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Mining & the mines, 1922

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Coal Mining Industry Alarming Situation. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 September 1922 · page 5

The situation in the coal ruining industry is becoming alarming. A general cessation of work on the various coalfields is feared. The council of…

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Serious Position. Threatening in Mining Industry. South Coast Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 September 1922 · page 5

A serious position is likely to be created in the mining industry owing to the action of the employees in ten of the largest mines on the South Coast…

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Full Time or Mines Close Southern Colliery Proprietors, Decision. (By Telegraph.) . Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 September 1922 · page 2

The Southern colliery proprietors have decided that, unless the miners decide by Monday next that they will work full time, all the southern mines…

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Miners' Lamps. Questions in Assembly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Davies asked the Minister for Mines if he was aware that there had been a very serious increase in miners'…

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Mining Crisis. Position, in South Coast Field. Men Give Notice

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 6

Mr. A. C. Willis, general secretary to the Workers' Industrial Union of Australia (Mining Department) stated that the South Coast miners had…

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Telegraphic News Basic Wage to Remain. Threatened Mining Strike. "Veiled Women" Case. Revolution in Greece. Destruction in Anatolia. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 2

The Board of Trade has decided to continue the present basic wage of £3 18s for males throughout the State…

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Coal Conference Fails. Miners to Give Notice

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 6

The coal conference has failed. The employees will bring the matter before the Coal. Tribunal and give fourteen days, notice of their…

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Coal Mining Industry Alarming Situation. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 4

The situation in the coal mining industry is becoming alarming. A general cessation of work on the various coalfields is feared. The council of…

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The Darg in Southern Collieries the Darg in Southern Collieries

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 5

In connection with a late telegram in our last issue stating that the. South Coast colliery proprietors would . close the mines if the men did not work full…

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The Coal Trouble

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 6

The coal miners, who declare they have been promised support from various Australian unions, are also requesting support from union from…

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Colliery Disputes. New Clause Added to Award

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 7

On the application of the Colliery Officials Association of the South Maitland coalfield, Judge Beeby has ordered the following addition as a…

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The Darg. Reduced Coal Production

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 16

It is stated that the darg has been introduced in Richmond-Main Colliery. In bords four men are sending out 20 skips, five skips per man, against…

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Serious Position. Developing in Coal Industry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 13

In a statement made, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., advocate of the northern district miners and the Coal Tribunal, expressed resentment at the…

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Our Telegrams. the Coal Dispute. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 5

There were no new developments to-day in connection with the threatened coal dispute…

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Australian Liner. Coal Supply. London, Sept. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 5

The liner Bendigo Sailed yesterday for Australia, but put back to-day on the news of the [?] of an Australian coal strike to take in…

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South Coast Miners. Fourteen Days' Notice to Cease Work

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 5

It was stated on Thursday afternoon by Mr A. C. Willis,the general secretary to the Workers' Industrial Union of Australia, (Mining Department),…

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Serious Position. Threatening in Mining Industry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 8

A serious position is likely to be created in the mining industry, owing to the action of the employees, in ten of the largest mines on the South Coast…

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Coal Control. Overlapping of Arbitration Powers. Fears of Trouble

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 14

Reference was made by Mr. J. M Baddeley, M.L.A., to the likelihood of trouble arising in the coal industry owing to the difficulty regarding the…

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Mining Crisis. South Coast Difficulty. an Abortive Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 2

A conference between representatives of the Southern Colliery Propri[?] Association and the Miners Federation was held at the office of the former…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 October 1922 · page 6

Notwithstanding the unrest on the northern coalfield, 13 collieries worked full time (11 days) during the fortnight ended on Saturday…

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