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6,172 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 250
At a meeting of the general council of the Miners' Federation, the offer of the railway employees to engineer a sympathetic strike was declined. The miners say they will win…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The list of charters in to-day's issue is of more than ordinary interest, as it includes quite a large fleet of sailing vessels fixed to load coal at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The strike is now in full swing in England. On million are new idle including the surface man. The consequent lack of fuel is hampering all industries…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE British Coal Strike has assumed tremendous proportions, and more than a million colliery employees are now idle. Industry throughout the Kingdom is consequently fast becoming paralysed. Blast furnaces have had to be closed down, great ship-building works have been thrown idle, hundreds of steamers are laid up, and the train services are completely disorganised. The fact that the Admiralty has chartered two 6000-ton steamers to convey coal from America to England is a striking reminder of the helpless position that Great Britain would quickly be forced…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The alleged discovery of gold in the Cochranc district has fizzled out. Hundreds of miners rushed to the scene when the news of the alleged discovery was…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Messrs Endicotte Brothers and Blane who have for some time been working at Merendee, had their labor rewarded by unearthing an" 80oz nugget, combined with smaller nuggets. These…
Continued on Trove, page 52 →In April, 1910, after a long period of unrest, an agreement was arrived at between the British coal owners and miners. The agreement was for a period of five years, and to terminate…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The great cost strike in England is in full swing. Over a million men are idle and many million more are threatened with loss of labor owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia, by reason of its wonderful gold production, offers a wide field for the carrying on the u[?] practices at the hands of the goldstealer and his intimate friend the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The fortnight's pay for the district collieries is the best for some time. Neath worked full time (eleven days), Aberdare Extended 9, and Aberdare 6. The coming fortnight also…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Sitting of the Collieries Conciliation Committee was resumed yesterday, Mr. Chas. Hibble presiding. The chairman said that although the Abermain dispute came first on the list of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The joint conciliation committee in connection with the collier[?] industry sat in camera again to-day. The first matter considered was the Abermain dispute, with…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →There are new 1,000,000 miners idle. The downing of tools was carried out quietly. Thus the first step has been taken by the miners in Great Britain towards what will…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Mr. F. Napier Denison, of Victoria, British Columbia, has traced a curious correspondence between earthquakes and colliery gas explosions. His records, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A telegram from Selwyn states that the Mount Elliott Company advise having treated 3112 tons ore, for 412 tons of blister copper, estimated to contain 412 tons copper, 671oz…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Tingha Consolidated Company cleaned up for the month for 12 tons 2cwt of tin. At the Mount David gold mine, the No. 1 crosseut from No. 2 main shaft extended [?]ft…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The following vessels were cleared at the Newcastle Customs-house on Wednesday:— Mindie, s, for Solpmon Islands, vin Sydney, with 6400 tons bunkers, and 1300 tons coal;…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →In the Industrial Court this morning Judge Scholes fined the Boonoo Boonoo Gold Dredging Company, Ltd., of Boonoo Boonoo £1, with 6s costs, in each of three cases, for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Th "Daily Chronicle" warns the miners to beware of arousing popular indignation by following their leader's advice after winning the minimum wage, to refuse a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The miners at Bochum, in Westphalia, who went on strike a day or two ago for an increase in wages, have returned to work. The movement did not spread, other districts…
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