Peace Movement. Miners' Motion Withdrawn. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Thursday.—At the annual meeting of the Northumberland Miners' Council a proposal that the Government initiate peace by negotiations was withdrawn as the…
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Mining & the mines, 1918
508 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 14 of 26
Roofed with Gold
The recent decision of the Holy Synod not to accept responsibility for the safe-guarding of property belonging to the Russian Orthodox…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Confer with Mr. Beeby
SYDNEY, Monday.—Miners' representatives conferred with Mr. Beeby, Minister for Labor, to-day, and discussed matters relating to the aftermath of the big 1917…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—As the outcome of a deputation to the Acting Minister of the Navy the Federal Cabinet will be asked to consider the establishment of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Council's Coal Supply. Sydney
On April 23rd, the City Council had before it tenders for the Council coal supply, and on the casting vote of the Lord Mayor they referred it back, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Southern Miners Trouble. Not Affecting the Public
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Willis, secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, explained to-day the rumors of trouble on the South Coast referred to internal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Hill Mining. (United Service, Ltd.)
LONDON, Tuesday.—The Broken Hill reorganisation has been well received. The shares were not affected to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Output of Coal. Board of Control Urged. MELBOURNE
As an outcome of the deputation which waited upon Mr. Poynton, the Federal Cabinet is to be asked to consider the establishment of a Board of Control to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South African Recruiting Campaign. Position of Mine Workers. CAPETOWN
In connection with the recruiting campaign the Governor-General telegraphed to the Imperial Government asking whether, in view of the pressing need of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unemployment Among Miners
SYDNEY, Saturday.—The president of the Colliery Employees' Federation has written, to the Acting Prime Minister asking for a close investigation into the question of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Poetry the Mine-sweepers
Out on the deep, The rolling deep, A mine-sweeper lurches and cleaves; Her bow abreast…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill Mine. a Nice Dividend
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A dividend of 6s per share is to be paid at the end of June to the shareholders of the Broken Hill South Silver Mining Company. This will absorb…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Labor Affairs. Settlement of Mining Disputes
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Beeby, addressing the coal miners at Lithgow in regard to the Arbitration Act, stated he was hopeful the miners would come under the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Demand Increased Wages. London
A conference of the Miners' Federation to-day unanimously decided to demand a substantial increase in wages to meet the increased cost of living…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When Paper Ran Out What Happened on the Goldfields
The recent news as to the probable severe shortage, or stoppage altogether, of paper for dailies and weeklies recalls a gleeful yarn of early Coolgardie…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners' Grievances
SYDNEY, Friday.—The miners' representives conferred with Mr. J. B. Holme (In[?]ial Registrar) to-day. After a lengthy [?]ssion an arrangement for the settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Want Increase. (United Service. Ltd.)
LONDON, Thursday.—The National Con[?]nce of Miners passed a resolution de[?]ding a substantial increase in wages [?]ensurate with the cost of living…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Price of Gas. Pelaw Main Coal Praised
SYDNEY, Friday.—Giving evidence in con nection with the price of gas to-day, Andrew Wilson, engineer of the Australian Gaslight Co., said they got 12,800 feet per ton of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Molybdenite Mine Purchased
Molybdenite mining is booming in the Tamworth district, and as the result of recent operations it is likely that a big boost will be given to the industry. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners for Army Service. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Saturday.—It is understood that the military are taking altogether 75,000 miners from the pits for army service. Sixty per cent. of the men have volunteered…
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