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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

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British Coal Strike. Miners' Suicidal Policy. Fifty Scottish Pits Ruined. Only 50 Per Cent. Employed in Future. Lodon, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 5

A Scottish mining expert expresses the opinion that fifty, at least, of the pits in Scotland will never be pumped dry, and, though others may be saved,…

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A Policy of Wait. the Miners' Divided. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 5

The National Pool has once again proved the rock whereon efforts to achieve mutual understanding are unmistakably wrecked. The prospects of peace seem as far off as…

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Mount Morgan Mine. Necessity for Reduction in Wages. Rockhampton

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 5

The joint report of the accountants deputed by Mr. Justice. McCawley to make an investigation as to the ability of the Mount Morgan Company to carry on under…

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"No Lord of Mine." the Bolshevik Cult. Anarchist Sent to Gaol

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 2

A remarkable case was heard at the Surrey Quarter Sessions at Kingston, London, when Arthur Thomas Rogers, aged thirty-seven years, a laborer, was…

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Effects of Coal Strike. Wood for Locomotives. London. Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 5

The acuteness of the coal shortage is emphasised by the unique experience of passengers on the Festindog railway…

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Terrible Destruction. Loss of Mines. Involves Millions Sterling. London. Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 5

The deplorable effects of the coal dispute on the coal industry itself are strikingly illustrated by the devastation of Scottish coalfields which…

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Hopes Dispelled. Miners Reject Government Offer. an Unreasonable Attitude. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 5

The miners, by and overwhelming majority, rejected the Government's offer of a subsidy of ten millions, spread over four months, which would…

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Strike Causes Devastation. Scotch Pits Flooded. Dreary Outlook for the Miners. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 5

The deplorable effects of the coal dispute on the coal industry itself is strikingly illustrated by the devastation of the Scottish coalfields, which leading mining…

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The Rich Goodwins. Boring for Sunken Treasure Less Speculative Than N Mining

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 6

Can we recover treasure from the Goodwin Sands, where, for a thousand years and more, ships and men have lain huddled in death? Further…

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The Final Word. Government's Last Offer Subsidy of Ten Millions. Rejected by the Miners. a Series of Conferences. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 5

There were a series of critical conferences to-day, the miners and owners meeting in separate rooms at the Board of Trade, Government emissaries going…

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Conflict Between Miners at Leigh

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 5

The miners who discovered a big outcrop seam at Leigh, and who are selling the coal very probably throughout Lancashire, have aroused the jealousy of the…

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The "Coal Scratchers." Miners Object to Them Working. Some Lively Fights. the Assailants Repulsed. London, Saturday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 3

Riotous scenes have occurred at Woodlesford, near Leeds, owing to the miners at Rothwell, a neighboring village, determining to stop the "coal…

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Miners Strike. the Deadlock Continues Position Becomes Serious. Flooding of the Mines. District Resumption Hinted At. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 5

The coal owners held a meeting this morning, after which it was stated that the negotiations had broken down on a purely political issue. The owners decided…

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Coal Shortage in Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 1

Through the dislocation of the collier services a serious coal shortage is being experienced in Melbourne…

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Working Outcrops. Miners' Federation's Veto. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 3

The Miners' Federation Executive has decided, owing to the occurrence of several fatal accidents through the men working coal at outcrops, that…

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Hoskins, Ltd. Another Big Deal. Coal for Lithgow Works. Sydney, Saturday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 1

A Lithgow message says it is stated, from an authoritative source, that the Hoskins Iron and Steel Company has purchased the coal area, together with…

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A Political Strike. Statement by Sir Robert Horne. Miners and a National Pool. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 3

Sir Robert Horne (Chancellor of the Exchequer), speaking in the Commons, regretted the result of the coal negotiations. The Government, he said,…

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Foreign Coal Causes Trouble. Voluntary Labor Utilised. Dockers Strike As a Protest London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 3

At Ipswich the dockers having refused to unload the coal brought in a steamer from Belgium. Voluntary labor, under police protection, unloaded…

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QUEENSLAND Mount Morgan Mine. Offer of a Reduced Wage. Two Fatal Railway Accidents. Mount Morgan

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 5

Mr. Justice McCawley on Saturday met three representatives of the Mount Morgan unions and discussed the matter of holding a ballot on the company's proposal…

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British Coal Strike. the Real Trouble. Not a Matter of Wages. Leaders Playing Their Own Game. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 3

The mine-owners have issued a statement, saying; "We realise that no amount of wages, without a national pool, will be acceptable to the Miners'…

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