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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1912

1,428 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 13 of 72

Earlier Cables Eight Hundred Thousand Miners Idle. Miners Determined. Proposed Admiralty Collieries. London

National Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 3

The Miners' Conference to-day decided to maintain their demands, including schedule rates for each district and for an individual minimum…

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State coal Miners Mr. Edden's Bill. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 4

Mr. Edden moved the second reading of the State Coal Mines Bill in the House of Assembly to-night. After extending on the excellence of the…

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State Parliament. Government and Mr. Johnson. State Coal Mine. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 2

Matters were quite lively at the commencement; of this afternoon's sitting of the Legislative Assembly. Members, actuated no doubt by the…

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Cables. the English Coal Strike. London

Leader · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 6

Owing to the coal strike the wool sales have been indefinitely postponed. There is a likelihood of the strike causing delay in the departure of the…

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Wool Sales Put Off. So[?] Miners Idle. London

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 2

Owing tol the coal strike the wool sales have been definitely postponed. There is a likelihood of the strike causing a delay in the departure of…

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German Owners. "No Coal for England." Berlin

National Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 3

The "Cologne Gazette" states that the Rhinish and Westphalian mineowners will not send coal to England, but hope to capture certain markers…

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Mining Wage or Strike. London

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 2

It transpires that the miners' representatives to the conference with the Cabinet were authorised by the National Miners' Federation to practically…

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Downing Tools. a National Disaster. English Coal Dispute. Situation Serious. London

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 2

The coal outlook is regarded as being very grave, owing to the obduracy of the Welsh mine-owners in declining, absolutely to grain the minimum wage…

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"A Blood Industry" Mr. Asquith and the Miners. Government Will Be Responsible. London

National Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 4

The Prime Minister (Mr. H. [?]. Asquith )this morning attended the Miners' Conference. In the course of an address, he emphasised that coal…

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The State Coal Mines Bill

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 2

According to the reported utterances of the Minister for Mines, the bill now before the Assembly is "practically a machinery measure." 'it gives him power, among…

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State Coal Mines Bill. Second Reading Debate

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 2

In the Assembly on Friday Mr. Hidden moved the second reading of his State, Coal-mines Bill. The Minister pointed out that State coal mines were not now…

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Miners, Quiet

The Bathurst Times · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 2

The miners are quitting work in the best possible manner. They are confident of success, and show no disposition to indulge in rioting or coercion of…

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Miners' Ballot. Later

The Bathurst Times · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 2

The Miners' Union has decided to take a ballot amongst its branches as to whether the men will sign the employers? agreement that they should…

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Coal and Cardiff

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 1

Split the seconds in the small dial of your watch into eighths. That gives you 480 divisions to the minute. Now imagine that dial the eye-end of a magic telescope…

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Mining News

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 2

The third general meeting of shareholders of the Hawkins Hill Reward Gold-mining Company, No Liability, was held on Wednesday last at the office of the company,…

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Dubbo Band Contest Peak Hill Miners' Band Leading. Dubbo

National Advocate · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 5

The Dubbo Eisteddfod band contest commenced at 9 p.m. yesterday before a large audience. There were four bands in each event…

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To-day's Cables. London, Monday. the Great Coal Strike

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 3

Owing to the coal strike arrangements were made for the mail steamer Orontos to take a thousand tons of coal at Plymouth, but the coal lumpers demanded…

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One Million Idle. Great Coal Strike. in Full Wing. London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 3

The big soal strike is in full swing, and 1,000,000 colliery employees are idle, including surface men. One hundred thousand colliers in…

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British Coal Strike. a Million Men Out. Disastrous Effect on Industries. London

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 2

The coal strike is in full swing, and a million colliery employees are idle, including surface men. Lack of coal is hampering innumerable…

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Paralysed. National Calamity British Coal Strike. 1,500,000 Workers Idle. All Industries Affected. Strikers Obdurate. Extension of Trouble Feared. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 2

In the course of a speech delivered to the representatives of the National Miners' Federation, Mr. Asquith stated: "The Government has recognised…

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