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Mining & the mines, 1919

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Coal Conference. Dispute at Wallarah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 December 1919 · page 3

The conference of delegates representing owners and employees from the northern, southern and western coal districts of New South Wales concluded in Sydney on…

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Nationalisation of Mines. Vancouver, December 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 December 1919 · page 5

A message from London states that the Trades Union Congress has decided to Postpone action in the matter of the nationalication of coal mines…

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Melbourne Gas Strike. Other Unions Involved. Coal and Coke "Black."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 December 1919 · page 5

The main development in connection with the gas strike to-day was the carrying of a resolution by the Industrial Disputes Committee that the Wharf-labourers, fuel and…

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American Coal Strike the Imperator Held Up. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Montreal, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 December 1919 · page 2

The "New York Times" correspondent at Washington says the Railroad Administration announced that the Imperator would not be allowed to sail…

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Local & General. Death of Mine Manager

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 December 1919 · page 3

Mr. Andrew Watson, mine manager at Collie, W.A., who was recently killed, was a native of Wallsend. His aged mother resided in West Wallsend, and a…

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Use of Coal Mines. No Change in Victorian Attitude

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1919 · page 11

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1919 · page 2

A message form Washington says that the miners have accepted President Wilson's proposal to settle the strike on the basis of practically the previous offer—a 14 per cent…

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Colliery Disputes. Muswellbrook and Gunnedah

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1919 · page 10

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

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Big Coal Strike

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

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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Coal Conference. Dispute at Wallarah

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

The conference of delegates representing owners and employees from the northern southern and western coal districts of New South, Wales concluded in Sydney on…

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Nationalisation of Mines. Vancouver. December 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1919 · page 3

A message from London states that the Trades Union Congress has decided to postpone action in the matter of the nationalisation of coal mines…

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United States Coal Strike, Wage Increase Accepted

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 December 1919 · page 6

Washington, Wednesday.—The strike involving 500,000 bituminous coalminers has been settled. The miners have accepted the…

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Cheaper Fuel. Developing Victor' an Brown Coal Seams

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1919 · page 16

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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Mining Conference. Deficiency and Night Shifts

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1919 · page 7

A representative conference of owners 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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Shipping Warned. Drifting Mines Located

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 December 1919 · page 3

A drifting mine was recently found at Cape Flattery, near Cooktown. Another has just been found off Dove island, in the Great North-East Channel, Torres Strait,…

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Economic Use of Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 December 1919 · page 4

The rising costs of mining and convoying coal has in the old country added to the urgency of the need of a more economic use of our coal resources. Millions of pounds…

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Colliery Mechanics Officials

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 December 1919 · page 4

For the annual election of officers of the Colliery Mechanics Association, the following nominations have been received:—President, J. E. Pendlebury; treasurer, J. Brown,…

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Johannesburg Mine Officials Refuse to Work with German. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Johannesburg, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 December 1919 · page 3

The underground and surface officials at the Deep Mine have decided to refuse to work if the German, who was the cause of the recent strike, is allowed to…

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Big Coal Strike. American Miners' Losses. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1919 · page 5

A message from Washington says that statistics show that the miners lost 12,000,000 in wages during the recent strike…

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Economic Use of Coal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1919 · page 4

The rising costs of mining and conveying coal has in the old country added to the urgency of the need of a more economic use of our coal resources. Millions of pounds…

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