Shortage of Coal
The gasworks manager reported to the Wagga Council at its last meeting:—"We are again having trouble with our coal supply, and during my…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining & the mines, 1919
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Long Tunnel Mine a Splendid Return
The first Lona Tunnel crushing was a good one. For a run of 475 hours, 448 tons are were treated, and 450 oz. gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Find Reported. Excitement at Temora. Sydney
There was great excitement in Temora to-day, when two places of stone thickly studied with large nuggets of gold were exhibited. One piece was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →If the Miners Strike. SYDNEY
McDonald, secretary of the Owners' Association, remarked this afternoon, "If the miners strike, then we will have to face it as we have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threatened Coal Crisis. Melbourne
In anticipation of the coal trouble in New South Wales, the Victorian Railway Commissioners have a large quantity stored, while the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Gold Yield. Melbourne
The New Golden Fleece mine at Bendigo milled 360 tons of quartz, out-of which were procured 192 [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Turmoil in Britain. Shipworkers Still Out. Scottish Miners Resume. London
Mass meetings at Glasgow, Govan, and Clydebank resolved to continue the strike for a 40-hours week, and called on the executive councils to co-operate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Demands. Government in Reply. London
The Government's reply to the miners' demands had been issued. As regards the demand for a six-hour day, the reply states that the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor Still Restless. Miners' Strike Threatened Vancouver
The miners' meeting at Southport rejected tile Government's proposal for a compromise of an increase of 1/ daily. The federation demands a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Karmala Not Cleared. Soldiers Refuse to Coal. Melbourne
The troopship Karmala has not yet cleared the port. The soldiers refused to take their place in the coal lumpers, and have lowered Commander…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Coal-cutter
Revolutionary changes an coal mining methods are promised upon the general introduction of a coal mining machine developed by Mr. H. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Germany's Dark Days. Communists Seize Mines. Basle
The Government at Weimar is discussing the critical situation in the Ruhr region, where nine-tents of the mines are in the hands of the communists. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Closed. LONDON
Thirty five mines are closed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Miners' Discontent. Strike Probable. London
Mr. Robert Sm[?], president of the Miners' Federation, in an interview, briefly dismisses the criticisms of the miners' threat to strike, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Coal Region. Many Mines Are Closed. London
Bloody machine-gun fighting between the Spartacusists and Government troops has occurred at Ruhr, the coal-mining district in the Rhineland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Royal Commission Offered. Miners to Consider Proposal
Mr. Lloyd George, Prime Minister, at to-day's conference with the executive of the Miners' Federation, stated that the Government was prepared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floating Mine. SYDNEY
The steamer Eaon sighted a floating mine six miles from Cape Everard, and thirty four miles west of Gabo yesterday, on the direct…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floating Mine Sighted. Destroyed by Rifle Fire. Sydney
The steamer Aeon sighted a floating mine six-miles from Cape Everard, and 34 miles west of Gabo Island, yesterday, on the direct route of vessels…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Miners. Ballot Favors Strike. Overwhelming Majority. Vancouver
The British miners have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike. An earlier message, published in the "Times," stated that further returns…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Mining Trouble. Conference with Prime Minister. Lloyd George's Influence. London
Mr. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, has conferred with the executive of the Miners' Federation. He addressed them gravely but sympathetically,…
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