Northern Men Out. Maitland Collieries Idle. Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 6
The miners st nearly all the collieries on the Maitland coalfield struck work to-day. Aberdare, Aberdare Extended, Abermain No. 1, Abermain No. 2. Neath, South Greta, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Price of Coal
The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 3
The Necessary Commodities Commission, in relation to the price of coal, has called upon the wholesalers and retailers to show cause at 10 o'clock to-morrow why the prices…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike. Men's Meeting Ends Abruptly. Disorderly Section. Mines Idle North and South. Wollongong
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 6
The aggregate meeting of the South Coast miners, held in Bulli Park to-day, in connection with the strike over the eight hours question for all colliery employees, ended abruptly,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining. Notes
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 9
The managing director of the Kulamadau (Woodlark Island) G.M. Company, Ltd., reports that during the six weeks ended December 1, 1915, the levels were driven 93ft, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →West Australian Gold Yield
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 7
PERTH, Wednesday.--The gold output for West Australia for December was 99,859 fine oz., value £424,177. The yield is 2889oz. less than for December, 1914…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland Mines Still Idle. Newcastle
Evening News · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 5
The petition brought about by the strike yesterday on the South Maitland coal field remains unchanged. All the large pits in that district are still idle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Carpathia Tin Mining Company
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 9
The poll for the election of directors in the Carpathia Tin Mining Company, No Liability, was held on Tuesday afternoon at the company's office, when the following gentlemen…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheelers' Wages 5000 Coal Workers Idle West Maitland
The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 3
All the collieries on the Maitland coalfield were idle yesterday, and they remained idle to-day in consequence of the decision of the wheelers and shiftmen to hold an aggregate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Conscription. South Wales Miners Will Fight It. Threat to Cease Work
The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 17
Mr. Winstone (president of the South Wales Miners' Federation) says that the executive has passed a resolution against conscription. He added that if politicians…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Coal Strike. South Coast Men Out. Fight for Eight Hours
The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 7
The action of the N.S.W. Legislative, Council in cutting the Eight Hour Bill to pieces has been responsible for a general strike on the South Coast coalfields…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. Good As Gold at 58. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 8
Sir,—I entirely agree with "Oak Tan." There are thousands of men in Australia over the military age who are able and willing to do what they can to bring about a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another Coal Strike. Mines Idle In North and South
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4
Most of the miners in the North and South coalfields of New South Wales are again out on strike. The cause of contention in the South is the everlasting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Price of Coal
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 12
This morning at 10.30 wholesalers and retailers in the coal trade will appear before the Necessaiy Commodities Control Commission to show cause why the selling price should not be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Umeari Gold, Limited
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 11
Substantial progress has been made at Umeari River since the wet season started. On October 28 the dredge was at the 8[?]-mile peg, and by December 12 it had been taken up…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mining. Notes
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 11
For the week ended December 30, 1915, the Bealiba Alluvial Gold "Mining Company reports having cleared up from drives 60 fathoms for 50oz smelted gold. Of this 40oz was from…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coal Unaltered at Present
The Sun · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 5
The Necessary Commodities Commission today decided to allow the price of coal to remain as it is. pending an exhaustive inquiry to be held in the course of a week or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cost of Living. Price of Coal
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 6
Mr. Ovington, the secretary of the Necessary Commodities Control Commission, states that, on the question of coal, the wholesalers and retailers have been called upon to show cause at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Crisis. Newcastle Attitude. Not Opportune Time
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4
NEWCASTLE, Thursday. --The southern miners in their strike for eight hours from bank to bank havo failed to Secure the support of the Northern Colliery-Employees'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strikes! Coal Men Out. South Coast and Maitland
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 16
The South Coast coal miners are idle because the men are on strike. The miners at nearly all the collieries on the Maitland coalfield struck work on…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →In the North. Over 4000 Miners Out. Men's Demands. Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 10
All the collieries on the Maitland field, with the exception of Whitburn, Broxburn, and Rothbury, were idle to-day. The number of men affected by the strike is between 4000…
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