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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 19 of 72

British Coal Strike. Negotiations Broken Off. Legislation for Minimum Wage. London

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 2

The negotiations between the coal miners and coal owners failed, and the conferences have been abandoned. It is stated that the real cause of the breakdown was the…

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Coming to Terms Threatened Coal Strike. Conference Meets on Tuesday. Newcastle

National Advocate · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 2

The joint conciliation committee met again yesterday, and the report of the sub-committee on the Abermain colliery dispute was received. This…

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Miners' New Agreement. to Be Submitted to Aggregate Meeting. Increase in Hewing Rate to Be Retrospective

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 2

As the result of the conference which was held in Sydney between representatives of the Lithgow Coal Association and the Western Miners' Association, an agreement…

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Latest Telegrams. the British Coal Strike. the Minimum Wage Bill to Be Introduced. Men Anxious to Return to Work. London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 3

It is fully expected by the Government that the Minimum Wage But will be introduced in the House of Commons to-morrow…

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Mining Activity in Bathurst District

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 1

A considerable amount of activity is being shown in mining matters in the Bathurst district. At Hill End there are about 100 men…

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Unions Going Bankrupt. "But Miners Must Win." London

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

Mr. Will Thorne, M.P. (Labor), speaking at Blackfriars, said that if the coal strike continued for six weeks all trade unions in the…

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Dockers and German Coal. Refuse to Handle It

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

The dockers at Middlesborough refused to discharge a cargo of German coal for the municipal gasworks…

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Dire Distress. the Effect of the Coal Strike. Ominous Signs. Nationalisation the Only Remedy. London

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

Reports from the ruining districts state that the strikers are not enthusiastic, over the proposed legislation for the establishment of a minimum wage…

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State Coal Mines Bill Dropped for This Session

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

In the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon, Mr. Flowers, Vice-president of tho Legislative Council, in the course of a statement as to the course tho Government…

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Advance in Coal

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 4

The price of coal in London ad-vanced 4/- per ton to-day…

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The Sunny Corner Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 3

A report in one of the Bathurst papers that application had been made for suspension of labor conditions on the Sunny Corner mineral leases caused some surprise…

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Raid on a Coal-van

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 4

Three hundred colliers at Burton raided a coal-van, over-turned it, and seized the. contents. Several arrests have been effected…

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Mining News. Oberon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 3

Messrs. G. Wilcox and W. Brennan passed through Oberon on Saturday with two heavy loads of stuff from Messrs. Holland and party's mine at Yarrabilla Creek. This…

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Disillusioned Miners. Government's Difficult Problem. London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

Realising that there cannot be [?] settlement of the great coal strike just yet, the nation is calmly facing ano[?] week of industrial warfare. ment. According to the "Times" correspondent at Cardiff, the miners expected a golden age within ten day, but the…

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The Coal Crisis. Renewal Feared. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 3

A conference of colliery proprietors and miners' representatives met to-day to consider the request of the men to abolish the second shift. The men's…

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Proposed Miners' Agreement. Wherein It Differs From Old Award. Delegate Board to Consider

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

Tho agreement drawn, up between the Lithgow, Coal Association and the Western Miners' Association will be considered at a meeting of the district delegate board…

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To-day's Cables. London, Wednesday the Coal Strike. Minimum Wage Bill Introduced

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

Mr. Asquith, in introducing the Coal Mines Bill, said he did so with great reluctance. The measure would only be in force three years, unless the parties desired…

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Still Fighting. Great Coal Strike. Government's Dilemma. What Is Being Lost in Wages London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

The area over which trade is being paralysed by the coal strike grows in size daily. One of the London dailies to-day…

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Second Shift Question Public Instruction Miners and Owners in Conference. "Social and Humanitarian Standpoint." Newcastle. Tuesday. State or Federal Function? Mr. Fisher Would Welcome Transfer. Melbourne

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

The conference between the Northern Colliery Proprietors and the Miners' Federation, to discuss the question of abolishing the second shift, The theoretical question of whether the general control of education should be vested in the Commonwealth Government was raised at the recent…

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Latest Telegrams. the English Coal Strike. Miners' Funds Exhausted. Riots Spreading. London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 19

Mr. Tom Mann has been arrested as the outcome of a speech in which he associated himself with an incitement to soldiers to mutiny…

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