South Africa Strike of Miners. Cape Town
It is stated in a message from Johannesburg that the joint conference between the executives of the mine workers and the engineers, has confirmed the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1922
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Will Gas Succeed Coal? Wasting Fuel by Burning It
Sir John Cadmas, the technical adviser to the Coal Mines Department, told the Institution of Mining Engineers. London, that a very few years may see it a penal offence to burn…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold in Court
A bar of gold, 5 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 1 inch thick, valued at £398, was handed to the official receiver by the Solicitor-General one day recently in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold in Court
A bar of gold 5 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 1 inch thick, valued at £398, was handed to the official receiver by the Solicitor-General one day recently…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Conspiring. Mining Engineer Remanded
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Thomas Orton, mining engineer, was remanded at the Melbourne City Court to-day on a charge of having conspired on various dates between January,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Strike Upheaval in Transval. Dispute About Wages. Cape Town
The Transvaal coal strike is in full Swing, throwing 1000 Europeans out of work and affecting 20,000 natives. The pump men and other safety men will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →African Coal Mines. the Threatening Strike. Both Sides Preparing (Reuter.)
CAPETOWN, Tuesday.—At Johannesburg the position in the coalmines at present is that only the staffs and natives are working. The strike ballot which is being taken…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coal Miners. Work Resumed After Holidays. Proposed Reduction in Working Days
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The coal miners in all districts began work to-day after a ten days' holiday. Interest now centres in the ballot of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Stoppages
SYDNEY, Friday.—The coal-owners estimate that during last year the miners in the northern districts lost in wages through sectional strikes £163,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →World's Coal Output
In an article regarding the effect of the war on the world's output of minerals the Government Mining Journal has the following:—World's output of coal: In 1918,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sonoma Robbery. Where Gold Was Pound
With the arrival of the Sonoma in Sydney further particulars were available regarding the gold robbery that occurred during her last trip to Sun…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Strike Work Completely Stopped. Smuts Proposes Arbitration. JOHANNESBURG
General Smuts is to secure the reopening of the negotiations between the parties involved in the coal strike. He proposes to submit the dispute to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stoppages in Coal Mines. Year's Record 471. Pits Idle for Trumpery Reasons
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Northern colliery proprietors state that in 1921 there were 471 separate stoppages in the northern coal districts which lost the miners nearly £500,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Free Gold Railway Passes
The following paragraph from Sydney "Sun" discloses that apparently it is possible for members of Parliament to secure gold passes for their daughters,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Shipment
With extra precautions against a recurrence of the sensational gold robbery which occurred on the last voyage, the Oceanic Company's A.M.S…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World's Coal Output
In an article regarding the effect of the War on the world 's output of minerals the Government Mining Journal has the following.--World's output of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Strike Joint Board Proposed. Cape Town
The Government has agreed to appoint a board of conciliation in the coal strike consisting of representatives from each side: in the dispute and the chairman to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →African Coal Strike. Government Makes a Move. Appointing Conciliatory Board. (Reuter.)
CAPETOWN, Saturday.—A message from Johannesburg is to the effect that it is officially stated the Government is prepared to appoint a board of conciliation in the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Too Big a Sacrifice. Nine Working Days Proposal. the Feeling Among the Miners
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The general feeling among the West Maitland miners in reference to the nine working days proposal is that the employees are asked to make too big a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Strike Ballot. Early Returns Favour Action. Facilities for Coal Supplies. (Reuter.)
JOHANNESBURG, Saturday.—It is officially announced that the early returns in the strike ballot indicated a hundred to one majority in favour of a strike. It is stated…
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