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

Mining & the mines, 1919

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To-day's Cables the Coal Peril. Growing More Serious. LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 24 July 1919 · page 13

The "Daily Mail" says that the coal peril is worse, The Government is warning Yorkshire and Midland towns to…

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Miners Want Nationalisation

National Advocate · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 2

The debate by the Miners' Federation was marked by a full sense ol the gravity of the situation. Mr. Smillie said that the country's…

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The Carriage of Coal

National Advocate · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 3

Mr. J. M. Chantter, in the House of Representatives the Government for the transmission of coal from New South Wales…

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Monmouthshire Miners Resume. London

Leader · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 7

Ten thousand of the Monmouthshire miners have resumed…

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District Mining Applications

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 3

The following applications for authority to enter private lands were lodged at the office of the Bathurst Mining Warden last week:-- Henry D. Addington, of Canowindra, 5 acres…

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French Coal Shortage. Paris

Leader · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 7

M. Loucheur, Minister for Industrial Reconstruction, speaking in the Chamber of Deputies, said that Britain intimated that the coal difficulties…

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Earlier Cables. Great Colliery Strike. Indian Frontier Trouble. London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 4

The flooding of the Yorkshire mines continues, the naval men not yet having got to work. At Leeds six pits are flooded, and five others are in danger of being flooded within…

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Mining News. Mount Dudley Report

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 6

The mine manager of the Mount Dudley Gold Mining Co., N.L., reports for the week ended July 19, as follows:-- 200ft. level: Main south drive extended to a total distance of…

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The Coal Crisis. Pumpers Will Resume Work. LONDON,Thursday

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 4

Ten thousand Notts miners have ceased work and the streets of Nottingham are without lights. A few durham miners are working, but 30,000 have struck in Derbyshire…

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Mammoth Molybdenite Mines, N.L. Granted There Months' Suspension. Bathurst

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 6

The adjourned application by the Mammoth Molybdenite Mines, N.L., for six months' total suspension of labor conditions, on the ground that substantial expenditure had been…

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Very Latest Cables (Australian Cable Association Messages.) the British Coal Trouble. London

Leader · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 7

The Triple Alliance discussed a resolution by Mr. Frank Hodges, of the Miners' Federation for a strike ballot, in the event of the Government not…

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"Labor's Carnival of Unreason." Position in Mining Crisis. Standardisation of Wages Wanted. London, Thursday Night

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 4

The "Times" --The conference between the minors' executive and the Government has not yet concluded. Mr. Lloyd George has offered now piece rates and has given an…

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Miners' Claims. London, July 18

National Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1919 · page 2

The miners have passed a resolution advocating the standardisation of wages and of other conditons on the coalfields, throughout the Kingdom…

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British Coal

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 1

We are constantly hearing about the colliery troubles in Great Britain, and in this connection of the 'Sankey report." The whole question is a very involved one. Partly…

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Price of Gold

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 4

The "Star" is responsible for the statement that the selling price of gold [?]…

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Molybdenite Mine. [?] Sion of Labour [?]Nditions

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 1

The [?] heating of the application [?] of the Mammonth[?] Moly[?] Company to[?] labor conditions on…

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Cable New [?] an Coal [?] Side Met[?]

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 4

The [?] between the [?] and the Government was inco[?]…

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Not Stiike Breakers. Men From The Fleet Saving British Collieries. 200,00 Men Now Out

Leader · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 6

The Government explains that it is not attempting to use service men as strike breakers. It took the drastic step of sending 5000 naval stokers to…

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Coal Dispute Settled. the Russian Situation. London

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 2

The English coal dispute has been settled by agreement on hours and rates between the miners and the Government. The settlement is based on the formula offered by the…

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