Coal Control
The Department of Coal Control appears to have done good work. The output of bituminous coal fell from one and a half million tons in 1914 to 1,122,000 in 1918,…
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Mining & the mines, 1919
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Floating Mine Exploded
Captain G. Irvine, master of the Adelaide S.S. Company's steamer Tarcoola, which arrived at Newcastle on Sunday from Melbourne has reported to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Grievances Stockton Borehole Idle
A stoppage occurred at Stockton Borehole Colliery on Monday. The men held a meeting to discuss the grievances about deficient places, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal on Fire Pacific Mine Trouble
Boolaroo Fire Brigade received a call at 6.30 last night by special messenger from the manaKer of the Pacific Colliery at Teralba, The brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aberdare Central Colliery
Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, visited Cessnock yesterday in connection with the position at the Aberdare Central Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters
The positions at the Wallarah and Pelaw-Main Collieries were discussed in conference in Sydney on Monday by representatives of the proprietors of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Elermore Vale Miners Check Weighman's Position
A meeting of the Elermore Vale miners was held fin the Masonic Hall, at Wallsend, on Tuesday night. Mr. Alf Richards president It was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central Greta Colliery
A conference was held between Mr. Humphries, manager of the Central Greta Colliery, and Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president of the federation, and officers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Abermain No. 1 Colliery
The difficulty at Abermain No. 1 Colliery, respecting the machinemen, is unsettled, and the mine has been idle for he past three days. There are 34…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District. Greta Colliery Fatality
At the Greta Courthouse yesterday, Mr. G. Brown, the coroner, held an inquest concerning the death of Richard Holmes, a set-rider, who was fatally injured at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Prospecting Wallarah Application
Alfred Murray, of Swansea, applied at the Newcastle Court this morning for authority to enter portions 94 and 81 of the parish of Wallarah in order…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summons Division. Theft of Railway Coal
Ernest Smith, of Mayfield, was proceeded against on a charge of stealing coal valued at 1s the property of the Railway Commissioners at Port Waratah on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colliery Mechanics' Union
Sir,—In reply to a letter published in Tuesday's issue by Mr. F. A. Arthur, I may state that the reports, as previously published through the press, were for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Shipments
According to the clearance-book at the Newcastle Custom-house, the following quantities of coal were shipped from Newcastle for interstate and oversea…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining on Private Property
Sir.—Your article, headed "Mining on Private Property," appearing on the 13th instant, is interesting, but is somewhat misleading. You state: "Up to the present…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Coal Seized
British torpedoers seized two German lighters at Stettin, proceeding to Koenigsberg, laden with coal valued at two million marks…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coal Difficulty
At the present moment, both the coalminers and the companies appear to be marking time. The miners, and the Labour party generally, are pressing for a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →District News. Greta. Colliery Fatality Inquest
The inquest concerning the death of Richard Holmes, a set-rider, at the New Greta Colliery, which occurred on October 9, from injuries received that day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →U.S. Coal Dispute Reliance on Australia VANCOUVER
San Francisco expects to import large quantities of Australian coal if the miners on the eastern coast of the United States carry out then…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Mechanics
There is much unrest among the colliery mechanics in consequence of the delay on the part of the proprietors in replying to the representations made by…
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