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

Mining & the mines, 1917

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Raids on Mines. Six Arrests at Broken Hill. (Country Press Telegram). SYDNEY

Young Witness · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 2

Six more men were arrested at Broken Hill yesterday in connection with the raid on certain mines and riotous behaviour…

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Latest Strike News Efforts for Settlement. A.W.U. Remains Neutral. Some Wharf Labourers and Miners Returning. Card System in Use. Heavy Loss of Revenue. Services Almost Normal. Sydney, Saturday Morning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 2

The Lord Mayor (Ald. R. D. Meagher) yesterday took further action as mediator between the Strike Committee and tile Government, with a view of bringing about a…

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Colliery Men Return to Work

Young Witness · Tuesday 4 September 1917 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday. Twenty Helens. burgh colliery men again conferred with the managers yesterday, as a result an agreement was arrived at…

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Latest Strike News Last Night's Meeting. Nearly 100,000 Men Idle. Providing for Future Upheavals. Police Use Batons. Defence Committee's Statement Denied. Strike in Meat Trade Practically Over. Loyalists at Clyde Works. Police and Helensburgh Miners. I.W.W. Rooms Raided. Strike Figures. Trouble at Dunlop's Rubber Co. Eleven Coal Mines Working. SYDNEY, Thursday Morning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 September 1917 · page 2

Professor McIntyre, chairman of the State Recruiting Commission, made an attempt at mediation, but was informed the Government could not vary its terms…

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This Afternoon's News. Another Revolver Incident. Two Shots Fired. Engines Repaired at Clyde. Plenty of Coal. Attempt to Injure National Workers. Trolly and Draymen's Union. More Strikers Returning. Sldney, Thursday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 September 1917 · page 2

There was a disturbance at Balmain late yesterday, when a national worker who was driving a lorry was attacked by a body of strikers, who called him insulting names and threw…

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Latest Strike News Still Unsettled. Whole Trouble may Start Afresh. Wharf Labourers, Carters, and Miners. Boilermakers Will Keep Others Out. Sydney, Tuesday Morning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 September 1917 · page 2

Mass meetings of the Wharf Labourers' and Trolly and Draymen's Unions resolved to continue the strike. the letter also decided to call out all members now Working in private firms…

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This Afternoon's News. Some Strikers Refuse Conditions. More Gas Workers and Carters Out. Newcastle Carters Lose Preference. No Railway Vacancies at Present. Services Restricted Until Coal Supply Improves. Men Object to Notice. Engineers and Ironworkers Reject Forms. Resumption of Hostilities Expected. Over 1000 Men Sign on. SYDNEY, Tuesday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 September 1917 · page 2

Thousands of strikers turned up at Eveleigh this morning, and were supplied with forms [?] application for employment. A. number of men refused to accept these conditions and marched…

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Latest Strike News. Railway and Tramway Staffs. Keeping Out Undesirables. Newcastle Objects to a Form Coal Mines Amendment. Must Be General Resumption. Boilermakers, Engineers, and Blacksmiths Called Out Again SYDNEY, Thursday Morning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 September 1917 · page 2

About seven thousand men in the Railway and Tramway Service men in the Railway application forms for re-employment. The Government has announced that it is…

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This Afternoon's News. Return of Miners Expected. Union Move to Settle Strikes. No Strike Pay and No Credit. Gas Employees Warned. "The Worker's" Admission. Engineers Lose Registration. SYDNEY, Thursday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 September 1917 · page 2

There is a hopeful feeling its Government circles that the negotiations for the return of the miners will result successfully. Another thousand national workers are…

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The Strike. Position More Tense. Coal Mining Trouble. (Country Press Telegram). SYDNEY, Friday Afternoon

Young Witness · Friday 14 September 1917 · page 2

Prominent unionists now consider the position to be more tense because of the coal miners refusal to accept the Government's terms…

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Returned Anzacs. Presented with Gold Medals

Young Witness · Friday 14 September 1917 · page 1

At the annual smoke concert on Wednesday night a prominent feature of the evening was the presention of medals to several returned soldiers…

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Gold in Japan. Export Prohibited (Reuter's Telegram). LONDON

Young Witness · Friday 14 September 1917 · page 2

Reuter's Tokio correspondent states that the Treasury has prohibited the export of gold, except under license…

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Turned Down. Government Proposals to Miners. Condition Said to Be Humiliating. (Country Press Telegram) SYDNEY

Young Witness · Friday 14 September 1917 · page 2

The miners delegates have turned down the latest proposals of the Government, which provided that the Government would continue to work…

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Japan's Gold. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 4

Reuter's Tokio correspondent states that the Treasury has prohibited the export of gold except under license…

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Latest Strike News. Card System Working Well. Application Form Remains. Federal Government Opposes Coal Miners' Domination. Suggested Effort to Narrow Strike. Sydney, Saturday Morning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 2

At Eveleigh yesterday 71 additional men signed the application forms. They included men from all departments of the railway. The Electrical Engineer said last night that…

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Latest Strike News Coal Miners' Lone Hand. Application for Compulsory Conference. Mr. Fuller Suggests Miners' Ballot. Unions Representing 20,000 Agree to Return. Weeding Out. Woman's Inhumanity to Woman. SYDNEY, Tuesday Morning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 September 1917 · page 2

Miners' meetings at Cessnock, Wollongong, Bulli, and [?]slensburgh also rejected the Government's proposals. The textile workers ships' painters, and…

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No Settiement. Some Unions Return to Work Coal and Transport Unions Remain Firm. (Country Press Telegram). SYDNEY

Young Witness · Tuesday 18 September 1917 · page 2

The Ship Painters and Dockers Union held a mass meeting at Balmain last night and decided to resume work…

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This Afternoon's News. Transport Workers' Statement. Plenty of Labour for Gas Works. Fourteenth Colliery to be Worked. Strike Leader Sentenced to Six Months. Boilermakers for Eveleigh. Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 September 1917 · page 2

A member in close touch with the transport Workers' Council has declared that as far as they are concerned the strike may last till Christmas, or until the conditions they wanted…

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The Strike. Original Strike over. Forms to be signed. only coal and transport men out

The Yass Courier · Thursday 20 September 1917 · page 2

The Strike Committee sat for three hours yesterday, and resolved that the final obstacle in the way of a complete resumption of work in…

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Latest Strike News Officially Declared Off. Wharf Labourers go Back. Coal Prospect Good. Many Men Lose Their Jobs. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 September 1917 · page 2

The wharf labourers have decided to resume work to-day. A coal settlement is expected almost immediately…

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