Northern Collieries Idle
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A majority of the northern collieries was again idle to-day, 5,000 workers being involved…
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Mining & the mines, 1916
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Miners' Mass Meeting
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The miners' mass meeting yesterday at Buln to settle the strike was very noisy. The meeting occupied the whole of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Price of Coal
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Commodities Commission have called upon the wholesale and retail dealers of coal to show caube why prices should not lie reduced to the rates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Coast Miners. Strike Unsettled. Sydney
The only hope of settlement of the South Coast mining trouble, lies in the taking of a ballot. A large majority is believed to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Interest. Old Gold and Silver Fund
Mr. H. A. Braine, manager Commercial Bank, Casino, acknowledges the following additional donations towards this fund:—Mr. C.A. Siebert…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late War News the Kaiser's Condition. Violent Battle Near Dixmude. Military Service Bill. Further Armenian Atrocities. Latest Casualty List. Large Mine Exploded
VANCOUVER, Monday.—A Berlin communique says a large mine was exploded north of the La Bassee-Bethune road. The enemy trenches…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Commodities Commission has decided to allow the price of coal to remain unaltered pending an exhaustive inquiry to be held in the course of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Strike. Thousands of Men Idle. Sydney
The stoppage of the whole of collieries on the South Coast has [?]duced a scene of industrial desol[?] Thousands of men are out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General News. Coal Seams at Glenreagh
It is rumoured that a Grafton syndicate has taken up 80 acres at Glenreagh (says the "Argus") to operate on the coal seams discovered there some time ago, not far distant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strike Season. Colliery Workers and Coopers Out. Steel Handlers and Brickworkers Idle. Sydney
The strike season is on again. The South Coast colliery workers and Sydney coopers are out the steel handlers are laying off coke workers…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Continuance or stoppage of the Southern coal strike will be decided by ballot on Wednesday. There is a feeling of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wages Boards. a Drastic Proposal. Southern Collieries Still Idle. Sydney
The employers will meet on Wednesday to discuss a proposition that the Government be approached to suspend all wages boards and industrial awards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Down Tools. Trouble at Broken Hill
SYDNEY, Monday.—As the result of Broken Hill mine proprietors this morning refusing to take on miners who absented themselves from work on Saturday afternoon other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Helles Evacuated. a Wonderful Performance. Turks Again Hoodwinked. Only One Casualty. Pre-Dreadnought Sinks. Strikes a Mine. Some Gallant Rescues. The Dardanelles Theatre Helles Evacuated British Battleship, Sinks. Strikes a Mine London
The British battleship King Edward VII. struck a mine, was abandoned, and sank. No lives were lost. Cape Helles has been evacuated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Strike. Serious Outlook at Broken Hill
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A Broken miners' mass meeting to-day decided to call out all members of the A.M.A., including those in South Australia. The strike is the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Determined Suicide One-time Mine Owner. Melbourne
A miner, George Hill, committed suicide at Upper Brickland, near Brighton in a most determined manner.—Hill (83) lived alone. He careully placed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Miners' Battalion. Sydney
The Newcastle District Colliery Employees' Federation has decided to cooperate with the shire council at Lake Macquarie in trying to obtain a…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for Customs has placed an embargo on the shipment of coal frond Australia. Mr. Tudor yesterday caused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Compulsory Service. South Wales Miners Denounce the Bill
LONDON, Wednesday.—The South Wales miners' conference by 211 votes to 35[?]de[?] [?]unced the Compulsion Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Wales Miners. and Compulsory Service. London
The South Wales Miners Conference has decided, by 129 to 109 votes, not to strike against compulsion, unless the ballot of miners in the United Kingdom…
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