Decreased Output Amongst Mine Workers. MELBOURNE
Giving evidence in the timber workers' case in the Common wealth Arbitration Court to-day Edward Harwood, of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company,…
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Mining & the mines, 1920
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44- Hour Week. Evidence Before Coal Commission. Increasing Costs. SYDNEY
A witness before the Goal Commission to-day said that any reduction in the number of hours worked would Cause at least a thirty per cent increase…
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WELLINGTON, Wednesday.—It is rumored that the New Zealand miners are becoming restless again. Farther trouble is probable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Discovery
In connection with the alleged discovery of gold within the Municipality of Murwillumbah, a Warden's Court was held yesterday to consider applications…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. C. F. Mallett, secretary of the Clifton and South Coast collieries, told the Coal Commission to-day that he was entirely opposed to profit-sharing as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labor Affairs. Mining Dispute
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—As the result of a dispute between the managers and miners, the Aberdare colliery at Cessnoek has been rendered idle. Six hundred men are involved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Profits. Opposition to Sharing Proposals. Lack of Mental Ability. SYDNEY
Mr. Mallet, Secretary of the South Clifton Colliery, giving evidence before the Coal Commission to-day, said that profit sharing in coal mines cannot be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand Miners. a Critical Position. WELLINGTON
A critical position has developed in the Coal Miners' Federation. It is asserted that the owners are not fulfilling the conditions of the new agreement and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labor Affairs. N.z. Mining Trouble
WELLINGTON, Thursday.—A critical position has developed in the New Zealand coal mines. The men's federation asserts that the owners are not fulfilling the conditions of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Overseas Labor Troubles. Nationalisation of Mines. (Published in the "Times.")
LONDON, Thursday.—A conference of British Labor representatives decided to ask the Trades Union Congress to raise £300,000 with the view of an intensive campaign in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Commission. Miners' Industrial Parliament
SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Beeby, M.L.A., giving evidence before the Coal Commission, said he believed if it were possible to get into actual contact with the miners, apart…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murwillumbah Gold Discovery
In connection with the alleged discovery of gold within the municipality of Murwillumbah, a Warden's Court was held to consider applications for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Court. Mr. Beeby's Scheme for Redress of Grievances. Made a Political Matter. SYDNEY
Mr. Beeby, M.L.A., gave evidence before the Coal Commission to-day as to his negotiations with the miners while Minister for Labor. He said he had…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—The conference between the Broken Hill emploers and employees was unsuccessful. The opinion is held in some quarters that, negotiations will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Butte Mines. (Reuyer.)
VANCOUVER, Saturday.—The Butte mines are attempting to reopen under the protection of the regulars of the United Brutes army…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seam of Coal
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—As the result of continued boring operations on the State coal area at the Styx River a 10 feet seam of good coal has been struck at a depth of 715…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labor Affairs. Broken Hill Miners
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The president of the Broken Hill Mine Managers' Association explains that the hours of all Broken Hill employees are reduced. An increase in the basic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Trouble
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A special meeting of the Coal and Shale Miners' Federation decided in view of the unsatisfactory nature of the employers' late terms that they he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Commission. Mr. Sandford's Evidence
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Sandford, the founder of the iron industry in Lighgow, in his evidence before the Coal Commission said he favored working on a co-partnership basis…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand Railway Strike City Services Affected. Mines Closing Down. Auckland (N.z.)
The railway strike is already affecting the city services, and trams have been curtailed; they may cease altogether unless coal is secured. Owing to…
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