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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

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The Coal Trade. Deputation to Prime Minister. Miners Dependent on Charity. Mr. Bruce's Plain Speaking. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 5

Mr. Charlton, M.H.R., introduced a deputation from Newcastle miners and storekeepers, urging action in connection with the coal trade at Newcastle…

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Coal Dump Fire. Hundred Acres Aught. Houses Threatened Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1923 · page 3

A fire broke out in a coal dump at Glebe colliery to-day and threatened the houses nearly. When the fire brigade arrived over a hundred acres were alight,…

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Shipping Industry. Court Restrictions Criticised. Fre[?] of Coal Strikes. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1923 · page 3

Mr. W. B. Howard Smith in Melbourne yesterday criticised. the handled and one restrictions imposed by the Arbitration Court on the shipping, industry. He also…

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35,000 Miners Idle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 April 1923 · page 3

The Newport correspondent of "The Times" says the non-union trouble amongst the Welsh miners has reached an acute stage. Between 35,000 and…

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Miners' Protest. Feeling Against Major Crane. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 5

It now transpires that the decision to throw all the collieries in the Cessnock district idle was arrived at by the miners as a protest against Major Crane's recent…

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Confiscation of Mines. French Ultimatum Extended. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 5

A Berlin message stales that General Degoutte's ultimatum threatening the confiscation of the Ruhr mines and the arrest of the owners unless the…

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"Playing with Fire." Coal Tribunal's Decision. Mr. Baddeley's Prediction. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 5

Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A., referring to the reports regarding the authority of the Coal Tribunal in connection with the recent decision of the chairman (Mr…

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Rhondda Valley. Coal Miners on Strike. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 5

A strike of forty-eight thousand miners in the Rhondda Valley with a view to forcing five thousand nonunionists to join the Miners'…

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Price of Coal. Government Declines Control. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 5

From information gleaned in political and coal trade circles it may be stated that any immediate reduction in the price of coal is impossible unless the owners…

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"Calling the Tune." Coal Owners' Attitude. Closing Down Threatened. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 5

A prominent northern coalowner, referring to the present position on the Newcastle and Maitland fields, stated that if normal working was[?]not resumed by the…

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Maitland Coal Mines, Position Critical. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 2

The coal position on the Maitland field is still critical. Six of the mines which had ceased work resumed yesterday, but five…

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Position on Northern Fields. Collieries Resuming. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 5

The coal position of the northern fields appears easier to day. Many collieries, which were idle yesterday, have resumed If the industry is not back to nearly…

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Price of Coal. Should Be Reduced. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 2

The opinion of Australian manufacturers, according to Mr. Clifton Love, is that the price of coal should be reduced…

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Price of Coal. Mr. Love's Criticism. Coalowners' Reply. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 5

Mr. McDonald, secretary of Northen Coalowners, replying to the statement of Mr. Clifton Love, of the Chamber of Manufactures, to the effect that the price…

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Wonthaggi Mine Dispute Intention to Close Down. Railway Commissioners Displeased. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 5

Melbourne message says it is believed at Wonthaggi that the Railway. Commissioners are displeased by the dispute between the owners and miners at the…

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Coal Proprietors. Veiled Reprisals Rumored. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 3

The coal proprietors have called a special meeting for Monday. A veiled policy of reprisals is rumored…

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Rhondda Valley Strike. Coal Orders Go to America. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 3

According to a Cardiff message, as a result of the strike of coal miners in Rhondda Valley, orders for about one million tons of coal, mostly from…

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Advice to the Miners. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 5

The central executive of the Goal Miners' Federation has asked the miners in the northern district to abandon the position they have taken up in regard…

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All Mainland Mines Working. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 5

Mr. Willis, general secretary of the Coal Federation, said that according to information received from the Northern fields all mines in the Maitland district…

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Coal Owners. Recent Stoppages Discussed Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 5

A meeting of the Northern Co[?]y pro[?]ors Association was held this afternoon to discuss the situation arising, out of the recent stoppages on the North…

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