Saving Another £6000 Big Civic Coal Tenders Opened
For the second year the Civic Commissioners have received tenders for a year's supply of coal for the power-house, and again they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining & the mines, 1929
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Lower Prices. Coal Supplies. Sir Thomas Henley's Opinion
When the Water Board, yesterday, was considering a, recommendation from the chief engineer that orders for the supply of coal for the board's requirements during the next…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Miners, Watch Your Step! Don't Be Stampeded Council's Edict
MINERS should read carefully the following statement, issued last night, which counsels caution in the face of determined efforts to stampede…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Industry. Another Attempt to Save Situation. Cabinet Decision
Despite the fact that the Miners' Federation rejected the State Ministry's proposals for the rehabilitation of the coal industry, the Cabinet decided yesterday to make…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Finance. a State Barometer. Drought and Coal Troubles
It should be emphasised at the outset that railway and tramway balance-sheets are prepared for the State financial year, July 1 to June 30. It is on the figures for that period…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Owners Are Not Unanimous Holding Up the Collieries General Public and Commercial Men Opposed Newcastle
THAT the Northern coal owners are not unanimous in the matter of "holding-up" the collieries by the issuing of fourteen days notice to the men. was the opinion expressed in the coal-mining and shipping circles at Newcastle to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russian Coal Contracts Secured by Italy France Also Benefits London
THE is announced that Donugal one A of the great Russian coal trusts, has concluded contracts with three Italian linns for the purchase of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Marts—money—mines and Maritime Hackshalls Ltd. Pay 12½ Per Cent. Hydraulic Power
During the year ended December 31 1928, Hackshalls. Ltd., made a net [?] of £25,747, as compared with [?] for 1927, the capital having been increased…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fresh Plan in Coal Deadlock Government Has New Method to Carry Out Scheme 'Wage Cut Necessary'
Fresh action is contemplated by the Government in an effort to straighten out the position of the coal trade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Got Dole of £20 Found Rich Mining Area in N. Territory Darwin
CONTRAST with over £5000 mu expended in salaries alone by the North Australia Commission. the application for assistance of two men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Government Inquiry Mooted in Coal Industry Effort to Avert Crisis Cabinet to Discuss Position Stoppages on Northern Field
A MEETING of the State Cabinet has been called to discuss the latest proposal of the Premier, Mr. Bavin, for settlement of the coal trouble. It hat been suggested that the owners should not issue notices closing the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Wonder Find at "Power's Luck" a Tale of the Mining Seventies. (Copyright.) Chapter Xxx. (Continued.)
"And I can plainly see she does care a good deal of Chris Blair!" thought Sylvia. "I'm sorry I can't like her as well as I do her sister Sara; for, when he married, it…
Continued on Trove, page 49 →The Coal-mining Industry. Request for Inquiry. Deputation Waits Upon Prime Minister Dismissal of Miners Begins. CANBERRA
Serious allegations against the proprietors of collieries in New South Wales were made by a deputation representing the Workers' Industrial Federation and the Coal Miners' Federation, which waited upon the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) this afternoon, with a request…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mount Isa Mines
The following progress report has been received from the superintendent of Mount Isa Mines, Ltd., for the period ended January 31:—…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Strike at Balmain Colliery Feb. 12
Balmain Colliery—The collective contract model—has stopped to-day owing to the refusal of off-hand labor to accept a Taylor card system. One…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Notices of Dismissal Already Issued to Northern Miners Owners' Drastic Move in Coal Dispute Bellbird Men Dismissed; Others to Follow To-day Smaller Mines May Continue
CESSNOCK, Thursday. -- The first move of the coal owners' threatened action, following the breakdown of negotiations between the owners and the men, was made to-day, when miners at the Bellbird Colliery received notice of dismissal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →7000 to Go Miners' Dismissal Notices Small Mines Stand Out Move on the Northern Coalfields Newcastle
Over 7000 miners on the northern fields were to-day served with 14 days notice of dismissal. In most cases the dismissal notices were handed out with the men's pay envelopes containing the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wharf Workers and Miners' Position
In a joint statement issued last night. Messrs. F. Watson, W. Fa[?]laa, J. Brock and E. B. Thomson, Waterside Workers' delegates to the A.L.P…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Miners‘ Fight Is on
The decision of the Northern Collieries Association to give a fortnight’s notice of the termination of agreements to all the miners on he Northern N.S.W. coalfields comes as no surprise The owners have made no secret of their intention, following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. the Share Market
Further weakness was apparent yesterday in the mining share market. Base metal interests lost ground through an all-round decline in metal prices overseas. Barriers…
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