Labor Affairs. Mining Strike
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The strike at the Broken Hill Proprietary mine continues. Between 800 and 1000 men are affected…
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Mining & the mines, 1918
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Purchase of Coal
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Acting Minister for the Navy announced that the Commonwealth Government would purchase 100.000 tons of coal from the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Miners' Federation. Important Decisions. LONDON
The meeting of the Miners' Federation at Southport passed a resolution, urging an increase of the old -age pension to 15 weekly, and a reduction of the age limit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Federation. (Published in the "Times.)
LONDON, Saturday.—The Miners Federation passed a motion demanding a six hour day after the war, and six days' pay for a five day week…
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SYDNEY; Tuesday.—The wardon (Mr. James) reports that the tin mining industry at Ardlethan is in full swing owing to the high price of tin and the consistency of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. Mining Boom in Armidale District. Sydney
Messages from Armidale say that mining is booming in the New England district. The Warden is daily receiving applications for permission to enter land…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labor Affairs. Colliery Wheelers on Strike
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The wheelers at Minmi colliery, Newcastle, ceased work owing to the dismissal of one man who absented himself, from work. As the result the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labor Affairs. Broken Hill Mining Trouble
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Government has refused to grant financial assistance to men out of work through the mining trouble at Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Mining Disaster. Twenty Men Killed. CAPETOWN
A Johannesburg message states that 20 white men were killed to- day in a skip disaster at the Meyer- Charlton Mine, owing to the snapping of the rope…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—The mines at Bundamba were idle on Saturday, the men having decided to bold a mass meeting to consider the question of peace by negotiation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labor Affairs. N.z. Coal Miners
WELLINGTON, Monday.—The coal shortage in New Zealand is, very acnte. Meanwhile the miners complain that the owners refuse to meet them They contend that a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Accident. (Reuter.)
CAPETOWN, Sunday.—A message, from Johannesburg states that great sympathy was evoked as the result of a skip accident at the Meyer and Charlton mine, one of the oldest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand Colliery Trouble Men Want More Money. Wellington (N.z.)
The New Zealand Miners Federation, in reply to the statement issued by the coal owners, and the offer of a bonus to miners working full time, states…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labor Affairs. Northern Miners Protest
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The northern miners protest against the proposed exclusion of the industry from the schedule of the Commonwealth Arbitration Act…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Trouble Ended
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The trouble at the Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, has ended. The men have resumed work…
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On Friday afternoon Mr. Watt intimated that the visiting Ministers were not likely to come to any definite decision on the industrial issues till Monday. One of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Mining. Inquiry Into Conditions. SYDNEY
The Board of Trade opened an inquiry to-day into phases of coalmining, including housing accommodation, sanitation, industrial matters, and diseases…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Trouble. Acute Situation at Abermain. Serious Strike Threatened. West Maitland
A dispute has arisen at Abermain No. 1 Colliery over working the coal seam. The colliery was idle to-day, and the situation is very acute. Officers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labor Affairs. Employment for Miners
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A Coal Purchase Board has been constituted to purchase 150000 tons of coal from the southern and northern collieries. Employment will thus be given…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Coast Coal. "No Really Workable Seams."
The Government Geologist, Mr, Carnc. re-examined dining the year the coal outcrops in the upper watersheds of the Clarence, Richmond and Tweed…
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