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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

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Shortage of Coal in Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 May 1919 · page 5

In the event of a coastal maritime strike, short rationing of coal and the stoppage of householders' supplies will have to be resorted to immediately…

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Coal Dispute. a Shortage in New Zealand. Wellington

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 May 1919 · page 5

New Zealand is 750,000 tons shout of coal, and the position is very serious…

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Coastal Trade Paralysed. Action Against Coal Lumpers. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 May 1919 · page 5

The shipping strike, combined with the influenza visitations, is rapidly tending towards the total paralysis of the entire coastal trade of Queensland. At the…

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Irritating Stoppages and Petty Disputes. Action by Miners' Federation. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 May 1919 · page 5

The general secretary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, Mr. A. C. Willis, complained that the members of the A.M.A., which…

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Coal Troubles

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 14 May 1919 · page 2

It is understood that the difficulty regarding payments to youths in the Southern coal collieries has been satisfactorily settled…

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Coal Dispute. Payment of Youths. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 May 1919 · page 5

It is understood the difficulty regarding the payment of youths in the southern collieries has been satisfactorily settled…

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Coal Commission Duke of Hamilton's Estate. ROYALTIES, £113,000 Yearly. Investigating the Titles. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 May 1919 · page 5

The Duke of Hamilton did not attend the Coal Commission on the plea of health, and sent his agent, a Glasgow solicitor, who was surprisingly reticent and…

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State Coal Mine. to Be Worked by Railway Commissioners. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1919 · page 5

Mr. Fitzpatrick Minister for Mines, stated that Cabinet had decided that the Railway Commissioners be given control of the State coal mine near Lithgow to…

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Colliery Idle. Boys on Strike. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1919 · page 5

Aberdare Extended colliery, which employs over 600 hands, was thrown idle to-day through the action of the clipper boys. The boys recently received a…

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Coal Dispute. Victorian Strike Settled. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1919 · page 5

The strike at the State coal mine at Wonthaggi, Victoria, has been settled…

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Coal Mining Agreement. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 3

Mr. Baddeley hopes to have the coal mining agreement extended throughout the Commonwealth by the end of next week. All the differences in the northern…

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Mines on New Zealand Coast. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 4

Out of sixty enemy mines known lo have been laid in the coastal waters of New Zealand, 47 have been accounted for. The authorities are now of opinion that…

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Mines in New Zealand Waters Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 2

Out of sixty enemy mines known to have been laid in the coastal waters of New Zealand, forty-seven have been accounted for…

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Broken Hill Mines Still Idle. a Start Expected Shortly. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 4

Broken Hill mines are still idle. Mr. Emery, president of the Mining Managers' Association, said the coal supplies, were now coming forward, and the…

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Coal Commission. Marquis of Bute's Evidence. the Titles Challenged. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 5

In giving evidence before the Coal Commission the Marquis of Bute stated that his royalties averaged £109,277 yearly. He admitted that his tonnage…

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Britain's Coal Barons. Ducal Witnesses

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 May 1919 · page 3

Giving evidence before the Coal Commission, the Duke of Hamilton's agent stated the origin of the titles of all the ducal lands was Crown grants,…

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Barrier Mines. Work Not Yet Resumed. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 May 1919 · page 3

All the mines with the exception or the North Broken Hill are now clear. The Barrier A.M.A. and the Federated Enginedrivers' Association carried a…

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Barrier Mines. Distress at Broken Hill. Request for Government Assistance. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 3

The mining position at Broken Hill is unchanged. The families of the strikers are in some cases in need of food, and a request is to be made by the unions to…

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Melbourne Coal Position. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1919 · page 2

The coal position in Melbourne is critical…

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Coal Position Serious. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 May 1919 · page 3

Over twenty vessels are now idle in Melbourne as a result of the crews' notices having expired. The Central Coal Board in Melbourne…

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