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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1920

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Anarchy in America. Tram Strike at Denver. Two Persons Killed. Attack on Italian Miners. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 August 1920 · page 3

Anarchy virtually exists in two American cities. Denver (Colorado) has a tramway strike, where two persons were killed and 33 injured. Rioting has taken place…

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The Miners and Soviet Russia. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 August 1920 · page 5

The Coal and Shale Federation carried a, motion condemning the attitude of all capitalistic. Governments in their attempt to crush the working classes of…

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The State's Production. Butter and Gold. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 August 1920 · page 4

The surplus butter graded by the Department of Agriculture last week totalled 6701 boxes, of which 5128 were first grade…

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The Coal Industry. a Conference To-day. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 August 1920 · page 4

Union officials in Melbourne are anxiously awaiting the outcome of the conference to take place to-morrow between the Prime Minister and officials of the…

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The Miners' Claims. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 August 1920 · page 5

Mr. Willis, secretary of the Coal Miners' Federation, admits that under private ownership it will be impossible to grant the whole of the concession the…

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News of the World. British Miners. Strike Ballot Ordered. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 5

Following the Government's refusal for further concessions the Miners' Federation has ordered a ballot on the question of a general strike with a view to…

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German Miners' Conditions. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 August 1920 · page 3

The Allied Commission is meeting at Essen forthwith to investigate means for improving the German miners' conditions in accord with the Spa coal…

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The Miners' Demands. Triple Alliance Eo Meet. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 August 1920 · page 3

A joint meeting of the executives of the Triple Alliance--the Miners, Railwaymen and transport workers--has been summoned for August 31 to discuss the miners…

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Coal Shortage. Export Through Dummy Buyers Inquiry by Sea Carriage Committee. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 August 1920 · page 1

The seriousness of the shortage of coal as it affects Victoria and South Australia, was responsible for the arrival in Sydney to-day of the Federal Select Committee on…

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£20 a Week. What Miners are Earning. Grave Industrial Outlook. a Threatened Crisis. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 August 1920 · page 3

"The Pall Mall Gazette," discussing the miners' demands, states that the Government takes the gravest view of the industrial outlook and there is a fear that…

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Mining Report

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 5

The State Mining Engineer's report for the year 1919 shows that the total value of all minerals, including gold and coal produced in Queensland during the twelve…

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Coal Shortage. Sooth Australian Request. Embargo on Export. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 5

The South Australian Government has been in communication with the Prime Minister on the question of the coal shortage. Mr. Hughes replied that if…

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Sea Carriage. Shortage of Coal. Federal Committee of Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 5

At the inquiry into sea carriage, Mr. Foster, M.P., the acting chairman, pointed out that eleven Commonwealth ships had been put on to assist private vessels…

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The Coal Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 August 1920 · page 4

The conference between the various parties interested in the coal industry commenced this afternoon. Mr. Hughes was present…

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Coal Gas Poisoning. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 August 1920 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death from coal gas poisoning was recorded at the inquest on the bodies of Mrs. Mary Smith and Mrs. Dorothy Rankin. Evidence…

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Colliery Mechanics. Will Not Support the O.B.U. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 August 1920 · page 4

Mr. Pendlebury, president of the Maitland Colliery Mechanics' Association, said the association could not support the O.B.U. preamble, as that…

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Industrial. the Barrier Dispute. Medical Inspection of Mines. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 August 1920 · page 4

When the special tribunal appointed to endeavor to settle the Broken Hill strike met to-day his Honor said the Trades and Trades Laborers' Unions…

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Coal Shortage. Acute Position in Melbourne. Closing of Factories. Prime Minister's Statement. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 August 1920 · page 5

The coal reserve has almost given out. and the Melbourne City Council is curtailing its supplies of electricity and manufacturing plants are closing down…

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INDUSTRIAL. Coal Miners' Claims. a Tribunal Set Up. Interim Award to Be Made Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 August 1920 · page 3

The employers' representatives rejected the miners' claims, contending that the introduction of a shorter week and higher wages would bring about an…

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Coal Shortage. a Crisis in Victoria. All Stocks Depleted. South Australia's Urgent Needs. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 August 1920 · page 5

The coal position in Victoria reached a crisis to- day, stocks being so depleted that not a pound was available for industries. The only cargo of coal available was…

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