Britain's Gold Coin. Brief Story of the Sovereign
It was in the reign of Henry VII that the gold sovereign was first struck. The gold in it weighed 240 grains. The coin bore the figure of the King crowned, in…
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Mining & the mines, 1919
1,622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 82
South Coast Miners
The southern branch of the Australasian Coal and Shale Federation protests against the employment of any men at the mines until work is found for those who…
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Yesterday a conference took place at the South Seaham colliery between the management and Mr. Amram Lewis, representing the mine…
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A Rome message states that the steamer Chaouia, which was conveying 650 passengers from Marseilles to Athens, was steaming at full speed in the moonlight,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Industrial Matters. Coal Federation
A meeting of the Council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Federation was held in Sydney yesterday, representatives being present from each mining district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stop-press Coal Conference
The conference of coal owners and C.E.F. delegates sat till 4.30 this afternoon discussing the proposed increase of 25 per cent in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Claim the Conference Sydney
The conference between representatives of the Northern Collieries' Association and the C.E.F. in regard to the miners' claim for 25 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kurri Mines
Mr. Baddeley is engaged in Sydney today, in company with delegates from Kurri Kurri, in a conference with Mr. John Brown and others in regard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death From Injuries Rothbury Colliery Case
William Walton, the victim of an accident at Rothbury colliery on Jannury 8, died in the West Maitland Hospital at three o'clock this morning. His…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Strike Vancouver
A London message states that 150,000 Yorkshire coalminers will strike on Thursday for a 40-hour week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Producers' Conference. Melbourne
A gold producers' conference was opened in Melbourne this evening, when papers were read by Mr. E. C. Dyason, the chairman, and others, on the various phases of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Wages Conference Fruitless Point of the Orders
Mr. Baddeley, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, who as president of the Coal aud Shale Employees' Association was regarded as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Industrial Matters. Miners' Wages. Conference in Sydney. Sydney
A conference of representatives from the employees and employers engaged in the coal mining industry in New South Wales was held at the offices of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Seaham Colliery
Messrs. J. Barnett and H. Heaney, check inspectors, report in connection with their visit to the South Seaham Colliery on January 13, 14, 15, and 16, when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Accidents
Sir,—In reference to a letter in your issue of the 17th instant by Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary to the Coal and Shale Federation, regarding the Compensation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Export
The following tonnages of coal war shipped from Newcastle to interstate and oversea ports during the week ended to-day at 2.30 p.m. Victoria 35, 408 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Miners' Demands
The British minors' programme of a 30 per cent. increase in wages, and reduction of work to six hours per day, involves an additional outlay of £40,000,000 yearly in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Widows Trades Hall Assault Mine Overseer Fined
Donald Campbell, who stated that he was overseer at Glebo Colliery, was before Mr. Gunn, S.M. at Newcastle Police Court this morning, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industrial Matters. Control of Coal Mines. Views of Miners
There is a growing feeling among the miners and other workers in Newcastle and various parts of the coalfields, that the control of the mines should be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cardiff Colliery
Work has been resumed at the Cardiff Colliery, situated at Belmont, and will continue pending the settlement of certain points still in dispute…
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