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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

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Coal Mines Act. Deputation to the Minister

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 December 1916 · page 4

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. J. Baddeley and A. C. Willis (president and secretary respectively of the Australian Coal and Shale Employees Federation),…

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Late Coal Strike. Terms of Settlement

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1916 · page 1

The terms of settlement, as set out in a circular despatched from the Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation. to the…

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The Latest. Miners at Work. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 December 1916 · page 2

All the miners at Newcastle resumed work to-day, also the majority at Wollongong. The balance will start as soon as work is ready…

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Coal Tribunal's Orders. Men's Claims Granted

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 December 1916 · page 2

As we predicted, the men have won their fight, and the strike is now settled. His Honor, Justice Edmunds went into conference on…

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Obituary. Mr. Jas. Barber. Old Moonan Brook .Mining Identity

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1916 · page 3

Our Moonan Brook correspondent writes:—On Friday last there pas[?] Mr Jas. [?]esidents…

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Electrical Coal Cutters. Abermain No. 2 Colliery. Report of the Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 December 1916 · page 7

Following is a copy of the report furnished to Mr. John Estell, the late Minister for Mines, on October 9th, 1916, by the committee of inquiry appointed under…

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The Coal Crisis

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 December 1916 · page 4

Mr. J. Pendleburg, president of the local Mechanics Union delivered a lecture in the Cessnock Hall on Sunday afternoon on "Lessons from the Late Industrial Strife"…

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State Gold Yield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 December 1916 · page 4

Mr. R. H. Cambage, Acting Under-Secretary for Mines, has furnished a return which shows that the gold yield recorded in New South Wales for November was 7771 ounces crude,…

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Unloading Waggons. Coal Restrictions Modified

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 December 1916 · page 3

The congestion which it was feared would ensue at Newcastle through the notion of the Federal Government in restricting the use of the coal solely for the Naval Department and…

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Coal Strike Ended. (To the Editor of the Chronicle)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 6 December 1916 · page 4

Sir,—The coal strike ia over, when will we have the next? Every few years there is a big coal strike and thousands of innocent people are…

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Coal Restrictions. Washington

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 December 1916 · page 5

Far-reaching effects are threatened by the new British policy, an announcement of which has reached here through official channels with regard to the curtalling of…

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Miners Want More Pay Conference Asked For

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 December 1916 · page 2

The central council of the Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation had an important meeting on Tuesday, when the matter of increase was…

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Satisfactory Coal Output. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 December 1916 · page 2

The Newcastle coal output is very satisfactory. About 20,000 tons per day are being sent to the surface. With everything going smoothly, the…

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Mining Situation. Claim for Increased Rates. Conference to Be Held

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 December 1916 · page 6

The Council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation met again yesterday, and discussed a number of important questions affecting the members. Some…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 December 1916 · page 7

There is unrest at several of the collieries among the members of the Coillery Machanics' Association, the bone of contention being the eight-hour and overtime questions…

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Distribution of Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 December 1916 · page 7

In live Senate Senator Pearce, Minister for Defence, for the Minister for the Navy, informed Senator Watson (N.S.W.) that arrangements had been made for the…

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The Coal Crisis and the Endum

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 December 1916 · page 7

[?] the result of the referendum, and the mining crisis, soem to have left the impression in the minds of some of the public that the…

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The Coal Tribunal. Overtime and Holiday Rates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 December 1916 · page 7

The Coal Tribunal, consisting of Mr. Justice Edmands and three assessors from each side, sat in camera yesterday and dealt with a number of details in connection…

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The Coal Tribunal. To-days Sitting. Situation Reviewed. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 December 1916 · page 5

The special coal tribunal sat to-day. The employers were represented by Messrs. R. A. Harle, N. J. Clarke, and A. E. O. Sellars, and the Employers' Federation by…

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Colliery Crisis. South Wales. Government Control. Miners Surprised. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1916 · page 13

The Government's control of the South Wales coal mines ends a complicated and dangerous dispute and incidentally brings the coal trade within scope of the…

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