Old Colliery Creep. Slight Damage at Wickham
A alight creep is reported to have occurred in the workings of the old Ferndale Colliery at Wickham, which were closed over thirty years ago…
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Mining & the mines, 1921
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Wallaroo Miners to Start. Adelaide
The secretary to the Wallaroo and Moonta Mining Company stated to-day that he had received intimation that the president of the Federal Arbitration…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Water for Mines Private Supplies Abundant
The engineer reported to the Water and Sewerage Board yesterday that inspection had been recently made of the colliery dams within the South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rhondda Mine Still Idle Dismissal of Two Lads
The position at Rhondda colliery was stated to-day by Mr.Lewis (treasurer of the Northern Miners' Association)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal for East Japan Secures Contracts Newcastle Trade Affected Oriental Visitors
Under normal conditions, Newcastle does a big trade in coal with the East. Just at present that trade has practically disappeared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bunkers on Fire Union Castle Liner Coal to be Unloaded LONDON
The Union Castle liner Saxon, on which General Smuts is returning to South Africa, is reported to be afire in two bunkers, and is proceeding to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Creep at Wickham Drop Into Old Mine Nearly £250 Damage Done Brick Wall Collapses
Damage to the extent or about £250 was done at Wickham yesterday afternoon as the result of a mine creep. In on spot the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Federation
Report have come in to the northern executive of the Miners' Federation from various collieries complaining of the practice known as "double-filling,"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Passive Resistance Miners' Income Tax Lithgow
Western miners have taken up with enthusiasm the idea of refusing to pay either State or Federal income tax until the exemption ia raised to £300…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Industrial Matters. the Coal Trade. Depression Continues
The continued depression in the coal trade at Newcastle in strongly manifested in the idleness of the collieries operating in the Borehole and Victoria seams. This…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal for Hospital Agreement That Lapsed Guaranteeing Supplies
It was the custom years ago for all the collieries in the district to undertake the supply of coal to the Wallsend Hospital free of charge, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Collieries
The position so far as the coal trade is concerned had improved but lightly yesterday. There were still a large number of the collieries in the lower field idle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Conference
Contrary to expectations, the miners annual conference, which is being hold under the presidency of Mr. H. Smith, president of the Miners' Federation,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal's Supremacy Waning
A visit to Midland Coalfield at the week-end showed that the miners are becoming very much concerned about the rapid progress which is being made in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Coal Export. Melbourne
Inquires in Melbourne regarding a statement that Japanese tenderers had secured coal contracts in the Far East that Newcastle anticipated getting,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Railways Government Resumption Will Employees Go?
If the South Maitland railway line is resumed by the Government, what is to become of the present railway employees?…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nationalisation Miners' Demand 30-Hour Week Postponed LONDON, Thursday Night
The Miners' Conference has unanimously resolved to demand nationalisation of the mines. The present settlement is unacceptable as a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Miners Why Strike was Lost Triple Alliance Work Demand, for the Pool LONDON
Addressing the miners' annual conference at Llandudno, Mr. Smith, leader of the Yorkshire Miners' Association, defining the causes of the loss…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trade with Java Welsh Coal at 50s a Ton Newcastle's Loss Japan Secures Contracts
A message received in Newcastle this morning states that Welsh coal is being delivered, freight paid, at 50s a ton in Java…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Miners
Just as we thought everything was going well at the Coal mines, and that our miners had settled down contentedly to steady work, we have received a sudden…
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