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Mining & the mines, 1912

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Rich Gold Find

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 3 April 1912 · page 2

During the past two months five nuggets of gold, valued at £1624, have been unearthed at Hargreaves (Vic.)…

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The Coal Strike. Minimum Wage Declared Unsatisfactory. Both to Owners and Men. Railway Dissatisfaction. London

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 3 April 1912 · page 2

The South Wales mine owners declare the Minimum Wage Act unsatisfactory, both to the owners and men. Delegates representing 30,000 Welsh…

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Cablegrams. (Per Reuter.) Coal Strike May Go On. Vote Swings Round. Majority Against Resuming

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 2

Just when the strike situation seemed to be lightening the public were depressed last evening by the news that the recalcitrant section of the miners bad established…

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Cable News. the Great Coal Strike. Miners to Take Ballot. Riots and Incendiarism. London, March 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 42

An important development has occurred occurred in connection with the great coal strike. The men are to take a ballot on the question whether work should be resumed. This…

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Miners Returning Already. £12,000,000 Lost in Wages London April 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 42

Chief interest in the great strike centres in the ballot there would seem to be a likelihood of the majority being in favor of a resumption of work although returns…

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The Coal Strike. Wild Scenes. at Mines. Miners Against Resumption. London

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 2

Two thousand men and women at Glen Craig coal mine, Fifeshire, Scotland attempted to stop unionists from working, and wild scenes ensued. The…

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Cablegrams. the Coal Strike. Miners Will Resume. Leaders Find Way Out. Many Collieries Reopening. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 2

Ah increasing number of collieries are being reopened, although so far only two-thirds of the miners have voted in the ballot on the question of resuming…

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American Coal Strike. Recognition of Unions. Fatal Fights and Dynamite. Philadelphia

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 2

A sentiment is developing among the coal miners in Pennsylvania, who, to the number of 100,000, are on strike, in favor of insisting on the granting of their de…

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The British Coal Strike. The Decision of Conference. Immediate Resumption of Work. London

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 2

The national conference of the Miners' Federation delegates was held yesterday to consider the recommendation of the executive that work be resumed…

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Cablegrams. British Coal Trouble. Analysis of Voting. Permanent Rise in Coal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 2

The miners in the Cannock Chase district of Staffordshire and every coal mining centre of Scotland, except Fifeshire, have resumed work…

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Cablegrams. British Coal Trouble. Some Misers Still Out. Neglected State of Mines

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 2

Most of the coal mining centres are back to their normal state of activity. Work, however, has not ben resumed in South Yorkshire, and Derbyshire. The…

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Miners' Attitude

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 42

There was a consensus of opinion that, Unless the Miners' Conference ordered a resumption of work, the result would be the breaking up of the Miners'…

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End of the British Coal Strike

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 2

The national conference of Miners' Federation delegate, was held to consider the recommendation of the executive that work he resumed. The…

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Cablegrams. Fresh Strike Not Wanted by Monmouthshire Miners. Irreconcilables Still Out

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 2

A mass meeting of miners was held at Penallt, in Monmouthshire, last night to consider recent developments in tbe coal crisis and the present position. The…

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Cable News. the Coal Strike. Resumption of Work. London, April 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 42

Interest in the coal strike to-day centred in the conference of miners' delegates, which met to consider the situation created by tho ballot on the question…

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The Coal Trouble. Lancashire Collieries. Military at Coal Centres. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 2

Although over 500,000 coal miners have resumed work, the situation still contains elements that provoke anxiety. This is particularly so in connection with the…

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Railways and Colliery Proprietors

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 2

Some of the railways have notified the colliery proprietors that the conditions for the carriage of coal must contain a guarantee of a supply to the extent of 20 per…

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The Coal Trouble. South Wales Collieries. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 April 1912 · page 2

An important development in regard to the coal trouble was announced on Friday afternoon. The demands of the surfacemen in South…

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Cablegrams. (Per Reuter.) the Coal Strike. Miners and Soldiers. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 2

A warm feeling of comradeship between the miners of Leigh, Lancashire, and the soldiers who were sent to maintain order, has resulted from their association…

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The Coal Strike. for Relief of Strike Distress. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 April 1912 · page 2

Mr.Whson lobor M.P.has received £250 from the New Zealand press towards the fund to relieve the distress occasioned by the strike…

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