Mining Position
The position of miners and other colliery workers, viewed retrospectively, is not regarded as having been satisfactory during the year just closed. This is…
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Mining & the mines, 1920
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Broken Hill Miners. Broken Hill
At the meeting of the Amalgamated Miners' Association last night the following decisions were made:—"That the resolution on holding future conferences…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work at the Collieries
With a few exceptions, the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts have been idle for the past ten days. There will be a general resumption on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Federation
The membership of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation is now approximately 9000. This number includes those added during the year Just closed, and…
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The continuance of the dispute with the marine engineers is being seriously viewed in coalmining circles in Newcastle. The bulk of the vessels already…
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Bellbird and Neath No. 2 Collieries were idle yesterday as a result of local disputes. Mr. A. Lewis, miners' district treasurer, will attend a meeting of the…
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Mr. Solomon Joel has purchased Speyer Brothers' interest in the Underground Corporation, the lowest estimate of the market value of which is £1,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Profits Proprietors' "Ammunition"
An interesting report, which is being jealously guarded, is in the hands of colliery managers. It compares the returns from coal mines…
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The employees of the Duckenfield Colliery have resumed work, after having been idle since Tuesday of last week, the wheelers having decided to work the…
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The coal situation in Austria is un-precedently critical. All passenger trains have been stopped for the past ten days…
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Rumours were current yesterday and to-day that the mining companies, seeing the impossibility of getting the necessary supplies or coal at present to enable the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Mechanics' Association
A conference between representative of the Colliery Proprietors' Association and the Colliery Mechanics' Association was held at the proprietors' office yesterday…
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In his presidential address to the Warwickshire and Staffordshire branch of the Association of Mining Electrical Engineers, and read at the meeting in…
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Prior to the holidays conferences were held at Newcastle between the proprietors of collieries in Newcastle and the representatives of the Miners' Federation to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal for Melbourne 10,000 Tons to Go
Arrangements have been made for the ex-German steamer Waldeck to load 10,000 tons of gas coal in New-castle for Melbourne. The steamer,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Simmer Deep Mine Trouble
It is reported from Johannesburg that the finding of the Simmer Deep Inquiry Board has caused much dissatisfaction to the British miners…
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Cessnock No. 2 Colliery has been idle all the week. The district president of the federation proceeded to South Maitland district and conferred with the officers…
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Mr. A. A. Atkinson, who succeeds Mr. W. Humble as Chief Inspector of Coal Mines, has been occupied in Newcastle during the week. He took up the duties…
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The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 35,021 tons, of which 19,769 tons was for Commonwealth and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bellbird Miners' Dispute
The dispute at the Bellbird Colliery has been settled, and work is proceeding. A meeting was held at the Miners' Hall, Bellbird, with the view to bringing about…
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