Coal Miners Demand Increase
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Mr. Willis, secretary of the Colliery Employees' Association, stated yesterday that the miners demanded 25 per cent. more wag[?]s. It was likely th[?]…
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Mining & the mines, 1919
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Control of Coal Mines. (Reuter.)
AMSTERDAM, Saturday.—A message from Essen states that the Soviet has taken over the control of the coal mines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labor Affairs. British Miners. (Reuter.) LONDON, Friday.—At the British Miners'
Federation Conference at Southport a resolution was carried that the Government be informed that the miners intended to have a six-hours' day. If the Government did not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Kind of Boiler. Boer Farmer and Mine
A Boer farmer and his son, who found a mine on the shore near Eland's Bay, South Africa, are fortunate to be still alive. An official report made to the Admiralty tells…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strike Threat. Miners' Ultimatum to the Government. LONDON
The Miners' Conference has resolved to ultimatum the Government to legislate on demobilisation for the reinstatement of all miners with full pay to all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Prices. Effect of Miners' Demands. LONDON
It is estimated the concession of demands made by the Miners' Conference will increase the cost of coal from 3s to 5s per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Beach Mining. Work on the Ballina Beach. SYDNEY
It is likely another effort will be made to extract gold from the beaches near Ballina. It is stated that a Queensland syndicate is interested in the matter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal on Fire
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—An immense stock of coal belonging to the Australian Gaslight Coy. caught fire. At one time the blaze seemed likely to baffle all the efforts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Demands. Sydney
In connection with the employees of the Australasian Coal and Shale Federation demand for a 25 per cent, increase in wages, a conference between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Demands. Effect of Increased Coal Prices. LONDON
The miners' programme is a 30 per cent. increase in wages, and a six hour day. This involves an additional £40,000,000 yearly in wages…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Guarantee
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Richmond Main miners' lodge decided to guarantee 12 months' work without stop if loyalists were not employed on the colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Going on Strike. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Wednesday.—One hundred and fifty thousand Yorkshire miners will strike on Thursday for a 44 hour week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trouble at Ipswich Collieries
BRISBANE, Friday.—There is trouble at, the Ipswich collieries over the dismissal of a man. Work will be resumed on condition that the man is reinstated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yorkshire Miners Determined. LONDON
Reports from various parts of the country indicate that a serious industrial unrest is prevailing, and that it will require prompt tactical handling by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Medal for Anzac
Sgt. Jack Bentley, M.M., enlisted when war broke out. In the long years that he has been away he has taken part in some stirring dramas…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Strike Settled. LONDON
The coal strike has been settled, the meal interval being conceded on each shift…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pacific Islands. Wonderful Phosphate Mines. What Germany Wanted
Not far from the coast lies Ocean Island, one of the world's greatest phosphate centres. Though hardly known to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Labor Troubles. Many Coal Pits Idle. LONDON
Two hundred thousand Yorkshire miners are out, and every pit is idle. There is great alarm at Bradford in the wool industry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Miners' Demand Granted. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Friday.—The conference of engineers and shipbuilders came to an agreement, the men being recommended to resume work immediately on the understanding that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nottinghamshire Miners Out. London
Several thousand miners in the Nottingham coal fields have struck. The strikers complain that a number of men, including discharged soldiers, received…
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