At Mortlake. Coal Lumpers Refuse Work
No unloading of coal at the gas works, at Mortlake was done by coal lumpers on Saturday. The dispute is whether an other man shall be allowed to each gang…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1917
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A Mining Fatality. Father Killed. Son Seriously Injured. Maitland
Samuel Williams, and his son, Samuer, while working at the South Greta coll[?]y to-day, were caught by a fall of coal. The father was killed, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor Affairs. Coal Miners and Colliery Mechanics
SYDNEY, Tuesday -- The northern coal owners have agreed to meet colliery mechanics to discuss the men's claims…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Mechanics Claims Sydney
The northern oal owners have agreed to meet the colliery mechanics, to discuss the men's claims…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Yield
SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- The gold yield of New South Wales for last year shows a comparative decrease in value of £103,000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Increased Gold Yield
The New South Wales gold yield for December was valued at £111,416 as compared with £74,404 for December, 1916…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Recent Coal Strike. Lest We Forget
Now that the affairs of the community are fast settling down to the normal conditions that obtained just before that most disastrous industrial upheaval known as the coal strike,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labour Troubles Coal Lumpers to Resume. Sydney
The coal lumpers employed at the Mortake gas works have promised to return to work on Wednesday, on the old conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Lumpers at Work Again
The coal lumpers resumed work at M[?]ritlake gas works this morning, and cay that they will abide by the award when made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Economic War. Allies' Remarkable Position. Gold Reserve, Five Hundred and Eight Millions. LONDON
The Samuel Montague Co.'s "Bullion Circular" shows that at the end of 1916 the gold in the, banks in Germany totalled 126 million sterling, that in the Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Daylight Saving in Mines
SYDNEY, Thursday.-- The daylight saving arrangement is to be ignored in the working of mines on the northern coal fields…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Open Column. (Editor, "Star.") Coal Strike
Sir,--I read with pleasure your remarks in to-day's issue of the " Star" regarding the effects of the recent coal strike so far as Lismore was concerned, more especially that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Find at Sunny Corner. 100 Ozs. to the Ton. Bathurst
A rich find of gold has been reported from Cox's Flat, Sunny Corner Specimens taken at a depth of seven feet showed an average of 100ozs. to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Too Hot to Work." Coal Lumpers Knock Off
The coal lumpers working at Darling Harbor ceased work to-day, the reason being that he neat was to great. They promised to return later…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wharf Labourers' Demands. Trouble at Hobart. Cargo of Coal Undischarged. HOBART, Tasmania
The coal lumpers' dispute at Hobart, owing to the men's demands for time instead of tonnage rates, is still unsettled. The Union Steamship Company's Taviuni…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tweed Coal Seams
It has been asserted that the coal seams known to be located in the range between the Richmond and Tweed watersheds and the spurs leading therefrom,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Discovery. Result of a Horse Stumbling
SYDNEY, Saturday. -- All interesting story attaches to the gold discovery at Sunny Corner. One of the prospectors, Alexander Gray, was abasing his horse in the bed of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Trade. Australia's Loss in the East. SYDNEY
The losses oi the Australian coal trade with the east, through strikes; during the past few years, is estimated by Mr. Suttor, the Trade Sommissioner in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Recent Coal Strike
A correspondent thinks the stokers deserve a little of praise for the way in which they successfully carried out their duties during the very severe ordeal just passed through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Famine in Rome
LONDON, Monday. -- There is a coal famine in Rome and the gas supply is threatened…
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