2,000,000 Idle. Miners Lose £5,000,000 in Wages
Including the miners, there are 2,000,000 Workers idle as a result of the strike. The miners themselves have lost in wages no less than £5,000,000, not one-eighth of which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining & the mines, 1912
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Mine Explosion. Sixty-four Bodies Recovered From Ruins. Many Still Entombed. McCURTAIN (U.S.A.), Saturday Morning
The bodies of 12 additional men have been removed from the mine in which an explosion of gas occurred on Wednesday, making the total recovered to date 64…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Little Liza. Gads Away with Goolmeez. Mosman Mussulman's Moan. Young Woman Charged with Stealing a Gold Watch
A passion for an ebony-hued nigger didn't seem to do Elizabeth Buttenshaw, a woman of 24 years of age, much good. Liza, who is an Arncliffe belle, was before…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disgruntled Doctors. Prescribe for a Poor Patient. and Give Up Their Good Gold. Forbes Charged with Fleecing
George Bernard Forbes, 40 years of age, was before Mr. Barnett, S.M., at the Glebe Police Court on Monday, to answer a charge of false pretences, viz., passing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →and Mine of a Wife the Male Folk Contribute to the Discussion. What a Young Man Wants. Good Housekeeper and Cook and Educated
I am not married, neither am I engaged, but I am on the lookout for a wife, and this is the woman who will suit me—she must be of loving disposition; fond of children; a good…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The Coal Mines Bill
Happily the House of Commons bas declined to accept the impossible task of fixing wages by an Act of Parliament. The British Parliament can do much, but it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →American Colliery Trouble. Miners Refuse Compromises. Cleveland, March 23
Negotiations between the coal mineowners and their workmen have been postponed till Tuesday next. It is understood that the owners are anxious to place the terms of a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →South Coast Mines. Coal and Coke Trades. (From Our Special Reporter.)
Work at the southern collieries is progressing with remarkable smoothness. All the mines are being worked to the fulloat extent, and as a result operations at Port Kembla,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Afternoon Shift. Abolished at Two Collieries
KURRI KURRI, Monday.—As the result of the conference between the Caledonian Coal Company, and the miners of Abedare and Abedare Extended—two of the largest mines in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coal Strike
Of the many personal incidents of the debate on the Wages in Coalmines Bill, none were more interesting than the appearance of Mr. Balfour, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Colliery Mechanics. Want a Wages Board
Judge Scholes had before him in the Industrial Court this afternoon an application by Mr. H. Morris Coben (Messrs. Braye and Coben, of Newcastle), on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Notes
The Western Australian State batteries crushed 1160 tons last week for 1023oz of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gold-stealing Charge
LAUNCESTON, Sunday.--John Berresford and John Raymond, a recent arrival from Melbourne, were before the police court yesterday charged with stealing 83oz of gold. It is alleged that…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Losses of Miners. Acute Distress
Two million workers, including minors, are idle. The miners have lost £5,000,000 in wages owing to the strike, not one-eighth of which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Strike at an Ipswich Mine
IPSWICH (Q.). Saturday.--Fifty minors employed in White's Eclipse colliery censed work yesterday because three draymen had not been reinstated…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grafton Copper Mine. Grafton
The manager for the Grafton copper mine reports for the week ended March 16 as follows:—"Three furnaces worked full time, treating 273 tons of ore for 37 tons 12cwt…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Miners' Federation. Demands Minimum Wage
The Miners'" Federation has held a meeting, when the delegates reaffirmed their demand for the inclusion in the bill of a provision for minimum wages of 5s and 2s for men and boys…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Minima Rejected. the Coal Mines Bill. Prime Minister Stands Fast. Further Conference Offered. Federation Insists on Rates
LONDON, Friday Evening.--The House of Commons discussed this afternoon the amendment to the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Bill, moved by Sir Ivor Herbert (Liberal), in favor…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mines and Mining. Strong Market for Silver. Substantial Rise in Junction. Mount Morgan Firm -- Tongkah Weaker
There was an exceedingly strong market for Broken Hill silver scrip on the local Exchange to-day. The volume of business transacted was not of large dimensions, as holders were not too cager to part with their scrip at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ballarat Mining Strike
MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Trouble has occurred in the Catheart Mine, Ararat, and New Normanby Mine, Ballarat, concerning the Miners' Wagon Board award. The miners struck…
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