Carriage of Coal on the Railways. London
Idle Cardiff railway workers demand that the railways cease handling coal at the enhanced prices…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1919
786 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 24 of 40
A Grave Development. Many Mines May Be Ruined London
Mr. Lloyd George, speaking in the House of Commons, and emphasising the grave development in the Yorkshire dispute, said three mines were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Frauds. Sum of £14,000 Involved. Railway Officials Charged. Melbourne
It is alleged that extensive frauds have been perpetrated over a course of many years in connection with the contracts let annually by the Railway Department for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germany Fails to Buy Food. Sellers Want Gold, Not Goods. London
Germany's attempts to buy food products in the United States have largely failed owing to her only being able to offer in return manufactured goods…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Cables Britain's Dearer Coal. Big Strike in Yorkshire. 200,000 Men Out. Even Pumpers Withdraw. London, Monday Night
Two hundred thousand miners in Yorkshire are striking, including 50,000 pumpers, who have left the mines. This means that the mines will soon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Awaiting Coal Miners' Delegates. Position Caused by Walsh's Imprisonment. Melbourne
No progress has been made by the Interstate Conference of Unionists, chiefly because of the non-arrival of the coalminers' delegates from New South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Favor the O.B.U. More Discontented Workmen. Sydney
The O.B.U. project has been officially endorsed by the executive of Federated Coal and Shale Employees' Union. A ballot of coal miners throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Strike. Fight to a Finish. Position Grows Worse. Government and Nationalisation. London
Mr. Smith, the Yorkshire, miners' president, states that the arrival of the bluejackets clinched the men's determination to fight to a finish. The federation is not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Supplies Restricted. Railway Companies' Warning. Keeping Mines in Order. London
The Coal Controller has restricted the supply of coal to house-holders to two hundredweight at each delivery. The railways have notified the public…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Peace Rates Claim. Early Settlement Possible. London
An early Sentiment of the miners rates claim is hoped for in some quarters. It is pointed out that the men's demands for a one-seventh increase…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Guarding Mines. Winding Men Now Out. London
Mr. D. Lloyd George and other members of the Cabinet have had a long conference with the coal mine owners. Soldiers, wearing trench helmets, are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Strike. 10,000 Welshmen Resume. London, Wednesday Night
Ten thousand Monmouthsh[?]e (South Wales) miners have resumed work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Strike. Federation Debate. Great Britain's Danger. Demand for Nationalisation. London
The debate at the Miners' Federation was marked by a full sense of the gravity of the situation. Mr. Smillie said the colliers knew that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lloyd George Meets Miners' Leaders. Settlement Proposed. Serious Effects on Trade. London, Thursday, 3 p.m
Mr. Lloyd George conferred with the miners' leaders at Downing street and discussed the adjustment of the piece rate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Resolutions. London
The miners resolved on the standardisation of coalfields wages and other conditions throughout the United Kingdom, and instructed delegates to secure a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Too Costly to Produce
The decrease in the value of last year's mineral output in Queensland is stated officially to be £272,052 in comparison with that of 1917. In looking round for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cablegrams. the Coal Strike. New Offer. London, Thursday Night
The Premier has offered the miners a new price rate ensuring the men not to suffer any loss. The executive is considering the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand Waterside Workers. Refuse to Unload Coal. Sydney
The waterside workers at Wellington refuse to unload the coal steamer Inga from Newcastle, because it is alleged that the crew are composed of non-unionists…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Strike. Labor's Tendencies. Deplored by Strongest Friends. Disorganising the Country. London
Some of the oldest and strongest friends of Labor unite to-day in deploring the newest tendencies. The "Daily News" describes the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Labor Troubles. Reduced Coal Export
A serious aspect of the strike of miners throughout Britain is the danger of explosions and fires in the dry mines in stopping the ventilating…
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