumed its inquiry into the occurrence of phthisis among miners. The board comprised Mr. J. B. Holme, Deputy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Employees' Federation
A special executive meeting of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades Hall last night. Mr. Baddeley presided, and Messrs. Lewis and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pelaw-main Colliery
Work was resumed at the Pelaw-Main Colliery yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Economising Coal
With a view to economising coal, further drastic reductions will be made in passenger trains after October, reaching 50 per cent. in the case of holiday resorts…
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