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Mining & the mines, 1919

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Letter to the Editor. Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1919 · page 4

Sir,—During the last few weeks various letters have appeared in your columns in regard to the above union. The members of the union are full up of the whole matter…

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Big Coal Strike. Military Protection. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1919 · page 4

A small percentage of the Collieries reopened under military protection. A trainload of volunteers was de[?] at Humboldt. lowa…

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China's Resources. Immense Coal and Iron Deposits

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1919 · page 6

In the course of a lecture in the Union Hall of the Sydney University, Professor James Murdoch, Professor of Oriental Studies, who has the reputation of a long…

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Colliery Troubles

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 December 1919 · page 2

The Extended Colliery seems to be beset with troubles of late. When Bellbird were striking regularly the workmen named the Extended Colliery…

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Big Coal Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 December 1919 · page 5

The coal strike situation has been complicated by a strike of two thousand trainmen at Kansas City terminals, paralysing all kinds of traffic in the South-Western…

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Miners' Accident Relief Act

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 December 1919 · page 3

Mr. Kearsley, in the Legislative 7 Assembly, asked the Minister for Mines if he was aware that a number of beneficiaries under the Miners' Accident…

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America's Coal Crisis. Indignant Miners. Vancouver, November 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 13

The miners have [?] rejected the Government's offer of a settlement on the basis of a 14 per cent, increase. The men say that the offer is insulting…

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Use of Coal Mines. No Change in Victorian Attitude

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 3

When questioned regarding the statement of the Chief Secretary of New South Wales that it was likely that the Victorian Government would realise its…

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Colliery Disputes. Muswellbrook and Gunnedah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 3

In a statement last night, Mr. J. M. Baddeley president of the Miners' Federation said the executive has been in communication with a representative of the…

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Colliery Mechanics. Smoothing Out Minor Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 9

The executive officers of the Colliery Mechanics Association are busily engaged dealing with minor troubles arising out of the introduction of new conditions under…

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Origin of Mine Sweepers Secret History

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 7

A late English paper says:— The death, of Lord Beresford has led Mr George L. Alward, J.P., one of the best known men in the fishing industry,…

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China's Resources. Immense Coal and Iron Deposits

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 5

In the course of a lecture in the Union Hall of the Sydney University, Professor James Murdoch, Professor of Oriental Studies, who has the reputation of a long…

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Britain's Coal Trade. Debate in Commons. London, Nov. 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 3

In the House of Commons, in opening the debate on the coal trade, Mr. W. Brace moved for the appointment of a Select Committee to enquire into the coal control and…

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Big Coal Strike. a Million Unemployed. Vancouver, December 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 5

A message from Chicago states that more than one million workers have been brown out of employment as a result of the coal strike, besides the…

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Cheaper Fuel. Developing Victorian Brown Coal Seams

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 December 1919 · page 7

In addition to providing cheap electrical energy for Melbourne, the development of the Morwell brown coal deposits will solve the problem of fuel for household purposes…

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Big Coal Strike. Compromise Discussed. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 December 1919 · page 5

The suffering is so widespread in consequence of the coal strike, and the effects generally so serious, that a compromise is being discussed, and probably a settlement…

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U.S. Coal Strike. Miners Accept Offer. Vancouver, December 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 December 1919 · page 5

A message from Washington says that the miners have accepted President Wilson's proposal to[?]settie tho[?] strike on the basis of practically the previous offer-a 14 per cent…

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Letter to the Editor. Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 December 1919 · page 6

Sir,-Mr. Pendlebury adopts the old device of abuse when cornered by an opponent: but all the abuse in the world cannot hide the fact that he has failed industrially in the…

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Mining Conference. Deficiency and Night Shifts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 December 1919 · page 7

A representative conference of oweners and employees engaged in the New South Wales coal-mining industry met at the offices of the Southern Coal Owners' Agency on Monday…

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Miners' Holidays

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 December 1919 · page 4

Mr. W. Brennan, secretary to the Northern district of the Miners' Federation, yesterday forwarded to the lodge secretaries in Newcastle and Maitland the following…

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