Bellbird Colliery. Efforts to Reopen Mine
Last Monday morning a start was made with the work of reopening the Bellbird Colliery, near Cessnock," N.S.W. The mine has been sealed down, following the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mining & the mines, 1924
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Northern Collieries
A strike occurred yesterday at Richmond Main colliery, on account of the men demanding the right to Bay who will fill positions when men are absent from work. The men at…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Pelton Colliery
Mr. C. Hibble, chairman of the Coal Tribunal, yesterday disallowed the claim made by the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association, that a fireman should be…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →May Day. Miners Celebrate
All coal mines throughout New South Wales were idle last Thursday in order to celebrate May Day. Processions were held and sports programmes carried, out At…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Conditions Newcastle
The Co-operative colliery, at Plattsburg, has been Idle since the middle of February over questions of yardage and dirt, the miners also taking…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Coal Loading. Charters Announced
A little animation in coal chartering was in evidence yesterday. Our latest charters this morning disclose that three steamers were fixed to load full…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Alternatives for British Miners
LONDON, May 5.--Mr. Cook, secretary of the Miners' Federation, speaking at Pontypool, referred to the Court of inquiry into miners' wages…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Wages. Broken Hill
A special meeting of the Trades and Labourers' Union was held on Monday afternoon for the purpose of considering the position arising out of the refusal of the companies…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →In and About the Mines
The Sydney agents for Roapibon Tin advise having received details of operations at the dredging area during April as follow:--P[?]cules, 320; tons, 29.04; cub. yards 57,000 (15.04…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Financial. the Gold Standard
On the fact that America's gold reserves have become excessive, many advocates in England of the restoration of the gold standard are basing their arguments. Among…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Mining. the Share Market
Further falls in London metal quotations forced the mining share market into continued dulness yesterday. Copper interests were in least demand, and Mount Lyell and Kew…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Horse's Death Throws Mine Idle NEWCASTLE
The death of a horse caused 200 miners of Pelton Colliery to stop work to-day. When the men commenced work to-day an accident…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wagga Gold Cup Good Field Engaged
The Murrumbidgee Turf Club will hold its Gold Cup meeting at Wagga on Friday and Saturday next, May 9 and 10. The Cup race, of a mile and a quarter, to he run on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Kings' Bluff Is Now Called Bellbird Miners Die for Dividends--profits Placed Before Lives -- Huge Profits of Some Owners. Menace of Combine
EIGHT months ago, twenty-two miners were hurled to death by an explosion in the Bellbird colliery. A most unsatisfactory inquiry was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill Miners. Unions to Confer Regarding New Log
The Broken Hill Branch of the Workers' Industrial Union met last Sunday to consider the report of the delegates to the Political. and Industrial Council which…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Mining Boro Registered Metal Slump Continues
The Boro Siliver Lead Development, which was registered this week, in a No-liability Company, with a capital of £[?] divided into 600 shares of [?] each. The public…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Workers Militant Secretary Kind Talk Useless London, May 5
Mr. Cook, the miners' secretary, in the course of a speech at Pontypool, said the miners must understand that it is no use talking kindly to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bellbird. Still on Fire? Unsealing Mine How It Is Done CESSNOCK
If the work of unsealing Bellbird Colliery is carried through successful it will mark a stop forward in coal mining in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bellbird Mine a Pathetic Group Work of Volunteers Repairing Damage Cessnock
A small, grassy patch adjacent to the colliery office is the resting-place of a pathetic little group of people, who never tire of watching the tunnel…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Search for Miners' Bodies Proceeds. Wednesday, May 7, 1924,--(Page 16.) Train Mix-up in Sydney Yards
THE VOLUNTEERS WHO ENTERED THE BELLBIRD COLLIERY YESTERDAY, IN SEARCH OF THE BODIES OF THEIR COMRADES SPENT A LONGER PERIOD IN THE DEPTHS THAN DID THOSE OF THE PREVIOUS DAY, THIS PARTY IS SHOWN ENTERING THE MINE. DR. MAY HARRIS AND MINES-INSPECTOR HINDMARSH LISTEN EAGERLY TO THE STORY OF MR. MATHIESON (COLLIERY…
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