The Coal Situation. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Wednesday.—The Miners' Federation held a meeting with the Prime Minister this afternoon in reference to coal prices the shortage of domestic supplies of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1920
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Coal Prices. Case for the Miner's Federation. LONDON
A Downing Street statement enumerates the points raised by the executive of the Miners' Federation whose case was stated by Mr. Smillie, supported by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Miners' Resolutions
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The council of the Coal Miners and Shale Workers' Federation has, decided to recommend to its districts that candidates for Parliament be asked to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Collieries Idle
SYDNEY, Saturday.—It was ascertained to-day that there are now 35 collieries idle in the Newcastle and Maitland coal fields, and that 7000 miners are out of work. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Claims
SYDNEY, Friday.—The coal and shale miners' conference to-day decided on the claims to be made to the owners, which will be submitted to the lodges for approval…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Employees' Endorsement
SYDNEY, Saturday.—The council of the Australasian Shale and Goal Employees' Federation carried. the following motion- This council views with admiration the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nationation of Mines. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Asquith, speaking at Paisley, pronounced definitely against the nationalisation of mines. It was suggested that under nationalisation the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Industry
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Council of the Coal and Shale Federation has decided to organise the employees in the mining industry into one organisation known as the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Supervision Discussed. Coal Industry Badly Managed. LONDON
Mr. Asquith, speaking at Paisley, pronounced definitely against the nationalisation of mines. If it was suggested, that under nationalisation the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nationalisation of Coal. Clearing the Ground for Discussion. LONDON
It is understood that the Premier proposes to clear the ground for a discussion of Labour's demand for the nationalisation of mines by taking a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Africa's Export Trade. a Crisis Reported. An Insufficient Gold Reserve. CAPETOWN
A crisis in the export trade has occurred, the banks practically refusing to negotiate drafts on foreign countries. The export produce trade is almost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mining Industry. Organisation Into One Union. Sympathy for the I.W.W. Prisoners. SYDNEY
The Sydney Council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Federation concluded its sittings yesterday. It was decided to recommend to the district the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners at Coledale
SYDNEY, Monday.—Notwithstanding the recommendations of the Coal and Shale Federation the Coledale employees did not return to work to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortage of Coal. (Published in the "Times.")
PARIS, Monday.—Owing to the shortage of coal the streets are almost unlit and household lighting has been drastically, reduced. The city is blacker than the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →France's Coal and Food Problems. Grave Shortages Reported. PARIS
Street lighting has been reduced to a minimum owing to the coal shortage, and electric lighting has been confined to the central markets and certain street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Working and Housing Conditions. Sydney
A further inquiry into the working hours and housing conditions of miners will be made next Monday by the Coal Commission…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Coast Miners
SYDNEY, Wednesday:—The South Coast miners lost 178 days last year in Strikes, and wages to the amount of £44,891…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Coast Mining. Two Collieries Idle. WOLLONGONG
Two collieries were idle to-day. Coal-cliff was idle for the second time this week because of a dispute concerning one of the wheelers. Altogether 900 men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Gold Find. Discoveries in the Maitland District. West Maitland
A further find of gold has been made on Craven Plateau and several applications for permission to enter land for mining purposes have been lodged with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Unrest. Evasion of Income Tax Proposed. SYDNEY
Mr. Willis, secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, has received a report from the Collie Mine, West Australia, proposing that a move…
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