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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 22 of 72

Still Acute. the English Coal Strike 2,500,000 Persons Idle. the Minimum Wage. London

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 3

Mr. J. Keir Hardie says that the circumstances do not point to the miners being starved into submission. They were quite able to cope with any distress…

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Miners Entombed

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

Seventy men were entombed in a mine in Virginia. Ten were rescued…

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Miners' Aggregate Meeting. Portion of Agreement Considered

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

The adjourned meeting of members of the Western Miners' Association was held in the Trades Hall last night. More than half the clauses of the proposed agreement…

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Coal Lumpers' Resolution. Against the Labor Council Executive

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, at the meeting of the Sydney Coal-lumpers' Union, the following motion was carried:--"That this union endorses the action of…

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British Coal Strike. Nearing the End: London

Leader · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

It is generally believed a breakaway of miners is imminent in Scotland, 10,000 men at Be[?]shell, Lanock, and other places having signified…

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The Northern Territory. Mining Possibilities. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

The Minister for External Affairs has appointed Captain Mathews (Chief Inspector of Mines in South Australia) to visit the Northern Territory and report…

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The Minimum Wage. English Coal Strike. Further Negotiations. London. Monday Evening

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

Further consideration of the Minimum Wage Bill by the House of Commons has been postponed until to-morrow, as negotiations are still…

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To-day's Cables. London, Wednesday. the Coal Crisis. a Serious Position

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

The newly formed Free Speech Defence Committee in the House of Commons, protested against the prosecution by the Government of Tom Mann, who admitted…

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English Coal-miners' Strike. London

Leader · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 3

Matters seem to have reached a deadlock. The extremists among the miners swear that the strike will last another month. Among the…

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Lucknow Goldfield. to Be Revived. Famous Bonanza Mine

Leader · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 2

The purchase of the old historic Lucknow mines, including the Aladdin's Lamp and Wentworth Proprietary, and all the freeholds, plants,…

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The English Coal Strike. Government Forces Bill Through. Miners to Take a Ballot. London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 20

The Coal Mines Bill was read a third time in the House of Commons by 213 to 48. Members of the Labor pary opposed the measure. The…

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The Coal Strike. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 4

Several of the men's leaders, addressing meetinges in different parts of the country spoke more encouragingly regarding the prospects of a…

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Austrian Miners Coming Out. Vienna

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 2

The miners in the Aussig district, Bohemia, have resolved upon a general strike for to-morrow. About 36,000 workers will be affected…

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Seventy Miners Entombed. Welch (West Virginia)

National Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 3

An explosion in a mine owned by the Jed Coal-Coke Company entombed 70 miners. Ten were rescued alive, and one was brought to the…

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Eighty Miners Entombed. the Majority Perish. New York

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 2

An explosion occurred yesterday in the Yed mine, at Welsh, in Virginia. Of 80 men entombed 65 are believed to have perished…

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A Huge Chunk of Gold The Latest Merrendee Find. Weighs 131bs Troy

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 18

Yeserday morning Mr. Endacott. a member of the mining party of Messrs. Endacott and Blane, sit Merrendee, brought into town the huge…

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The End in Sight. the Great Coal Strike. Minimum Wage Bill Through the Commons

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 2

To-day was a fateful day in the history of British trade struggles. It closed early this morning with the passage by a large majority of the Bill…

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Woman Cooks a Dog on the Verge of Starvation. Effect of the Coal Strike. London

National Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 5

As a result of the coal strike, a hundred thousand, out of a population of a quarter of a million in five towns, are receiving free meals daily, chiefly…

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An Old Goldfield Lucknow to Be Revived

National Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 4

The purchase of the old historic Lucknow mines, including the Alad-din's Lamp and Wentworth Propriet-ary, and all the freeholds, plants,…

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"Only Just Commencing" the British Coal Strike. Opinion of Miners' Leader. London, Wednesday evening

National Advocate · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 2

The Miners' Federation has decided to hold a ballot as to whether to resume work. "The Times," in commending Mr…

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