Coal Train Derailed Newcastle
Eleven conl waggons and a van were badly damaged when an engine was derailed at Waratah. The guard's van capsized and the guard had a narrow escape from death,…
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Mining & the mines, 1928
780 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 39
Miners Refuse to Go Below Newcastle
Following a report that gas and heating had been discovered in Killingworth colliery the men refused to enter the mine to-day on the grounds that an explosion was possible…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Idle Gold Sydney
Mr. H. C. Brierly, chairman of the Federal Institute, of Accountants, speaking at the annual meeting, said it was high time something of accountancy knowledge was infused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bankers Opposed Proposal to Ship Australia's Gold Reserve
SYDNEY, Thursday. --The proposal of Mr. H. C. Brierley, Chairman of the N.S.W. division of the Federal Institute of Accountants, that Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greatest Fire on Earth. Started by Coal Strikers 43 Years Ago
A veritable mouth of Hell is open in Ohio, says the New York "Times." It is the greatest fire on earth. From the hill tops one sees as far as the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Tin Hero" Miners' Secretary Denounced Ben Tillett Outspoken Wreck of the Unions London
"The authority of Mr. A. J. Cook, the miners' secretary, is questionable in most, things, but his unscrupulous attack on his colleagues regarding the industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fuel Economy Coal Oil Production. Research Work in England and Germany
That Germany is tackling seriously the problem of fuel economy, as well as applying the most up-to-date methods in investigating the oil productive…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Strange Story Miners' President Paid to Keep Mine Working Statement Denied
NEWCASTLE, Monday.--An interesting story was told by the President of the Northern Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare) at a meeting of miners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Catamaran Colliery Sydney
Doubt appears to have arisen in regard to the miners' agreement for working the Catamaran colliery in Tasmania. It is suggested that the scheme involves profit…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bribing Denied. No Benefit to Collieries
Sydney, Tuesday.--Albert J. Sims, chairman of the Stockton borehole colliery, expressed considerable surprise at the statement of T Hoare,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Allegation Statement by Miners' President Bounty on Coal the Man in the Street Newcastle
An interesting story was told by the president of the Northern Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare) at a meeting of miners employed at the Stockton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Borehole Colliery the Alleged Bribe Sydney
Mr. Albert Sims, chairman of directors of the Stockton Borchole colliery, expressed amazement to-day at the statement of Mr. Hoare, president of the Northern Miners…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Losses. Millions Through Strikes
SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- During the past ten years the northern miners have lost £5,500,000 in wages as the result of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Statement Refuted "Bribe" for Miners' President
SYDNEY, Tuesday,— Albert Sims, chairman of directors of the Stockton Borehole Co[?]iery, expressed amazement to-day at the statement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Losses Through Strikes Diminished Coal Output Sydney
It is stated officially that strikes on the northern coal fields during the past ten years have caused a loss of £5,500,000 i[?] miners' wages. The production of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Bonus on Coal Action by Miners' Federation Sydney
The central council of the Miners' Federation, at its annual meeting in Sydney to-day, conducted a full investigation into the Allegations of bribery made by the president…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Collieries Unemployment Newcastle
Fears of further trouble in the coal mining industry were expressed at Cessnock yesterday when a rumour gained currency that the colliery proprietors proposed to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oil From Coal Perth, Wednesdav
A prominent investor who returned yesterday from London said that the process of extracting oil from coal was no longer in the experimental stage. Numerous British mines…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alleged Bribes To Keep Mines Working
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Mr. Baddeley, M. L. A,. referring to Hoare's statement that he was offered bribes, stated that he (Mr. Baddeley) had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Royal Commission? Stockton Colliery Charges
SYDNEY, Thursday. --The Acting Premier (Mr. Buttenshaw) said to- day that the Miners' Council made the following request to him: "That…
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