The Coal Fleet. Ocean Tramps Arrive
The steamer Monkbarns arrived in port last night from Santos, South-west Rio de Janeiro, after a passage of 56 days round the Cape of Good Hope. The best day's run was 296 miles,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining & the mines, 1912
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Bundamba Miners Meet. Delegate to Go to Newcastle
IPSWICH, Monday.--A mass meeting of colliery employees was held at Bundamba this afternoon. Between 500 and 600 were present. A number of speeches were delivered, among…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coal Goes It. Action by Transport Workers
LONDON. Monday Night.—There is great excitement on the Coal Exchange in Consequence of the strike. and prices south of London have advanced is a ton since Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining in the State. Gloucester
On Friday last the plant, machinery, lease, and mining rights, etc., of the Mount Copeland mine were submitted to auction, and were bought for £1700 by M'Conville,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Newnes Trouble. Labor Suspension Asked. General Exodus of Miners
LITHGOW, Monday.--The Department of Labor is acting in a mediatory capacity in connection with the Newnes trouble. The Commonwealth Oil Corporation has been…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Seven Pounds of Gold. Rich Find at Hargraves
The Under-Secretary for Mines received the following telegram on Saturday night from the registrar at Hargraves:— "William Lonergan unearthed 12lb gold…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →7Lb. of Gold. Hargraves Miner's Find. Specimen Weighing 12Lb
A telegram from the Mining Registrar at Hargraves, received by the Under-Secretary of Mines, yesterday, states:-- "William Lonergan unearthed 12lb. gold…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Messrs. J. J. Moore and Company's Timber and Coal Fleet
Messrs. J. J. Moore and Company have recently opened their own direct office at 52 Pitt-street, Sydney, and have appointed Mr. C. H. Gibson as…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wyalong Mining Disaster. Visit of Sydney Boxing Contingent
WEST WYALONG, Monday.--An enthusiastic reception was accorded Mr. H. D. M'Intosh, the boxing promoter, Sam Langord, Flynn, and E. Clabby, who arrived to-day from Sydney to take…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining. London Firm in Silver and Copper. Sound Market Locally
Though the market yesterday morning was not so vivacious, from a business point of view, as it was during the latter portion of the past week, nevertheless it was an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Near and Nearer. the British Coal-war. Widespread Preparations. Peacemakers Undismayed. the Opposing Forges
LONDON, Monday.--If the threatened national strike of colliers in Great Britain at the end of February should be realised, it will probably involve 610,000 men, that being the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Coal Crisis. Impending Strike. a Gloomy Outlook. Preparing for a Struggle. London, Feb. 18
The big firms in Sheffield, Wolverhampton, and Dudley, and other firms elsewhere, have resolved in the event of a coal strike to close their less profitable departments…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal Miners and the Minimum Wage
The demand for an individual minimum wage, which is the cause of the present position of extreme gravity in the coal trade of Great Britain, must not be taken to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cessnock Collieries. Cessnock
The local collieries are still working in an intermittent way, the pays averaging little better than half-time. There appears to be no immediate prospect of an improvement…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →State Coal Mines. "Running Riot with Revenue." the Bill Reintroduced
In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Edden moved that the State Coal Mines Bill be re-introduced at the stage at which it was interrupted last session…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Mount Boppy—the Premier Gold Mine of New South Wales
The Main Boilers. The Tailings Lift…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Mount Boppy. the Premier Gold Mine of N.s.w
Few things are more pleasing when proceeding through unoccupied, or only partially occupied, country, than to come all at once upon a busy, prosperous settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →Late Cable News Received To-day. British Labor Unrest. Coal Miners and Dockers. Excited Coal-consumers
LONDON, Tuesday Night.—Sir, G. R. Askwith Comptroller-General of Labor, has persuaded the Gl[?]gow masters and cock laborers to spr[?] to arbitration on the interpretation of their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining. Values Show Easier Feeling. Effect of British Coal Crisis
The crisis in the British coal trade has apparently reached such a critical stage as to have had a depressing effect upon the London Stock Exchange. For several days past…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Colliery Disputes. the Conciliation Committee
At the meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation yesterday, the result was announced of the ballot for the election of five representatives of the men on the…
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