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LONDON, Thursday Evening. -- Fearing that a coal strike will follow the ultimatum of the miners of their intention to terminate existing agreements unless the minimum wage demand…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →MELBOURNE, Saturday,—The New South Wales Totalisator Commission sat again at State parliament House. Rev. Joseph Nicholson, superintendent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The sensational yields from the Gundagai Gold Mine have created a stir in mining circles. The wonderfully popular open-air Restaurant "The Eden" Summer Garden at Manly, is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Ironmasters' at Cleveland, Durham, have given their workmen a fortnight's notice on account of the expected shortage of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →CITY: (1) The large yields of the mine are attributable to the workings getting higher into the reef in the Sheepshead line from the main winze. (2) There is an improved prospect in driving south in the reef at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The English Coal Conciliation Board will meet on Monday. It is hoped that a temporary settlement will be arrived at. A strike would involve 1,000,000 men…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Saturday morn broke bright and clear. The summer sun beamed strong; As eight miners wandered off to work, as happy as in song,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →We have received the accounts of the Victorian State coal mines at Wonthaggi for the year 1911. The available output was 376.070 tons including 128.414 tons slack--say,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →CAPETOWN, Friday Evening.--Ex-manager Pevierick, of the East Rand mines, has been committed for trial on a charge of misstating the amount of gold recovered by the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts worked fairly well during the past fortnight. Full time was worked at 12 pits, and eight others put in nine days or over…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →LONDON, Friday Evening.--Viscount St. Aldwyn, the independent chairman of the Conciliation Board, has awarded the South Wales miners an increase of 1 14 per cent., which the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The manager of the Radium Hill Company, reporting for the week ended February 10, states:—"No. 4 shaft: Sunk 21ft, and bottom and sides show 3ft 6in of a lode, with clean…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Economist" writes:— Sir,—In your issue of Monday "Elgin" says "there has been no depreciation of gold," yet the acknowledges there has been an increase in price of commodities…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The fortnight ended yesterday proved a busy one with the collieries of Newcastle and South Maitland districts, a large proportion of Newcastle mines particularly working full…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The February Trade and Shipping Report issued by Messrs. Earp Bros, and Co., Ltd., refers to the coal trade of Newcastle as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following vessels were cleared at the Nowcastle Customs-house on Saturday:—Maheno, s, for Auckland, via Sydney, with 1050 tons bunkers, quantity of timber, and 100…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Work at Mount Lyell Company's mine is now almost up to requirements, about 800 being employed. Two furnaces are in regular operation at the reduction works, and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Mount Elliott Co. reports that the furnace has been started, and that "everything is in full swing, and running smoothly."…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →HELENSBURGH, Saturday.--The want of sufficient railway trucks to keep the miners fully employed was again the cause of a great falling off in the output during the fortnight, for which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Vale of Clwydd colliery has been idle since Thursday of last week owing to a wheel connected with the underground haulage system having broken. It is expected that a new…
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