Work at the Mines
Working times for the Northern collieries for the past fortnight were:— Eleven days (full time): Old Lambton, Jesmond…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1928
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Handling Coal in America
The great traffic in coal for export has led to a high development of the means for handling the material from waggon to ship. Two arrangements are common;…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →New Coal Leases Statement by Mr. Baddeley. Sydney
"My decision to refuse new coal-mining leases was made in the interests of the men employed in the industry and the public," said Mr. Baddeley, M.P.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal War Britain and Germany Huge Losses London
Speaking in the House of Commons. Mr. Booth by (Conservative), who has just returned from Germany, condemned the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Commons Address-in-reply the Miners' Tragedy (Australian Press Association.) LONDON
In moving the Labour Party's amendment to the Address-in-Reply in the House of Commons last night, Mr. Arthur Henderson said that there were 250,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Work at the Collieries
Work at the collieries of the Newcastle and South Maitland fields was intermittent during the fortnight ended on Saturday last only two mines putting in full…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aberdare Extended Colliery
Mr. A. Teece, miners' treasurer, stated on Saturday that he had arranged with Mr., N. J. Clark, superintendent of the Caledonian Collieries, and Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Wallsend Miners
At a meeting of the combined lodges in the West Wellsend district, it was decided to invite the president of the federation to attend a meeting in that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Reduced Earnings
Owing to further reductions in miners' earnings on the north-eastern coalfields, Mr. Cook, the miners' secretary, prophesies a big coal upheaval unless the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mines Rescue Act
Mr. G. Booth, M.P., has made representations to Mr. F. A. Chaffey, Minister for Mines, relative to the action of mina managers on the South Maitland coalfield,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Contracts Answer to Miners' Secretary Small Pits' Output Sources of Railway Supplies Stated
Small pit owners repudiate the statement made by the secretary of the northern miners (Mr. McNeill), that because of unfair competition by small pit: the Railway Commissioners do not buy coal hewed in collieries owned by the associated…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Undercutting Coal Rates
Mr. Boothby, who has just returned from Germany, speaking in the House of Commons, condemned the wasteful undercutting prices between British and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Disaster
Forty-seven men have been trapped by a fire in the Hollinger gold miner, near Sudbury, Ontario. Twelve have been rescued, and six are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District Coal Freights
Referring to the excessive freight charges on coal on the railway from East Greta Junction and Greta to Newcastle. Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.P.,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Declining Coal Trade
Sir,—Some years ago I was in Honolulu, and the manager of Brower and Co; (sugar factors and coal importers) sold to me: "Why don't you got those fellows down…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hospital Dismissals Miners' Meeting Protests
The request of the meeting of Seaham No. 1 and 2 Miners' Lodges, held at West Wallsend on Friday, asking the Wallsend Hospital Board of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill Mines. Sydney
The conference between representatives at the mine owners and the men employed at the Barrier mine, which was called for the purpose of endeavouring to reach…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thirteen Killed in English Colliery Disaster TRAPPED Rescuers in Cumberland Mine Four Explosions Search for Body of Dead Comrade LONDON
Descending into a sealed pit at Whitehaven, Cumberland, to locate the body of a miner, who had been killed in a previous explosion, 13 members of an inspection party were killed in a further explosion to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Industrial Matters Miners and A.l.p
Mr. A. Teece district treasurer of the Miners' Federation, in a reference to the conference on Saturday, stated that on Wednesday he had received a letter from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ayrfield Collieries
Mr. A. Teece, district treasurer of the Miners' Federation, stated yesterday that a conference with respect to Ayrfield Nos. 1 and 2 Collieries had been…
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