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Mining & the mines, 1921

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Northern Miners. Fire Insurance Benefits

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 10

At a meeting of the executive of the Northern District branch of the Miners' Federation, a report was read in regard to the question of fire insurance on…

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Coal Strike. Glasgow's Defences. London, May 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 5

Behind gates guarded by marines and police the volunteer dockers are striving with might and main to keep the Port of Glasgow open. Passports are…

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Mining at Muswellbrook. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 5

Three new coal mining leases were applied for here during the week. It is anticipated that seven mines will soon be in operation…

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Coal Strike. Abundant Volunteer Labour. London. May 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 12

Desperate efforts are being made by extremists to plunge the country in the throes of a general strike, but the transport workers' move with…

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Socialistic Ideas. Mr. Willes and the Coal Industry. a Trade View

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 8

A leading member of the coal trade made the following comment on speeches delivered by Mr. Whis, the general secretary of the Coal [?]…

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Mining Industry. Compulsory Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 May 1921 · page 6

The Registrar of the Federal Arhitration Court intimated on Saturday that, in view of the general position in the mining industry, a compulsory…

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Wallaroo Miners Resume Miners Accept Reduced Wage

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 4

It is announced by tho secretary of the Wallaroo and Moonta Mining Company in Adelaide that he has received an intimation from the registrar of the…

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Colliery Mechanics. Delegate Board Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 3

The delegate board meeting of the Colliery Mechanics' Association was held at West Maitland yesterday. Mr. J. E. Pendlebury presided, and there…

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What Coal Means to England. the Present Crisis

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 4

Mr. Stead, in a late "Review," stresses on the importance of coal to England:—"The miners of Great Britain…

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Coal Strike. Hopes of Settlement. London. May 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 5

This is the fifty-third day of the coal dispute which still drags on. The average citizen os scarcely worrying about its serious national aspect…

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Coal Strike. First Miners Back at Work. London. May 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 May 1921 · page 5

The first coal miners to resume are 641 employed at the Madeley Wood collieries, Shre[?]shire who have accepted a temporary wages agreement pending a…

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Coal Strike. the Nation's Peril. London, May 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 May 1921 · page 5

The "Times" states that if we do not speedily make up our minds to work and save we shal Inevitably lost our place. Serious warning is…

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Coal Strike. an Exhausted Treasury. London, May 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 5

The financial secretary of the Yorkshire miners, announcing the impossibility of issuing credit notes, says that the indebtedness of the union is…

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Coal Strike. First Miners Rack at Work. London. May 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1921 · page 2

The first coal miners to resume are 640 employed at the Madeley Wood collieries, Shropshire, who have accepted a temporary wages agreement pending a…

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Colliery Mecha[?] Delegate Board

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1921 · page 14

The delegate board meeting of Colliery Mechanics Ass[?] held at West Maitland on [?] J. E. Pendlebury presided, (…

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British Miners' Funds From Affluence to Debt

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 May 1921 · page 6

London, Wednesday.—The Yorkshire Miners' Association, which, had funds amounting to £900,000 two years ago, has paid £400,000 in strike pay, in…

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Coal Strike. Overseas Supplies. London, May 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1921 · page 5

During the past few days large shipments of German, American and Belgian coal, amounting to 25,000 tons, have arrived at the Mersey…

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Reduced Wages. Accepted by Wallaroo and Moonta Miners

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1921 · page 9

It was announced by the secretary of the Wallaroo and Moonta Mining Company in Adelaide that he had received an intinustion from the registrar…

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Coal Strike. Hopes of Settlement. London. May 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1921 · page 3

This is the fifty-third day of the coal dispute which still drags on. The average citizen is scarcely worrying about its serious national aspect…

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Mining Disputes. Effect on Oversea Trade

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1921 · page 9

A statement was issued in Sydney on behalf of the coal-owners to the effect that the employees in the No. 1 and No. 1 tunnel of the Bellbird colliery,…

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