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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

168 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 9

Coal Strike

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 November 1916 · page 2

There will be no race trains to-day to Canterbury Park, and tile issue of ordinary tickers to stations on the Bankstown line will be suspended during the hours when people would travel to…

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Coal Strike

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 November 1916 · page 4

At a meeting of the Electric Lighting Board on Thursday it was decided to allow retail shopkeepers to use electricity for lighting purposes on Friday night between the hours of 6.30 and…

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Coal Strike. Loyal Railway Men. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 November 1916 · page 4

There are no fresh strike developments this morning. At Eveleigh workshops yesterday railway men presented signed statements to the Chief…

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The Coal Strike. Conference Fails. Cabinet to Consider Policy. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 November 1916 · page 2

The coal conference has adjourned till Monday. Neither side would give way. The Federal Cabinet will in the meantime consider what policy to adopt…

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Coal Crisis. Melbourne

The Yass Courier · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 2

Questioned to-day as. to the position regarding the coal strike, the Prime Minister said that he could make no announcement that would…

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The Coal Strike

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 4
Also in Crookwell Gazette

Mr. Baddeley, president of the Employees Federation, told Mr. Hughas at the conference on Friday that his council had faithfully carried out the undertaking to recommend the men to accept…

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Coal Crisis. Conference Unable to Agree. Tribunal to Be Appointed. Owners, Miners, and Public. Melbourne

Young Witness · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 2

After much discussion, the conference was unable to agree. Mr. Hughes Announced the determination of the Federal Government to appoint a…

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South Coast Miners. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 2

A number of deputies and shot firers in the mines are getting a bad time on the South Coast, being met on their return from work by bands…

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Early Gold Field Days

Young Witness · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 3

Mr. J. Marks, in discussing the articles on "Grenfell in the Early Days," was asked to supply some reminiscences, and has accordingly gone back to…

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The Coal Strike. Possible Railway Strike

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 3

At the conference in Melbourne on Monday Mr. Hughes stated that he had received a telegram from Mr. E. Tolhurst, of Woonoona, near Bulli, that numbers of shot-firers and…

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Coal Strike. Nothing Fresh. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 1

There are no fresh developments with respect to the strike. Everything is hanging on the result of the Melbourne conference. All possibility of any trouble in connection…

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Serious Mining Accident. Mans Back Broken Orange

Young Witness · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 1

Mr. Edward Stibbard, (35), of Cadfa was the victim of a serious mining accident at the Cadla copper mine on Saturday morning: He was at work…

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The Coal Strike. Conference Fails. Tribunal to Be Appointed. Feared Tribunal Will Fail. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 2

The strike conference failed. Mr. Hughes has decided to appoint a tribunal of three front each side, with Judge Edmunds a chairman, to sit on Wednesday. The tribunal will first…

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The Coal Strike

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 4

The miners at Newcastle and Cessnock do not appear to expect much success from the Prime Minister's tribunal. The Newcastle men would sooner have had Mr. Justice Higgins as chairman…

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The Coal Strike

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 2

The strike tribunal met on Wednesday afternoon under the presidency of Judge Edmunds. In reply to his Honor' the miners' representatives said the miners were prepared to resume…

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Coal Strike. Judge Edmunds Suggests Conference

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 2

The coal strike tribunal resumed its sittings to-day. Mfr .Justice Edmunds said:—From a discussion that has just taken place it seems the exact terms upon which work in the mines…

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Coal Strike. Illegal Use of Electricity and Gas. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 1

Seventeen persons were before the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of .having used electricity and gas in contravention of the Gas Board notification. All the defendants pleaded…

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Mines Resume Work on Monday. Sydney

Young Witness · Friday 1 December 1916 · page 2

The coal mines are to resume work on Monday. The proprietors are to receive compensation in respect to any pecuniary…

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Against Conscription. Miners Go on Strike. Sydney

Young Witness · Friday 1 December 1916 · page 2

At a stop work meeting of miners in New Zealand, it was decided to strike as a protest against conscription. The miners demand the repeal of the…

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