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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

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Broken Hill Miners. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 June 1921 · page 5

The Minister for Labor and Industry is net disposed to discuss the irritation caused at the South Coast collieries by the arrival of Broken Hill miners…

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Miners Anxious to Work. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 June 1921 · page 5

Miners who are idle through the cessation of the Wallaroo and Moonta mines in South Australia are anxious to resume Work At a meeting they denounced the…

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New South Wales Coal Output. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 June 1921 · page 5

The Minister for Labor stated to-day that New South Wales was second only to the United States insofar as local output per miner is concerned. No one…

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Reduction in Wages. Big Strike Probable. 5,500,000 Workers. Effected. Coal Miners' Ballot. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 5

Five and a half million workers will be idle when the engineers down tools to-morrow. The employers proposed reductions amounting to three shillings weekly…

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Industrial. the Unions and Idle Miners. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 5

Mr. J. Verran, formerly Premier of South Australia, who is leading the idle miners, against the A.W.U., speaking at Wallaroo, said the trades unionists had thrown the…

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In South Africa. Big Upheaval Likely. Miners Will Resist Reductions. Capetown

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 3

A Johannesburg message says there is a possibility of a serious wages dispute on the Rand, owing to the joint Executives of the various unions…

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Conference Regarding Cotton Dispute. Coal Miners' Ballot. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 5

The cotton dispute is within sight of settlement, following a meeting of the joint conference deciding to recommend an immediate reduction of 310 in the…

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Ascot Gold Cup. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 6

The Ascot Gold Cup resulted:--Periosteum 1, Happy Man 2. Spion Kop 3. Eight started. Javeigneur ran third but was disqualified…

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De Control of Coal. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 6

The South Australian Premier said the movement for the de control of coal would be disastrous for South Australia, and would also destroy Australian preference…

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Ascot Gold Cup. Won by Periosteum. Derby Winner's Ill Fortune. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 5

The racehorse Humorist, winner of the Derby, ruptured a blood vessel during exercise. The Ascot Gold Cup resulted in a…

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The Coal Strike. Result of the Ballot. South Wales Rejects Owners' Offer. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 5

The miners have taken the ballot on the owners offer, but the final result is not known, except in South Wales where rejection was carried,…

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Trade in Britain More Hopeful Outlook. Coal, Cotton, Engineering Strikes good prospects of settlement Workers Beginning to Face Facts. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 5

The dramatic change in the outlook since the situation of last week seems to point to the fact that the workers are beginning to face the facts of the trade situation,…

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British Coal Strike. Miners' Ballot. Big Majority for Continuance London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 June 1921 · page 3

The miners, by a seventy per cent. vote, decided on the continuance ef the strike…

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Miners Irritated at Stoppages. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 June 1921 · page 4

The repeated stoppages at the Hebburn colliery caused by the wheelers are irritating the miners and top hand workers, and many miners favor the militant…

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Another Colliery Trouble. Wheelers Hold Up Hebburn. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 June 1921 · page 2

A message from West Maitland says the Hebburn Colliery has been idle for several days. The wheelers refused to work on the grounds that…

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Mount Morgan Mine. Another Offer From the Company. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 June 1921 · page 4

The Premier States he has received from the Mount Morgan Company, for submission to the unions a proposal for the resumption of work on a variable rate of…

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Continuance of the Strike. Favored by Miners' Ballot. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 June 1921 · page 5

The official announcement states, that the 'miners' ballot favors a continuance of the strike…

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Miners' Strike. Result of the Ballot. Huge Majority Against Terms. 70 Per Cent. Favor: Continuing Strike. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 June 1921 · page 5

The coal miners ballot resulted:--For continuing the strike. 432,511: for the acceptance of the owners terms. 183,827. The majority for continuance was 248.884,…

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Miners' Dispote. Proposed General Strike. Not a Popular Move. Partial Resumption Probable. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 5

The miners counsels are divided. Wales is uncompromising and anxious for a general strike. A prominent Laborist thinks the call is not likely to meet with a…

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Miners' Dispute Few Hundreds Sign On. But Mines Still Closed. Leaders Appeal to Men. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 June 1921 · page 5

The miners are still obdurate. A few hundreds in various districts, have signed on, but the Mine Owners' Association unexpectedly issued instructions to keep the…

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