Coal Situation. No Immediate Trouble Expected. Sydney
The situation on the coalfields is causing some uneasiness, but the Union viewpoint is believed to be against any upheaval at present. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining & the mines, 1920
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Floating Mines. German Carelessness. London
Grimsby fishermen ore having the narrowest escapes from floating mines. They assert that the Germans clearing Heligoland Bight are most perfunctory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rich Gold Mine. Discovery in Westralia. Perth
Remarkably rich specimens from the Britannia mine situated about 8 miles from boulder City, were exhibited in Fremantle to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Trouble. Further Conference. Sydney
Mr. Willis, secretary or the Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Shortag[?]. and the Reason Melbourne
Coal importers stated to-day. the coal shortage in Melbourne is due to the heavy export of coal overseas. The fact that coal is cheaper [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners in Conference. Increased Wages Demanded. Reduction in Price of Coal. London
A conference now being held at Leamington and representing 96,000 miners, is discussing the demand for an extra 2/ dairy for workers of over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Coal Miners. Demand Increased Wages. London
The miners' convention now sitting at Leamington has accepted the executive's proposal to demand an increase in wages of from 1/9 to 2/ a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cou[?] Colliery Sydney, [?]
Several pointed question with regard to the purchase of the Illawarra colliery for £75,000 were suggested to-day by leading coal experts for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Illawarra Colliery Proposed Purchase Abandoned "Influence!" SYDNEY
It is reported that the proposal of the City council to buy the central Illawarra Colliery has been practically abandoned, as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Yield. Fifty Per Cent Decrease. Sydney
The New South Wales gold yield for June. 19[?]0. amounted to [?] ounces of line gold, valued at £[?]743, as compared with [?] ounces of fine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ghastly Tale. Buried in a Coal Mine. London July 8
Budapost reports 210 people were killed by a dynamite explosion in a coal mine. The chaft collapsed and nearly all below were burried alive…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Resolve. to Play Political Part London, July 8
The Miners’ Conference passed a re-solution advising delegates to the forthcoming Trifles Congress, that unless the Government withdraws…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prince in the West. a Gold Fields Welcome. Sydney
The Royal train arrived at Coolgardie this morning. During the night's journey the train was serenaded at intervals by cow bells and kerosene…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Mine a Useful Proposition. Sydney
Lithgow advises the Minister for Mines inspected the State coal mine this afternoon. The Minister regards the State coal mine as an excellent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Refused Further Demands. London, July 11
It is reported the Government is determined to resist the miners’ lat[?] demands for a further 2/- per shift, because it is necessary to reduce the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Black" Coal. Railway Union's Decision. Melbourne
The ballot taken by the Victorian Railways Union on the question of giving power to the executive of the union to instruct the members to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Long Tunnel. "Gold in the Mountains."
With the big fall of rain, matters at Long Tunnel Gold Mine have brightened. The dams are full, and work is now going full…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold! the Famous Long Tunnel Mine. Another Good Clean-up
ON Saturday there was another clean up at the famous Long Tunnel Mine and the result clearly proves that the old mine is as good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand Coal Miners Negotiations Broken Off. Wellington, N.Z.
Negotiations between the miners and coal owners’ representatives have been broken off. The miners still insist on their interpretation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cut to Pieces. Coal Miner's Fate. Sydney
The mutilated body of Harry Cutti, 38, a coal miner, was found on the main South Coast line, near Balgownie, to-day. He had evidently been…
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