Coal in Britain
Owing to the recent rise in miners' wages, domestic coal is expected to he increased by 14s to-day, and Industrial coal 4s. The Government decided that…
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Mining & the mines, 1920
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Coal for Europe
The London "Times" states that charters are seeking a ship to bring coal to Marsellies from Australia owing to the scarcity of English and other supplies. It…
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The recent revision by the Melbourne Harbor Trust of the proposed scheme for the erection of mechanical coal-discharging gear is not (the…
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The dispute existing at Neath Colliery was the subject of conference between the representatives of the owners and men in Newcastle yesterday…
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A conference was held at the rooms of the Northern Collieries' Association yesterday, for the purpose of discussing the trouble at Cessnock No. 2 Colliery, which…
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A telegram from Johannesburg reports that the Government is instituting an inquiry into the closing down of low-grade mines, on which the miners will be…
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Reporting on the mining outlook in the Cobar district, Inspector Godfrey, in his annual review, states:— "Perhaps the severest depression in the…
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Replying to Sir Richard Newman, Sir Robert Horne, to President of the Board, of Trade, stated that the Government thought the removal of the present…
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In the course of a reply to Mr. Houston as regards the inability of the British coaling depot at Perim to secure a cargo of South Wales coal, Mr. Bridgeman, the…
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In a report, prepared by Mr. L. F. Harper, Government Geologist, and furnished to the Department of Mines, it is stated that a coal scam has been opened up in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Broken Hill Miners. Meeting in Newcastle
A meeting of those in sympathy with the families of the unionists of Broken Hill was held at the Newcastle Trades Hall last night. The meeting was largely…
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In the Arbitration Court yesterday, Judge Macnaughton delivered his judgment on a claim by the union, filed on March 5 last, asking for drastic changes,…
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Sir,—I notice in your paper every day three or four collieries idle over trivial matters. It makes the general public scratch their heads and wonder where it…
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A Capetown message states that Labour members moved the adjournment of the House of Assembly to discuss the closing down of low grade mines. Some advocated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Fires
Reference is made by Inspector Bissett, in the course of his annual report, to fires and gas ignitions occurring in the mines in the area supervised by him in…
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Rumors of trouble in the coal-mining industry are insistent. Some even have the month of strike set down as July…
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The salvage steamer Racer is engaged on the North of Ireland in the salvage of £3,000,000, remaining in the hold of the steamer Laurentic, 20…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Imported Coal. Melbourne
In the House of Representatives to-day, Sir Joseph Cook, the Minister for the Navy, told Mr. Charlton that approximately equal amounts of Welsh and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Foreign Coal Trade Inquiries from France
In the last few days definite inquiries have been received at Newcastle about the price at which a cargo of Australian coal could be landed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold for America Britain's Huge Export LONDON, Thursday Night
Advices from Washington state that since January 1 the flow of English gold to the United States aggregated more than £1l,0O0,00O…
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