The Miners' Folly. Efforts to Influence Safety Men. London, Wednesday Night
It is announced that it will cost £2,500,000 to repair the damage already done by the flooding of the mines, but notwithstanding this, the…
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Mining & the mines, 1921
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British Coal Strike. Attempt at Settlement. Commoners' Proposal. London, Wednesday Night
An influential section in the House of Commons is trying to resusciate the conference of miners and owners, on the basis of the question of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Shortage. Millions Affected. London, Thursday Night
Millions are affected as a result of the shortage of coal for domestic use. Bakers are considering a scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Absence of Coal. Millions of People Affected
Unless the coal strike is settled it will affect millions who are living in small houses, where coal fires are essential for cooking and heating throughout the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smugglers' Pipe-line. Gold and Cocaine Sent Under Swiss Frontier
The police at Constance have discovered an underground water pipeline in a forest between the Swiss and German frontiers, through which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Coal Strike. a Renewal of Rioting. Trouble in Many Centres. London, Thursday Night
There has been a marked re-crudescence of rioting in the strike areas. The miners at Hill of Beath Colliery, in Fifeshire, blocked the railway lines to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Strike. Proposals Formulated. For a Temporary Settlement. and Submitted to Government. Important Developments Expected. London
The "Daily Mail" states that members of the Labor party in the House of Commons and a group of private members conferred and formulated proposals which will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transporters and Railwaymen. Backing the Miners. Refusal to Handle Foreign Coal. London
The other two parties to the Triple Alliance are actively backing the miners. The Transport Workers Federation and the National Union of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work for Broken Hill Miners. Sydney
It has been found as the result of careful inquiries extending over some weeks that it is possible to provide employment for about 300 men on the coalfields of New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eighteen Strikes in a Week. Newcastle Miners' Bad Record . SYDNEY
In the Newcastle and Maitland districts eighteen strikes occurred among the coalminers during the last week. The reasons for a majority of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Demonstrations Against Safety Men. Police Disperse Miners. Northumberland Rejects Government's Offer. London, Friday Night
The police in the Rhondda Valley (South Wales) dispersed bands of miners who were demonstrating against the officers working the pit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Lloyd George Reviews the Coal Position. a Telling Speech. the Nation Must Endure." London
Mr. Lloyd George, speaking at Maidstone, devoted the greater part of his speech to the coal strike, but did not offer any hope of an early settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Miners' Strike. Plea for Co-operation. From Mr. Lloyd George. National Pool Impossible. As It Would Destroy All Incentive. London
Mr. Lloyd George, speaking at Maidstone under the auspices of the Unionist Association, pleaded for the continuance of the co-operation of all lovers of their country…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Miners' Strike More Optimistic Feeling. Miners' Leaders Convinced. National Pool Impossible. Lloyd George's Analogy. London
There is a growing feeling that this week will bring a fresh effort to end the coal deadlock. The miners' leaders appear to be convinced at last that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Coal Strike. a Plea for Peace. Lord Weir's Suggestions. Both Sides Should Abandon Present Contentions. London, Sunday Night
Lord Weir, in a memorandum to the Government, pleads with both parties to the coal strike to abandon their present contentions and re-examine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Suicidal Policy. Forty-six Mines Flooded. London
In the House of Commons, the Under-Secretary to the Board of Trade, Mr. Bridgeman, stated that 46 collieries have been flooded. These…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mines. Minister's Optimism. Good Time Ahead for Metals. Sydney
The Minister for Mines, speaking at a dinner to commemorate the turning of the first sod of the Tingha water scheme, said that Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coming Fall in Wages. Minister for Mines Carpeted Sydney, Tuesday Night
At the Labor Caucus this afternoon, the Minister for Mines, Mr. Geo. Cann, addressed the gathering with reference to his recent statement as to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Industrial Crisis Grave Developments. Transporters and Railwaymen's Refusal to Handle Coal. London
The "Daily Chronicle" says: "Grave developments are at hand in the coal crisis, due to the threat of the dockers and railwaymen to refuse to handle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Strike. New Menace Arises. Action of Transport Workers. a General Strike Ordered for May 15. LONDON
"The Times" Labor expert says a new strike menace has arisen in the refusal of the transport workers and railwaymen in Glasgow to handle imported coal. The…
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