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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
577 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 29
The Premier, this morning, at the miners' conference, emphasised the fact that coal was the life blood of industry. The Government had considered the principle of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The miners have declined the Premter's invitation to again meet the owners,saying that they would stand firm on their demands.Mr.Asquith, in the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Joicey's capital employed in coalmining is not yielding above [?]ive per cent Mr. Arthur Markham's net profit does not exceed 8½d per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strike matters are quiet. An attempt is being made by the waterside men to have the carters called out again, but two attempts to hold a meeting of the Carters'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Derbyshire ironworks have been closed, The Great Central Railway have refused to deliver coal in transit to Sheffield, and has asserted statutory powers to seize…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Owing to the strike the R.M.S. Orontes has arranged to ship thousand tons of Plymouth coal, The porters demanded dnuble pay, and the concession was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From time to time extended searching has been carried out for the £3,000,000 worth of gold which, according to a fairly generally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The miners spent the week end at football matches, pictures, theatres, music halls, and coursing matches; many Derbyshire miners are visiting the seaside…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. and Mrs. R. Pyers, who have been spending a few weeks at Drake, returned home on Saturday, in consequence of a painful injury…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many additional works have been closed down in consequence of the coal strike. Three hundred and fifty thousand, workers engaged in the various industries are now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ST. JOHN'S (New Brunswick), Tuesday. Ocean liners are taking full supplies for the round trip here in consequence of being unable to secure coal at British ports…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Further details are to hand of the flooding of the [?] seven feet mine, near Wigan. Shortly after noon an aged miner named David Magnall was in his working place…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Many Australian steamers were delayed through the coal strike, and others excluded part of the cargo, filling the space with coal, which will be unobtainable at La…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An alleged discovery of gold at Cochrane has [?]zzled out, though hundreds of miners rushed in when the news was received. They bore severe hardships, as snow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Patrick Daly, organiser of the Irish Transport Workers, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for a violent speech on labour troubles. The Wexford Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In moving the second reading of his State Coal Mines Bill in the Assembly last week, the Minister for Mines, Mr. Edden, refuted the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Many Staffordshire and Derbyshire miners attended the Athoxter races. Blackpool is full of visitors, well supplied With money. Three hundred pit boys at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Apropos of the coal crisis in England, it is interesting to recall that there was a time when dyers and brewers began to use "sea-coal" in their trade, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The death in Sydney recently of Mr. Walter Hall, a Mount Morgan millionaire, recalls the story of the discovery of the famous Queensland gold mine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The manager of the Pulganbar Copper Mining Company, Upper Clarence, reports that further good work is being done on the mine, and that…
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