Shortland Colliery. Strike,threatened. Newcastle
At a meeting of miners employed in Shortland colliery, held at Adamstown, when Mr. D. Watson, district president, and Mr. W. Brennan, general secretary, were present, it…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Mining & the mines, 1911
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Mining Notes
The manager of the Tolwong Block-up Mines Company reports that as the recent heavvy fall of rain interfered with work at No. 5 mine, a drive was started about 60ft below…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →A Coal-lumper Injured
William Featler, 83, a coal-lumper, residing in Princes-street, Miller's Point. fell, down the hold of the collier Herga at the Port Jackson Company's works, Neutral Bay,…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →In and About the Mines
Our Wellington (N.S.W.) correspondent telegraphed that at a meeting of shareholders in the Federal G.M. Company It was decided to ask the shareholders to take up the preferential…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Bullfinch Miners' Strike. Southern Cross, Saturdny
In connection with the strike at the Bullfinch Proprietary, Mr. W. Nicholls, secretary of the Bullfinch Progress Association, has written to Mr. J Delaney, secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Northern Collieries. Impending Strike at Shortland. Men to Give 14 Days Notice
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The miners at the Shortland colliery Intend to-morrow morning giving 14 days' notice of their intention to cease work. The trouble-at this mine is one of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Ilawarra Steam Coal and Coke Company
The prospectus of the Illawarra Steam coal and Coke Company Limited, has been issued. The company os to have a capital of £150,000 divided into 150,000 [?]ares if £1 each. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Shortland Miners. Demand for Increased Pay
NEWCASTLE Monday.—Thoses who believed that Peter Bosling's downfall had resulted in election of a perfectly same and peare-loving man to the miners presidency were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Back to Japan. Miners Leave New Caledonia
The information published last week stating that 1000 Japanese miners had arrived in New Caledonia caused some stir in the minds of Australians, and it was freely hinted that the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fuel-getters' Strike. Mines Closing Down. Kalgoorlie
To-day produced no change in the situation with regard to the supply of fuel for the minas. Negotiations for the settlement of the dispute between the firewood companies and workers…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Miners and Proprietors. a Conference Asked For. Newcastle
The delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation have, on a notice of motion from the Neath Miners' Lodge, decided to ask the colliery proprietors to grant a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining in the State. Cobar
An important development has occurted at the Queen Bee mine. At the bottom lovel a six feet wide [?]re channel has been struck in the west crosscut, 2ft of which is very high…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The Miners New President. Must Get a Fair Deal. the Right to Strike
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The president of the Colliery Employees, Federation made some emphatic statements at the meeting of the Shortland lodge. He said he was surprised to hear…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Coal and Shale Workers. Illawarra Association's Position. Federal Member Resents Recent Decision. (By Our Special Reporter.)
Speaking at the Illawarra miners' annual gala at Wollongong on Saturday, Mr. G. Cann, M. P. for Nepean, expressed surprise in regard to the interim injunction granted by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Mining. End of a Disturbed Week. Metal Values Fluctuate. Want of Vigour in Speculation
Taken full and by, the week's business brought to a close on Saturday morning was disappointing, either from a buying or selling point of view. This was in a certain measure…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Who Discovered Australia? Doubtful Theory.a Monstrous Beast. Kangaroo or Possum? Aboriginal Gold Fields and Pearling Grounds
Who was the first to discover Australia. This is a question which has remained unanswered for age, until recently, Mr. Edward A. Patherick, the Federal Government Librarian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Etheridge Gold Mines, Limited. Melbourne
The Chillagoe Company, Ltd., reports that holders of scrip in that company are reminded that the transfer books will close on Wednesday, January 25, for the purposes of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Northern Coal Miners. an Angry Speech. Newcastle
As an indication of the feeling of the miners some remarks by the new president of the Colliery Employees' Federation are interesting. Speaking at the meeting of Shortland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle. Coal and Other Exports. Newcastle
The following vessels were cloared at the Newcastle Customs-house to-day:—P[?]ione, bq, for Timaru, with 1567 tons coal; Dilkera, s, for Fremantle, with 3500 tons coal, 60 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Colusion. Wheat and Coal Trains. Melbourne
At Geeiong on Saturday a light engine drawing about 20 trucks of coal and a heavy engine with about 30 tracks of wheat (about 300 tons) crashed into each other with some force, The…
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