The Coal Crisis. Outlook Today. Serious Situation. Sex Mines Closed Down. General Strike May Follow
Evening News · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 4
NEWCASTLE, Friday Morning.—It was expected last night that the trouble at two of the four collieries where strikes occurred had been settled. The owners of the Pacific and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal and Other Exports
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 8
The following vessels cleared at the Customs-house to-day:—Ardova, s, for Port Pirie, via Sydney, with 320 tons bunkers; Marama, s, for Wellington, via Sydney, with 2000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Coast Mines. Holiday Delays
Evening News · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 5
WOLLONGONG, Friday.—When wort was resumed at the mines this week a large proportion of the hands had not come hack from the holiday trips. One colliery started with less…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trouble at Rix's Creek. the Miners Determined
Evening News · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 2
SINGLETON, Thursday.— The miners on strike at Rix's Creek held a meeting this morning to discuss the situation. Mr. Arthur Heuston, jun., presided…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fall in Metals. Miners' Bonus Discontinued. Launceston
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 8
Notices have been issued at Zeehan intimating that the bonus to miners given from October 12 months be discontinued, owing to the price of metals having fallen below the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Philippines, Ominous Precautions. Munitions, Torpedoes, and Mines
Evening News · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 4
LONDON, Thursday Evening.— Munitions sufficient to last five years are being sent from the United States to the Philippines, and also torpedoes and mines for the protection of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Western Australia. the Gold Yield. Perth
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 8
The gold yield for December last was 154,455 fine ounces, valued at £656,084. The yield for the whole year was 1,097,553oz., being 96,993oz below that for 1906…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Broken Hill Miners. Slackness of Work. Decrease Is Development
Evening News · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 6
BROKEN HILL Friday. The total somber of men employed on the Broken Hill Mines at the end of December was 8937, against 10,030 at the end of September. The decrease In…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Labour for the Rand Mines Doing Without the Chinese
The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 8
Speaking at the meeting of the Johannesburg Goldfields Company on November 19, Mr. P. G. H. Carvill said that the latest returns of natives recruited for the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining in the State. Braidwood
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 9
The Mount Hope mine, Majors Creek, sent 14 tons of stone to Cockle Creek for a return of 3oz 8dwt of gold, and 20oz of silver per ton. Eleven tons of concentrates yielded 2oz…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Broken Hill Mines. Work Resumed in Some. Broken Hill
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 9
Mining work was resumed this morning at the B.H. South, Central, B.H. North, B.H. South Blocks, and the B.H. Junction North mines. In some cases, however, milling was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Attitude of Capital to Mining. New Departure Suggested
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 9
"The wealth per unit of the population of New South Wales," writes a correspondent with a large mining experience in several States, "is probably greater than that of any…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rix's Creek Strike. Miners Throw Down Gauntlet. No Increase, No Work. Singleton
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 7
The miners on strike at Rix's Creek held an open-air meeting to-day. Mr. Arthur Heuston, junior, presided, and there was a full attendance. The situation was freely…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Coal Trouble the Men's Demands. What the Proprietors Say. (Continued from page 4.)
Evening News · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Friday Afternoon.—Two colliery proprietors, interviewed by the "Evening News" representative this morning regarding the strikes at the four Teralba collieries, said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four Pits Idle More Trouble at the Northern Mines Disputes About Rates of Pay Newcastle
The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 6
Four collieries-- the Pacific, Rhonda, Dudley, and Killingworth--are Idle to-day owing to some trouble regarding machine rates and wage. From, to-day all pick miners receive…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Challenge to a Clergyman. Miner Wants to Fight. Bendigo Gold-stealing Campaign. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 6
During the last few days a bitter controversy has raged in the Bendigo press concerning the Rev. H. Worrall's remarks on the gold-stealing question. The two most…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broken Hill Mining Fatalities. 20 Men Killed in a Year. Broken Hill
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 7
During 1907 43 inquests were held in Broken Hill. Of these 20 were on men killed in mines. Two of the fatalities resulted from the after-effects of injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Crisis Imminent. Miners Violate Agreement. Nine Newcastle Collieries Idle. Proprietors' Probable Withdrawal
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 13
Serious developments in connection with the coal-mining trouble at Newcastle took place yesterday, and there appears to be a grave possibility that all the good work performed…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Matters Quiet at the Collieries
Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 8
NEWCASTLE, Saturday Morning.—To-day being pay Saturday, the miners are having their usual fortnighrtly holiday. Matters this morning are quiet at the district collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Southern Coal Trade. Miners Ask for Advance. Business Brisk. Wollongong
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 10
Voting for district officers, in connection with the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association, resulted as follows:— For President.—T. G. Druery, 765; F. Young,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →