Work at the Collieries
Work at the collieries of the Newcastle and Maitland district coalfields was fairly good for the fortnight ended on Saturday last. Eight of the mines worked full time…
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Mining & the mines, 1918
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South Coast Miners
The ten days' holiday at Christmas at the South Coast mines is to be taken. In reply to the objection of the proprietors, Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary to the…
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Owing to a disagreement with regard to working conditions at Ashtonfield Colliery, the men declined to draw the cavils on Thursday last until the matter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Wages All-round Increase Sought
The executive of the Australasian Coal and Shale Federation decided at its recent meeting in Sydney to demand for all members an all round…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Struck a Mine London, Monday Night
A Stockholm message says that a Danish torpedo boat destroyer struck a mine. Seven of the crew were killed and four wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland District. Richmond Main Colliery
Owing to trouble arising out of the presence of two more loyalists at Richmond Main Colliery, there was a cessation of work by unionists yesterday, on the three…
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It is a matter for regret that the State Government has taken no steps to cause proper inquiry to be made into the statements alleging corrupt…
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A Johannesburg message states that it to reported in well-informed financial circles that as the result of the investigation of the gold position now proceeding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aberdare Colliery
Aberdare colliery was idle yesterday, the result of a difference between the miners and wheelers. Two meetings were held but no finality was reached, and there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Christmas Holiday Arrangements
Our Cessnock correspondent writes: The mines will work as follow during the holidays…
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Sir,—Permit me to again draw attention to questions recently tabled in Parliament bearing on the above matter, with a view of showing the methods of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Busy Times Ahead Ships for Coal
Shipping men in Newcastle are beginning to receive advices that many of the large fleet of vessels which will arrive in Sydney during the next few…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AFTER 26 YEARS Case Against Mine Worker
At the Newcastle Courthouse to-day, Mr. Gunn, S.M., conducted an inquiry under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1912, into the case of Robert…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Unrest Stanford Merthyr Idle Delegate Board Meets
Stanford Merthyr colliery was idle yesterday and to-day, and will also be idle to-morrow. The position was discussed by the…
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There was a stoppage at Pelaw-Main yesterday, the result of trouble with the clippers, but work will be resumed to-day, Stanford-Merthyr was idle yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Powdered Coal
Low grade fuels (says the "Colltery Guardian") can be burned with high efficiency If used In powder form. Experiments show that many grades of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Peace Outlook Position of Coal
Nothing can change the fact that war is a school where the tuition costs more than the learning is worth. However, the present conflict on our…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Inquiry. Engine-driver's Suspension
The overwinding of one of the cages at the Elermore Vale Colliery formed the subject of an inquiry by Mr. S. B. Gunn, S.M., at the Newcastle Courthouse,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle's Foreign Coal Trade. U.s.a. Makes a Bid
An extract from the October issue of the "Pacific Marine Review," published in Seattle, U.S.A., under the "Metal Trades Outlook," reads as follows:—The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wallarah Colliery
A deputation waited on the manager the Wallarah Colliery for the purpose of discussing certain grievances that existed at the colliery. The first matter…
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