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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

1,108 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 26 of 56

British Coal Orials

Western Grazier · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 3

A Router London message says the miners delegate confidence [?] a resolution's [?] in [?] the [?] proposals for reducing…

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Coal for Steel Works. Enginedrivers Surprised Maitland

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 2

Surprise has been caused among the enginedrivers by the decision to allow small coal to be taken to the Broken Hill Proprietary Co.'s steel works…

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Coal for Steel Works. Enginedrivers Surprised Maitland

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 1

Surprise has been caused among the enginedrivers by the decision to allow small coal to be taken to the Broken Hill Proprietary Co.'s steel works…

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Unions Considering Declaring Strike Off Miners May Insist Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 2

Proposais for unconditionally declaring off the strike of enginedrivers and firemen are being considered by the unions. lt is considered certain that…

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Unions Considering Declaring Strike Off Miners May Insist Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 1

Proposals for unconditionally declaring off the strik[?] of enginedrivers and firemen are being considered by the unions. It is considered certain that…

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Encinemen's Strike Enginemen and Miners to Meet Mr. Charlton Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 8

Mr. M. Charlton, Leader of the Federal Opposition, will probably arrive in Sydney from Melbourne tomorrow to confer with the…

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Coal Position Grave Sp[?]cial Cabinet Meeting London, May 20

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 8

The "Daily News's says that the real position from the national viewpoint is extremely grave, yet Londoners have settled down as if their…

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Strike in Britain Owners and Miners' Delegates Going Home London, May 21

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 1

There will be no developments in the coal position until next week. The miners' delegates are going home. They took their departure for their…

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Mining and Metallurgy Broken Hill Members for Newcastle Meeting

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 4

The first ordinary, meeting of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for the year 1926 will be held at Newcastle on May 31 and…

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German Coal Industry Increasing Its Exports (The "Times" Message.) London, May 20

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 1

The Cologne correspondent of the London "Times" says that as a res[?]lt of the strike of coalminers in Britain coal exports from Germany…

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Strike in Britain Rejection by Miners of Govt.proposals Confirmed at Conference. London, May 20

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 8

The Miners' Delegate Conference has confirmed the rejection of the Government's proposals for a settlement of the coal strike. The conference adopted…

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Mining Staffs' Association

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 May 1926 · page 1

The secretary of the Barrier Mining Staffs' Association reports as follows: —On Saturday, evening the third quarterly meeting of the association…

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Strike in Britain Miners' Secretary Urges Nationalisation London, May 23

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 May 1926 · page 1

Mr. A. J. Cook, secretary of the British Miners'. Federation, urges that the Government's only plan in the present deadlock is the nationalisation…

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Unemployed Miners Proposal to Settle in the Dominions London, May 23

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 May 1926 · page 1

A settlement of the coal dispute, accompanied by a scheme under the auspices of the British and Dominion Governments, by which a large number of…

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Soviet Mining Industry M. Rykoff Outlines Some Drastic Reforms (The "Times" Message.) London, May 23

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 May 1926 · page 4

The outstanding feature of the concress of Soviet miners was a speech by M. Rykoff, President of the Council of Communists, condemning the…

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Advice to Holders of Coal Mine Shares London, May 24

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 May 1926 · page 1

The "Daily Express" urges holders of shares in coal mines to refuse to suffer through the owners' death-vendetta with the miners. The owners…

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Angas Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 May 1926 · page 2

The secretary of the 'Angas Silver Lead Mining Co., Adelaide, reports having received the following telegram from the manager dated May 22:—…

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PINNACLES v. British Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 May 1926 · page 3

The Pinnacles team defeated the British Mine team on the Pinnacles ground on Sunday last. The game was evenly contested throughout. Mr…

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Enginedrivers' Executive to Meet Miners' Council

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 May 1926 · page 4

This afternoon Mr. G. Gough, vicepresident of the Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association, received a message from Sydney stating that the…

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Enginemen's Strike the Miners Federation Now Behind Enginedrivers Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 May 1926 · page 1

The death knell of any hopes of an immediate settlement of the coal dispute which might have been entertained was sounded yesterday afternoon…

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