General War Cables. British Coal Supply. London
The controller of coal mines has formed a scheme under which Britain will be divided into twenty areas, in which consumers may obtain coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining & the mines, 1917
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Daring Air Raid. London Area Traversed by Enemy, Killed 37—Injured 141. Germans' Powerful Effort on Aisne. Obstinacy in Face of Costly Failure. Splendid Russian Artillery Work. Submarines and Mines Busy. Another Air Raid. Biggest Yet Attempted, Bombs Dropped on London. Numerous Casualties. London
A British official report states:— At about 9.30 this morning considerable numbers of hostile aircraft, consisting probably of two parties…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Harnessing the Sun. Machinery Goes Without Coal
If a boy can burn his name on a wooden bench with nothing but the aid of a convex lens and the sun's rays, why is it not possible to make…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lobb's Hole Mines. Copper and Petroleum
THE following is a copy of a report forwarded by Mr. C. H. Lawson, F.R.G.S., (London), dated November, 17, 1917 on the above mines:…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →One Big Union. Miners and A.w.u
At the annual meeting of the Ballarat (Vic.) branch of the Federated Mining Employees Association on Saturday night, the State secretary (Mr. T…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Ice Mine
Unbelieveable as it may seem, there exists at Coudersport, Pennsylvania, and ice mine. It was discovered some 18 years ago by a farmer who, nothing a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wastefulness of Gold Currency
Among the many things which it has been found, easy to do without, gold currency for internal purposes occupies a prominent place. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shipping Control. French Coal Position. London
The "Times" Paris correspondent states that owing to the serious condition of the French merchant service and the coal question, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work and Wages. Stoppages in Coal Mines. Sydney
The Coal Tribunal sat to-day to discuss stoppages in several coal mines during the past few weeks. Mr. Justice Edmunds said he wished…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. "The Cowards who Deserted." Will Russia Come Again ? German Gold the Trouble. Sydney, This Day
Correspondents state that Petrograd learnt the news of the rout of the Eleventh Army with unspeakable fury. It is likely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Work and Wages. Colliery Workers' Demands. Judge's Stringent Remarks. Sydney
Mr. Justice Heydon, in giving judgment to-day in an application by the Federated Mine Mechanics to vary an award, said that an increase at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attila's Funeral. Coffins of Gold, Silver, and Iron
The Kaiser, looking forward to tho time when he bad overcome our "contemptible little Army" and had become the ruler, of Europe, imagined perhaps that when the great…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swiss Loan to Germany. Scarcity of Coal. London
Reuter's correspondent states that Switzerland has decided to make Germany a substantial loan, an the only means of securing coal, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Found Dead. Sydney
John Tipler and Thomas Abbott were found dead in the Blackball Mine (New Zealand). It is understood that the bodies were discovered in some water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Night Shift. Broken Hill Miners' Decision
At a mass meeting of the Amalgamated Miners' Association held at the Trades Hall on Sunday afternoon, the abolition of the night shift in mines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Short Coal Stocks
Coal stocks hold in Sydney are said to be below those on hand just before the last miners' strike…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Black" Coal
All coal in the hands of the Railway Department has been declared "black" by the union. All the South Coast mines, were idle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest Will Hughes Act? Coal Not Yet Black Drivers Pelted Sydney, This Day
The Federal Cabinet may, to-day, consider the strike position in this Slate. The Government has large powers if Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Coal Supply
The Railway Commissioners have sufficient coal in the yard and at gras to keep the railways going for six or eight weeks at the normal rates of using it,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Declared "Black."
The strikers' defence committee has declared all coal in the Railway Commissioners' service "black."…
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