Electricity Direct from Coal
An invention on which a German engineer, Johannes Marschall, of Dresden, has been working for some yeaqrs past holds out. the prospect, says the "Times,"…
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Mining & the mines, 1914
717 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 18 of 36
Gold Yield. the Victorian Returns. Melbourne
In the report of the Department for 1913, which was reported to the Victorian State Parliament, it is stated that the gold yield for the year amounted to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bentath Contempt. Northerns Miners' Dispute. Mr. Waite's Comments Criticised. Sydney
D. Watson, President of the Colliery Employees' Federation, referring to the comments made by Mr. G. Waite, regarding the strike of the Northern miners, and his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Tragedy Fall of Sand Causes Seven Deaths. New York
Sliding sand caused a cave in a mane on the Iron River, Michigan, a number of miners were drilling into, the roof when the sand struck them. They made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern Collieries Dispute. Settlement As Far Off As Ever. Sydney
A meeting of the northern colliery pre0 prictors was held in Sydney, but they decline to give any Information concerning it. A settlement of the dlspute now…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →General Telegrams. Mines Department. Sydney
The operations of the Mines Department for the financial year resulted in a surplue of £77,284…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"You Shall Be Mine." Countess's Trial for Her Life. "My Unfortunate Beauty."
"My unfortunate beauty may have excited him." The speaker was Countess Tiepoie, who was recently acquitted of the murder of her husband's orderly at San Remo. Did she…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Riot. Three Miners Killed. Fort Smith (Arkansas)
Several hundred striking miners attacked the mine guards. A battle followed, and dynamite destroyed the mine workings. Three miners were killed and several…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Beach-mining Mani[?]
The beach-mining mania is spreading along the North Coast. The Woolgoolga correspondent of the "Examiner writes:— Gold mining is being strongly revived here…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Afternoon Shift Abolished. Miners Jubilant. Sydney
A settlement has been effected at Bellbird Colliery, near Cessnock, and work has been resumed. The new agreement provides for the abolition of the afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Afternoon Shift Question a Settlement Effected. Newcastle Miners Jubilant. Sydney
In connection with the afternoon shift trouble a settlement has been effected at the Hetton Company's Bellbird Colliery, near Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal and Oil
Industrial demands will solve many a problem that has been agitating the minds of the world of commerce. Evolution is worked out through…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Strike Statistics. London
A Blue Book shows that during the coal strike in 1912 the trades union funds were depleted by nearly £750,000. The strike cost the miners over £1,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labor Affairs. Scottish Miners. London
Mr. P. H. Smiley, M.P., in a speech at Nelson regarding the Scottish miners, advised them to refuse the reduction of a shilling a day, but to accept the offer of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anotehr Colliery Yields. Sydney
The proprietors of the Rothbury Colliery have agreed to the abolition of the afternoon shift within a certain period…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Miners. Sydney
The cases in which 519 miners from the four afternoon shift collieries are charged with striking were continued at Newcastle. A medical witness said men were more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eveleigh Hold-Up Continuation of the Evidence. Ryan's Gay Time. Rolls of Notes and Plenty of Gold. Sydney
Further evidence was herd to-day in the Eveleigh hold-up case at the Central Court. Edith Kelly, married, living apart…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Conference. London
The Miners' Conference at Southport authorised a Scottish strike if wages were reduced and approved of the calling of a conference to consider a national stoppage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Miners' Trouble. Proprietors Will Never Give In. Sydney
Mr. John Brown, speaking at Newcastle last night, said it was a lie to say he was the only colliery proprietor opposed to the abolition of the afternoon shift. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Mishap Line Strewn with Coal. Coal Trains Hung Up. Sydney
At West Maitland this morning the Stanford-Merthyr passenger train drew out from the platform, and while pulling to the other side the engine and…
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