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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

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Miners' Subsidy. Passes House of Commons. Without a Division. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 July 1921 · page 5

The House of Commons passed the vote for a Government subsidy to the mining industry without a division. Sir Robert Horne said the settlement…

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More Ghastly Murders. Police Prisoners Butchered. Mine-layers Surmised and Routed. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 3

Meanwhile, during the week-end, the Irish rebels murdered seven policemen, including two who had previously been held as prisoners and…

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Industrial Britain Lesson of the Coal Strike. Straight Talk to Railwaymen Mr. Thomas Advocates Work, Not Strife. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 3

Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P., the general secretary, speaking at the annual conference of the National Union of Railwaymen, urged the men to grasp the…

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British Coal Miners. Work Being Gradually Resumed Some Pits May Never Reopen. General Spirit of Eagerness. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 5

Reports from the coal-fields indicate that the miners generally have, resumed work, though only a limited number of coal-getters are able to start owing to the…

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The Coal Industry. London, Monday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 2

Reports from the coalfields indicate that the miners generally have resumed work, though only a limited number of coal getters are able to…

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QUEENSLAND Mount Morgan Miners. Discuss Company's Offer. Three Serious Tram Accidents. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 5

A mass meeting was held at Mount, Morgan to-day to discuss the company's latest offer for opening the mines, which was rejected by the union delegates…

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Northern Mining. Operations for the Year. Reports Reviewed. No. Iii

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 4

Subject to the necessary provisions by Parliament, a sum of money--the Prospecting Vote--is appropriated, out of public revenue to promote prospecting for gold…

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Federal Parliament. House of Representatives. Embargo on Coal Export. Discussion on the Tariff. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 5

Sir Joseph Cook told Mr. Charlton an embargo existed on the export of coal so as to enable Australian consumers to obtain coal at reasonable prices instead of…

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Northern Queensland. Archdeacon Oakes' Tour. a Marriage Arrangement. Decline in Mining Industry. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 5

Archdeacon Oakes, of Bathurst, who is at present on a tour up Charters Towers way, in Queensland, in a letter to a Bathurst resident, writes: "I am told one…

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Killed in a Coal Mine.' Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 5

Two men have been killed in the Victorian State coal invite at Wonthaggi. The victims names are George Beamland and J. McClure. It is understood while at…

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The Coal Dispute. Trouble Still Simmering. Mining Company's Obstinacy. What the Strike Cost Britain. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 5

The Government is apparently not yet finished with disputes on the coalfields. Miners at Preston Grange, in Scotland protested that the owners are introducing…

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Mount Morgan Mine. Union Leaders Criticised. Men Resent Domination. Brisbane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 2

A message from Rockhampton states that at a meeting of about a thousand employees of the Mount Morgan mine, a resolution was adopted, protesting…

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The Costly Strike What the Miners Lost. Huge Governmental Outlay. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 2

It is stated that the military and naval measures taken in connection with the British coal strike cost £8,855,000, while 70,000,000 working…

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QUEENSLAND Big Gathering, of Unemployed. the Government Denounced. Mount Morgan Miners. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 July 1921 · page 3

A large number of unemployed again gathered at the Labor Bureau this morning and trenchantly criticised the Government for his back of sympathy. Mr…

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Coal Miners. Discuss the 30-Hour Week. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 5

At a conference coal miners' lodges at Wallsend to-day a proposal that the miners grant themselves a six-hour day with a five-day week, and should abolish the…

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The Coal Trouble. Miners Wont "Carry the Baby." Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 5

A message from Newcastle says the miners have rejected a proposal to take over the mines and work them themselves…

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A Mountain of Gold. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 6

Giving evidence before the Commonwealth Public Works Committee at Alice Springs, South Australia, James Woodford, a prospector, said the whole of the White…

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Coal From the Sea Harvest of the Beach. a Lucky English Village

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 3

In a village on the coast of Northumberland (England) the miners' strike is to the inhabitants no more than a matter of passing interest. The…

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Dairying Not a Gold Mine. Some Home Truths

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 July 1921 · page 4

Lecturing before the metropolitan branch of the Agricultural Bureau of New South Wales, Mr. McInnes, the well-known dairy expert, contended…

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British Coal Miners. Still Nursing Their Grievance. Amnesty for Offenders Urged. London. Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 July 1921 · page 3

Speaking in the House of Commons Mr. W.H. Adamson, a former Labor leader, said the miners had returned to work in anything but an amiable frame…

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