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Mining & the mines, 1919

939 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 47

Broken Hill South. Fire in Mine. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 2

A fire was discovered in the Broken Hill South mine this morning. The names extended down the shaft concentrating in the motal are bins and poppet heads which…

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Coal Crises. No Nationalisation. London, July 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 5

"The Times" states that the Government has decided against the nationalisation of mines, and is working out a scheme on the lines of the Duckham…

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Mining Industry. Wages to Be' Paid

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 5

A regulation has been gazetted by the Federal Government setting out the rates of wages to be paid from May 5 to persons employed in the production of coal in New…

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Government Ultimatum to Queensland Colliery Proprietors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 3

The Minister for Railways (Mr. Fiholly) made the following statement on the situation regarding coal supplies for the Railway Department:—…

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Labour Expulsions. Miners Support Mr. Willis

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 6

Mr. A. C. Willis (general secretary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation), at a special delegate meeting of miners at Wollongong, explained what…

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Coal Crisis. Deadlock at Yorkshire. Big Unemployed List. LONDON, July 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 5

The Yorkshire coal conference has readied a deadlock, the miners refusing the piece-rates formula. (United Service Cable.)…

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Miners Obdurate. London, August 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 5

Mr. Smith states that the Yorkshire branch meeting have ratifled the rejection of the Government's terms…

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Distress Amongst Miners. Distribution of Trade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 3

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president of the Northern District Miners' Federation, is in receipt of the following communication:—"Premier's office, August 1st.—I am…

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Idle Mines in North. 6107 Men Unemployed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 2

As a direct result of the seamen's strike, the following collieries, employing 6107 men, are idle in the northern district:—Abermain, East Greta,…

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Fall Down a Shaft. Mine Managers' Remarkable Escape

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 6

Mr. Charles Easdown, manager of the Milbura Creek Copper Mine at Mount M. Donald, in the Bathurst district, has had a remarkable escape from death in the mine…

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Yorkshire Miners' Strike Conference Fails. Thousands Thrown Idle

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 2

London, Saturday.—The mineowners telegraphed to the Yorkshire Miners' Association, proposing that a meeting bo held in Leeds to settle the dispute. The…

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The Latest No Move to an Ending. Miners on Holiday. Loss of Wages Felt. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 2

No steps are being taken to end the Yorkshire strike. The authorities say the men are holiday making and may resume when the men are tired of their…

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Warning to Welsh Miners. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 5

Mr. Brace (Labor M.P.), addressing the Welsh miners, warned them against the idea, of a fight, between the Government and labor. Such a strike must be avoided at all…

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Europe’s Coal Supply. a Serious Situation. London, August 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 5

The Supreme Economic Council, sitting in London on August 1 and 2, discussed among other things the difficulty of securing for Europe adequate supplies of coal…

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More Miners Coming Out

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 August 1919 · page 5

The Northern Miners' Association has resolved in favour of a general strike, involving 11,000 workers in the Midlothian and East Lothian collieries…

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Miners' Dispute. Brace Warns Welshmen. London, August 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 August 1919 · page 2

Mr. Brace, M.P., addressing the Welsh miness, warned them against the idea of a fight between the Government and Labour. Such a strife must be avoided at all costs…

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Big Coal Cargo

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 3

Amongst the sailings from Port Kembla on Tuesday afternoon of this week was the Shaw Savill steamer Otira, which took one of the Digest cargoes of…

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Why Bankers Want the Gold Basis

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 5

IF the reader's mind has never been confused by reading the definitions of Money given in Economic test-books, he will find tho answer to the question: "What is…

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Government Ultimatum to Queensland Colliery Proprietors

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 11

The Minster for Railways (Mr. Fihelly) made the following statement on the situation regarding coal supplies for the Railway Department:—…

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Allies' Coal Mines. Vast Migration of Foreign Labor. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Paris, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 1

The Inter-Allied Council appointed to speed up the output of the distribution of coal proposes to encourage a vast migration of Polish and Czech…

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