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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
577 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 15 of 29
Lord Mersey's award for the Northumberland Board has fixed the minimum rates of underground; work as follows:—Day workers, 4s 9d: piece workers, 5s 8d;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The driver lost control of a coal train at Cardiff containing forty-one trucks. It quickly gathered momentum along the gradient and dashed into another coal train,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some interesting facts about the effects of mine nationalisation in Germany are given in the April "Naneteenth Century and After," by Mr. G.B. Walker, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Walthai and Wahi Grand Junction mine in New Zealand is idle, the miners having quite unexpectedly downed tools at the request of the Workers Union the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Though Lord Mersey's award for the Northumberland miners which is retrospective there will be a windfall of £20,000 in accumulated wages, but notwithstanding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The whole of the medical and surgical staff of the Kurri Ktirri hospital has resigned, the reason given being that a practitioner who was not a member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trouble has occurred at the Pelaw Main colliery. It appears a miner had lwen discharged for alleged insubordination. Other employees held a meeting to-day and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The miners grievance in South Wales is that Lord St. Aldwyn has insufficiently recognised the earnings of the plecemen, therefore the owners will be encouraged to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is believed the strike in Waihi mine, New Zealand, will last some months, and it in feared that a general strike will be ordered by the Federation of Labor. All…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There are more, sensational yields from the long tunnel mine at Gundagal. The shareholders yesterday obtained eighty ounces of gold out of forty pounds of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There are 110 signs of a settlement of the strike at Walhi, and it is feared an epidemic of disease may occur owing to the fact that no water is available to keep…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Lancashire miners have obtained a minimum wage of from 5s to 6s and boys 2s 6d to 5s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →One of the strangest discoveries of hidden wealth in the history of Paris has just come to light. In December 1901 M. Narcisse Thibaut, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following story of a funeral in a mining camp in California is from the Sacramento "Transcript" of June 11, 1850.—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Northumberland Miners' Committee has passed a resolution bitterly protesting against Lord Mersey's Bill, and asking the Federation Conference to eliminate the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Conciliation "Board have increased the wages of Durham miners 33] per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Strike at Walhi, New Zealand is still unsettled. Both sides are firm. The drivers say they will not give in til the crack of doom. The strikers are behaving in an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Keir Hardle, M.P. is distibuting the Newcastle Colliery Employees' Federation's gifts in districts where the distress is keen owing to the non-strting of collicries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The estate of the late Thomas Cater. Colliery manager, has been valued for protate at £23,154…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Did you ever wonder why people sometimes shout "Eureka!" when they are exerted about some discovery? This is the story:…
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