British Miners. Demand Increased Wages. LONDON
The National Conference of Miners has passed a resolution demanding a substantial increase in wages commensurate with the increased cost of…
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Mining & the mines, 1918
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Gas Prices Enquiry. Value of Pelaw Main Coal. SYDNEY
Giving evidence in connection with the price of gas to-day, Andrew Wilson, engineer to the Australian Gas Light Co., said they got 12,800 feet per…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →75,000 Miners for Army. LONDON
It is understood that the military are talking altogether 75,000 miners from the pits for the army service. Sixty per cent, of the men have volunteered in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Australian Mining. Association to Put New Life Into Industry. SYDNEY
A Perth message states that all the best known mining men in the State have formed an association for the purpose of putting new life into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming and Mining Inventions
Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents, connected with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →OBTAINED £4610 From a Bank. Mine Months' Hard Labor. SYDNEY
Bruce Bridekirk, who was convicted at the Central Criminal Court, of obtaining £4610 from the London Bank of Australasia, by means of false pretences,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Enemy Mine Field Off New Zealand Coast. Auckland
An enemy mine-field has been discovered ten miles off the shore between Cape Maria Van Delman and North Cape, New Zealand. Two miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mountain of Coal. Precaution Against Strikes
Shortly after the railway strike last year the Railway Commissioners decided to established a depot where large stocks of coal could be stored, to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rich Gold Find. 64lozs. From Three Hundredweight. SYDNEY
Three minors at Mount Agnet, West Australia, have just crushed three hundred-weight of stone for a return of 641 ounces of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boulder Molybdenite Mine
Messrs. J. Chambers and W. P. Steane, the latter one of the lecturers in mining and civil engineering at the Working Men's College, Melbourne, visited the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attunga Molybdenite Mine
Messrs. J. Chambers and W. P. Steane, the latter one of the lecturers in mining and civil engineering at the Working Men's College, Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farming and Mining Inventions
Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with farming…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Baths for Miners
Arrangements are being made on the South Coast in providing bathing facilities for miners. At Coalcliff colliery baths are being constructed on modern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Saturday. Struck a Mine. Sydney, Saturday, 9.30 a.m
The steamer Wimmera, from Auckland to Sydney, struck mine off the New Zealand coast and sunk. 47 passengers and 44 crew landed, there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trouble With Natives. in Transvaal Mines. Capetown
Johannesburg reports: A meeting of town natives unanimously demanded an increase of a shilling daily. The precautionary measures taken by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trouble on the Rand. Work Resumed in Mines. Seventy—one Natives Charged. CAPETOWN
Johannesburg reports that the native unrest has not fully subsided. This is shown by two incidents which occurred this morning. A section of the natives…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shortage of Coal. Serious British Outlook. Miners Withdraw for Army. LONDON
The Press Bureau states: The with-rdawal of 75,000 miners from the British collieries involves 22,500,000 tons reduced coal output. It is also estimated that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Magnates. Ask for Concessions. To Meet Increased Production Cost. LONDON
A most important and representative meeting of the Empire gold producers was held in London, Lord Harris presiding, relative to the efforts made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Lock-out. Trouble Expected at Broken Hill. SYDNEY
The secretary of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen, at Broken; Hill, wired Mr. Pearce, the Federal president, stating that the mining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Situation. Equalising Coal Distribution. SYDNEY
Much satisfaction is reported among the miners in the Newcastle district owing to the decision of the Delegate Board of the Northern Colliery Employees'…
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