The Coal Strike. Mr Hughes at Newcastle. The Strike Spirit Waning Amongst the Miners. Probable Trouble Amongst the Wharf Laborers Sydney
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 2
Mr Hughes addressed an open air meeting of miners, at Newcastle, at which Mr Bowling was present, and some lively interchanges occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Effects of the Coal Strike. No Excursion Trains
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 46
The Chief Commissioner for Railways has found it impossible to arrange any special excursion trains for this Christmas. Last year there were 34 of these…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →Eight Hours in Mines. Reduced Output. London, December 9
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 43
The complaint of mine-owners, that the introduction of the eight hours system would result in a reduced output, is borne out by the experience at Taff Vale…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →An Appeal to the Miners. Mr. Bowling Intervenes. Sydney
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 4
Mr. Hughes addressed a very largo meeting at Newcastle on Wednesday night. No resolutions were moved. The whole trend of his speech was an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Strike. the Revolt in the Unions. Sydney
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 18
It is generally believed in Sydney that the crisis of all the coal strike occurs today. In this strike a crises occurs about every week end. But it does seem obvious…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Latest. Western Miners Resume Work on Monday. SYDNEY, 4 p.m
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 2
It has definitely been decided that the western miners should resume work on Monday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Strike. Latest News. Congress Has a New Scheme. an Uproarious Meeting. More Foreign Ordered. Coal an Arrest Made. [By Wire]
The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 2
Mr Hughes went to Newcastle yesterday tor purpose of putting before Northern Federation a scheme for the breaking-up of the vend. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-Day's Wires. An Important Development. The Miners Advised to Resume Work. Mr Wade's New Bill. A Drastic Measure being Forced Through Parliament. Sydney
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 2
The Strike Congress has decided that the Northern, Southern, and Western miners should each make arrangements for the resumption of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal From Natal. London
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 December 1909 · page 5
The New South Wales coal strike is making an appreciable difference to the collieries in Natal. The Pietermaritzburg correspondent of the Standard" states…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Wharf Collapses. Quantity of Coal Lost
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 December 1909 · page 5
Portion of the Colonial Sugar Company's wharf at Pyrmont collapsed last night. It had been stacked with 300 or 400 tons of coal, which had been unloaded from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First Signs Ok Collapse. Western Mines Resume on
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 December 1909 · page 5
A conference took place to-day between Messrs. Wilton and Bragg, representatives of the Lithgow Coal Association and Messrs Thirlwell and Gregory, the miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Strike Drifting to Settlement Strike Bill Passed. Sydney
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 December 1909 · page 5
The new bill introduced by the Government to prohibit certain monopolies and certain contracts, agreements and cimbinations in restraint of trade, and for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Strike the End in Sight Western Miners Resume, Sydney
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 December 1909 · page 2
The Western miners will go back to work with their wage, mattered. This has been decided upon pending the decision of the Compulsory Wages Board which has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Strike. Sydney
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 3
The Coal Miners' Congress has decided that the northern and southern and western miners each make arrangements for resumption of work;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Strike. The New Bill to Suppress Strikes Passed. Mr Hughes Condemns the Measure. Mr Bowling Defies the Government
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 2
The shift men returned to the western mines on Saturday. The terms upon which the Western miners resume work were approved by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Strike Western Collieries Resume. Sydney
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 5
At the Lithgow and Hermitage Collieries, in the Western system, all the men returned to work this morning, and found everything ready for a start. The Zig Zag…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Battery Destroyed. Ballarat
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 2
The battery of the Birthday Tunnel Mining Co., of Berringa, was totally destroyed by fire this morning. The fire was caused by timber in the stokchole becoming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nothing Serious. All That Glitters Is Not Gold
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 4
"Go!" she exclaimed. "And never speak to again!" Out into the hatch night he passed, whitelipped and stagering. Beneath…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →His Weight in Gold Indian Potentate's Charity. London
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 5
The Maharaja Dhiraj, of Nepal, one of the wealthiest potentates in India, has made his periodical distribution of charitable aid…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Strike Compulsory Wages Board Sits. Newcastle
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 December 1909 · page 3
The Wages Board appointed by the Industrial Court to hear the matter in dispute between the Miners' Federation and the Colliery Proprietors' Association sat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →