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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1920

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Strike Imminent. Claims of British Miners. Strike Notice Expires To-day. Conference with Prime Minister Proposal for Ballot Rejected. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 September 1920 · page 5

The Triple Alliance resumed the conference, but adjourned almost immediately to consider the report of the joint deputation to the Prime Minister. It is now…

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"What Does He Mean?" The Coal Miners' Award. Statement by Mr. Hughes. Law Must Be Respected. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 September 1920 · page 3

Mr. Hughes' arrived in Sydney to-day. He declined to discuss the Geneva Conference, the new immigration policy, or the decision to establish a joint…

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Bolshevist Plot. Affecting United States. Financing Railway and Miners' Strikes. Washington

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 September 1920 · page 3

The Government learns that the Soviet International meeting held at Moscow in July ordered the formation of a branch in the United States with the object of…

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Postponed. British Miners' Strike. Another Conference to be Held Prime Minister's Suggestion. Wages in Proportion to Output. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 September 1920 · page 3

An eleventh hour attempt to avert the coal crisis was made this morning, when, as a result of the suggestion of the railwaymen's leader, Mr. J. H Thomas, the…

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City Council Coal Mine. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 5

Labor aldermen still seem determined to go on with the proposal for the purchase of a coal mine, though it is common gossip that the Central Tilawarra [?]…

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New Zealand Miners Resume. Wellington

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 5

The New Zealand miners are resume the work to-day. A motion for resuming on the go-slow principle was negatived…

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Miners Accept the Hibble Award. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 5

The miners have accepted the terms set out by Mr. Hibble, the chairman of the Special Coal Tribunal. Information which has been received in Sydney shows that…

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Mine Owners to Get Increased Price. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 5

It has been decided to make between two and three hundred thousand tons of coal stacked at Newcastle available for Interstate market. The Prime Minister…

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Sauce for the Goose. Doctors' Boycott of Miners. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 5

The doctors in the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire mining districts have struck against the miners, by handing notices terminating their contracts with…

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The New Coal Award. in Operation Yesterday. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 5

The Hibble coal award comes into operation to-day. It is authoritatively stated that a Royal Commission is to be appointed to go into the increased cost of work…

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British Miners. Turning Point for the Better. Mr. Smillie As Leader. Acquires Unexpected Prestige. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 5

Mr. J. L. Garvin, who is in close touch with the coal negotiations, writes in the "Observer": "In the personal drama Mr. Smillie acquires an unexpected…

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Coal Near Woodburn. Geological Surveyor's Report

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 1

Mr. Geo. Nesbitt, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Under-Secretary, Department of Mines, dated September 10:--" With reference to…

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Coal. Increase of Price. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 3

The price of coal for export has been increased by 4/ per ton to operate as from yesterday. As a result of this increase all…

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Broken Hill Tribunal. Shorter Hours for Miners. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 5

Mr. O'Reilly, an employees representative, speaking at the Broken Hill, tribunal, declared: "If there is not a pro rata reduction in the hours of work for the…

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Miners and Owners in Conference. a Brighter Outlook. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 5

The joint conference of the miners and coal owners sat for three hours this morning and discussed the cause of the reduction of output and means for securing…

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Price of Coal. Increase of 4 Per Ton. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 5

The price of coal for export has been increased by four shillings per ton, to operate from yesterday. As a result of the increase all-round heavier charges where…

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British Miners. Position Much Brighter. Both Sides Conciliatory. Extra Pay Guarantees Larger Output. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 5

The coal situation is brighter to-night than for some weeks, much to the public relief. General satisfaction is manifest amongst owners and miners at the…

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Aristocratic Miners. Wellington

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 5

The State coal mine at Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand, still remains idle because the men were not allowed to travel first-class in a train to work at…

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Coal Commission. the Federal Inquiry. Fixing the Price of Coal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 5

A formal sitting of the Commission appointed by the Federal Government to inquire into and fix the price of coal was held in Sydney to-day. It was decided,…

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British Miners. The Joint Conference. No Settlement Arrived at Attitude of South Wales Miners. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 5

Contrary to hope and expectation the joint conference of the mineowners and men did not arrive at a settlement despite the long sitting. Much depends upon…

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