Aggregate Meetings Objection to Ballot. Opposition of Maitland and District Miners; Weston
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 November 1916 · page 5
Strong opposition to the acceptance of the Government proposals for the settlement of the mining trouble 'was the keynote, of the aggregate meeting of Maitland miners held…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Crisis. Discussed in Arbitration Court. Ballot Awaited
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 November 1916 · page 6
The patries concerned in the coal crisis appeared on Saturday morning before Justice Higgins at the Federal Arbitrations Court…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Welsh Collieries. London
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 5
The "Times" correspondent in South Wales says trouble is threatening in the mines. The men are demanding higher wages, and state that the owners are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Colliery Confusion
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 4
The position in the coalmining dispute at the present moment is such as to give the greatest delight to the I.W.W. crowd and its dupes and to all the disorderly elements in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Strike. Settlement Probable
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 2
There are prospects of a termination of the coal strike this week. The employers and representatives of the employees have met at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Crisis. Meeting at Weston
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 2
Messrs. A. C. Willis, secretary of the Australian Coal and Shale Workers' Association, and E. Aubin, a member of the council of the association, were the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal for N. Z. Troopships
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 2
The New Zealand Coal Miners Union permitted the loading of the steamer Kaiapoi with coal for Albany. West Australia, on the guarantee that it was to bo used only…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Strike. the Conference. Successful Ending
The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 2
THE compulsory conference of employers and employees in the coal mining industry called by the Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, was brought to a successful…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Singleton Argus Tuesday, November 21st. the Coal Crisis
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 2
Even the bitterest of the Prime Minister's political opponents must confess that he has done good service to the country in seeking to end the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Strike. Dislocation of Train Services. Call on Motor Cars
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 1
Travelling under existing, conditions by anything else than motor cars is not easy. Scarcity of coal is affecting train services and causing much loss…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Coal Strike the Melbourne Conference. Prime Minister's offer Accepted. Employees to Take Ballot
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 3
As the result of the compulsory conference of representatives of coal proprietors and employees, there is a probability of the dispute terminating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mining Crisis. (Continued from Page 2.) No Ballot in the North. Disappointment at Newcastle. Newcastle
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 5
The community is very depressed to-day as a result of the action of the minors yesterday in refusing to even ballot on the Prime Minister's proposals for settling the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Strike
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 22 November 1916 · page 2
As the result of the compulsory conference of representatives of coal proprietors anl miners it was decided to take a ballot of the men on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welsh Colliery Troubles. Perilous Situation. London
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1916 · page 5
It is reported from South Wales that a serious and far-Teaching mining trouble is brewing. The miners are dissatisfied over the unsettlement of long standing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland's Gold. Decreased Yield for October
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1916 · page 6
The yield of gold for October was 17,629 fine ounces, of the value of £74,883, this being a decrease, when compared with that of the corresponding month of last year of 3971 ounces in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →mines. Singleton Letter. Norther Agricultural Association. Singleton
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1916 · page 2
At an adjourned meeting of the Northern Agricultural Association, Mr. F. J. R. Dight (vice-president) presided, in the absence of Mr. E. Lloyd Jones (president)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Strike. Dislocation of Train Service. Call on Motor Cars
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 22 November 1916 · page 4
Travelling under existing conditions by anything else than, motor cars is not easy. Scarcityof coal is affecting train services and, causing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mining Crisis. Prime Minister's Statement. Regrets Ballot Was Not Taken
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1916 · page 2
The Prime Minister (Mr. W. M. Hughes) referring to the allegation that the coal miners' ballot had been cancelled, said he had no official information on the subject,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mining Crisis. (Continued from Page 2.) Federal Cabinet Meets. Action Expected. Melbourne
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1916 · page 5
The Federal Cabinet met this morning to deal with the coal crisis. It is expected that action will be taken under the War Precautions Act to limit the use of coal to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Welsh Colliery Crisis. London
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 5
The "Times" urges prompt Government action to prevent the South Wales coal strike threatened for the end of November. There is utmost mutual antagonism between the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →