Mining Congress Recommendations. London
The Mining Congress sitting in Paris unanimously recommended the appointment of working men as inspectors of mines, and also an agitation to induce all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1908
339 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 9 of 17
Industrial Disputes Act. Miners Federation Refuses to Register. a Serious Situation. Newscastle
The management committee of the Miners Federation spent all yesterday and today discussing the new Industrial Disputes Act and the Wages Board question,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Consumption on Lusitania
The records of the great Cunard Atlantic liners, the Lusitania and the Mauritania, are watched with augmented interest as time passes. It is not denied (says the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Notes and News. Black Coal in Victoria
TWO coal seams have been struck by boring in the Powlett Basin, South Gippsland. One is 1ft. 9in, thick, and was struck at a depth of 255ft. from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Accident. Melbourne
Owing to a premature explosion in the Long Tunnel shaft, Victoria, five men were seriously injured, one man named Kerr sustaining a horrible wound in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Speccial Mining Court. Sydney
[?]Minning Court will probably m[?]duly to decide the Teralba cases…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transvaal Parliament. Governor-general's Speech Mining Prosperous. Asiatic Registrations. London
Nine thousand and seventy-two, practically the whole of the Asiatic, community in the Transvaal, have registered voluntarily under the compromise effected with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrific Colliery Explosion. Heavy Casualty List. London
A terrific explosion has occurred in a a colliery at Pittsburg, U.S.A. Six men were killed and a subsequent fall of earth entombed 30 more. A fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Balmain Colliery Idle. Men Go on Strike. Sydney
A dispute has arisen in the Balmain colliery regarding the dismissal of thirteen men by the manager. The men demand that the discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Spell of the Yukon Gold Field
The following, by R. W. Service, is reproduced by "Hard Hitter," at Mason and Hague's, where the good hats and boots and warn woollen underwear and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Mines Eight Hour Bill. LONDON
Mr. Gladstone, in the House. of Commons, moved the second rending of the Coal Mines Eight-Hour Bill. He offered to postpone its operations for five years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Miners Combine
The Coal Miners' Conference at the Trades' Hall has decided in favour of the federation of the coal miners of Victoria and New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Balmain Colliery Strike. Sydney
The strike at the Balmain cool mine has developed into an acute stale. A conference was held between the men and the manager, but all the conciliatory…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Carcoar Iron Mines
MR. HOSKINS, of Messrs, G. and C. Hoskins, visited the Carcoar iron mines last week. While at the mines he approved of several improvements…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →How Long Will Coal Last?
The world still has a considerable supply of coal Germany is credited with 280,000,000,000 tons, sufficient to last 2,000 years at the present rate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Council, Opposed to Miners' Eight-hour Bill. London
The Council of the Northumberland Miners' Association[?] by 55 to 23, has condemned the Miners' Eight-hours Bill. The district will shortly be balloting on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gold Mania
A singular passion for literally revelling [?]n gold is exhibited now and then by men who have suddenly become rich. Some time ago, we are told, a London…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Trade Troubles. a Serious Situation. the Teralba Disputes. Mine Owners Block Settlement. General[?] Strike Feared. Newcastle
Information [?]Ked out to-day that a most important development has arisen in connection with the coal [?]mining difficulty. Some time ago the Premier promised a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When the Aluminium Mines Give Out
wne[?] will it be practicable to obtain aluminium—already recognised as one of the most indispensable of metals—when the[?] deposits o[?] give out? B[?]ite is a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Withdrawal of Light Gold Coin[?]
An order of her late Majesty in Council, dated March 16, 1892, provides for the[?] withdrawal at their nominal value of light[?] gold coin tendered at the Bank of England,…
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