Acute Coal Shortage. Farming Interfered With. London, Tuesday Night
The coal scarcity is increasing, long queues being present at suppliers' offices, where householders are trying to secure permits to get half a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1921
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Prime Ministers to Meet. Germany Hiding Gold. London
The Prime Minister and M. Briand are meeting either at Hythe or Boulogne, probably at, the week-end, to discuss the Allied, reparation plans. Marshal Foch will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Owners Reply to Miners. Mr. Thomas Issues a Writ. London, Tuesday Night
Replying to the Miners' Federation, the Owners' Negotiating Committee has announced that it is prepared to fully discuss wages with the miners,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Executive. To Meet To-Day. Fresh Proposals From Owners Modification of Wage Scales
LONDON, Wednesday. The Coal Owners' Negotiating Committee had long conferences to-day with the officials of the Mines Department. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Helping the Mining Industry Action by Metropolitan Water Board. Sydney, Wednesday Night
With a view to helping the mining industry, the Water Board to-day decided to give preference to contracts wherein it is stiputated that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Coal Strike. Riots and Looting. Turbulent Lanarkshire. Worst Outbreak of Lawlessness Yet. London, Tuesday Night
The police report that yesterday's rioting in Lanarkshire was the worst since the coal strike began, shops being plundered and the stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Strike. the Coal Shortage. Famine at Glasgow. Miners Help Themselves. Old Mine Re-worked. London, Wednesday Night
Glasgow has only a thousand tons of coal on hand, and it is expected that none will be available for householders there next week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →If the German Miners Strike. Germany Will Have No Coal. London
Regarding the occupation of the Ruhr in the event of Germany not fulfilling her obligations, a French source points out that that if the German miners in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Prospecting on the Coquet. Fresh Supplies Discovered. London
Scenes suggestive of prospecting at Klondyke are occurring in Northumberland, where thousands of miners and women armed with picks and shovels took…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Reply to Owners Offer. "Vague and Meaningless." London
The Miners' Federation's reply to the owners' offer describes it as vague and without meaning. The Federation says a National Wages Board' would be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Miners' Strike. Executive Meeting To-Day. Outlook Not Promising. Stocks Rapidly Dwindling. London
Little hope is held out that the owners' new offer will pave the way to further negotiations in the coal dispute. The men consider, without a levy to help the poorer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Industry Paralysed. Owing To The Coal Shortage American Coal for Liverpool. Miners' Executive in Conference. London
The miners' delegates are assembling in conference to-morrow to determine on action. The move is welcomed after a week of tantalising inactivity without any…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Coal Strike. Lucky Bristol. Coal Seam Located. Distress in Northern Counties. London, Thursday Night
A surprise discovery has been made of a coal seam under a clay pit at Bristol, which will yield sufficient to prevent the closing of many works…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Durham Favors Continuance. Enginemen Oppose Miners. London
The ballot of the Durham Federation shows that ninety-five percent, favored a continuance of the strike until a National Wages Pool was conceded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Abortive Conference. Miners Want More Information. Sydney
A conference of,delegates representing the coalowners and miners has discussed the owners' wage proposals, but made no proposals, but made no progress, the miners…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Impasse. Miners Reject Owners' Terms London, Thursday night
After the meeting of the Executive of the Miners' Federation, Mr. F. Hodges (general, secretary) announced that reports from the various…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Coal at Swansea. a Big Cut in Price. London
German coal is being freely offered at Swansea at 336 per ton, c.i.f.. which is approximately half the price of the best Welsh…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Quest for Gold and Oil. Young Anzac's Venture in the Bush. Only Man for the Job
A romantic adventure has been entrusted to a young Australian who has been sent to British Honduras. He is to rough it in the bush for three years…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Transporters Aiding Miners Refusal to Handle Coal Cargoes. London
The Executive of the Transporters Federation has passed a resolution calling upon its members to refuse to bunker ships taking less than the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners and Compulsory Training
At a meeting of the executive of the Miners' Federation of the northern district the returns from lodges were received, demonstrating that the Federation is…
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