The Coal Conference. Mr. Hughes' Address. Menace to National Warfare. MELBOURNE
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 November 1916 · page 2
Mr. W. M. Hughes, the Prime Minister, presided over a compulsory conference of representatives of the parties concerned in the coal strike, called under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Strike. Situation Daily More Serious. Industries Compelled to Close Down Further Railway Curtailments Probable. SYDNEY
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 November 1916 · page 2
At the request of buyers, owing to the shortage of steamers for carrying wool, the sales will be suspended in Sydney, after Wednesday's sale…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Famine Sydney Electric and Gas Supply. Government Takes Control. 1,500 Factories, Theatres, Newspaper Offices to Close. SYDNEY
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 November 1916 · page 2
As a result of the coal strike the Government is taking control, under and Urgency Bill submitted to the Legislative Assembly, of the electric and gas supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill Position. Mines Feeling Pingh. Broken Hell
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 November 1916 · page 3
The Sulphide Corporation's Central mine will probably close down on Saturday, and the Broken Hill South a week later. The Zinc Corporation has already…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike. Mr. Justice Higgins Ready Parties in Court on Saturday. Preliminaries Discussed. Melbourne
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 November 1916 · page 3
Mr. Justice Higgins announced in the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, to-day, that he would proceed with the hearing of the plaint by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Strike
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 2
Australia is now confronted by a disaster which she has herself courted. Her people have courted it by condoning the actions of their representatives. Their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Strike. The Latest Developments. Miners' Representatives Accept Mr Hughes' Offer. Will Recommend Men to Return to Work. SYDNEY, Friday Evening
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 1
When the Legislative Council met this morning Mr. Garland, Minister for Justice, moved the second reading of the City Council's Electric Lighting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike. Ballot To-day. Contending Opinions. Sydney
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 3
Messages from the different coal fields indicate that the result of to-morrow's ballot is open, though undoubtedly a large number of the men is in favor of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Strike. Dislocation of Train Services Call on Motor Cars
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 3
Travelling under existing conditions by anything else than motor cars is not easy. Scarcity of coal is affecting train services, and causing much loss…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lifting Coal at Wodonga Work at High Pressure. Keeping Engine Fires Burning
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 3
About a mile across the Murray railway bridge at Albury, on the Victorian side, is the Wodonga coal siding. A most important place this is just now for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Strike. The Coming Ballot. Favorable Decision Not Assured. South Coast Men Obdurate. SYDNEY
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 3
Leading members of the South Coast Miners Executives addressed public meetings in the Sydney Domain yesterday. The tenor of all the addresses was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Welsh Miners Restless
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 November 1916 · page 2
"Trouble is threatening at the coal mines," says "The Times" correspondent in South Wales. "The men are demanding higher wages…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goal Strike. Gloomy Prospects. Northern Miners Reject Proposals. Southern Miners Will Not Ballot. SYDNEY
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 November 1916 · page 3
The Southern miners have decided, not to hold a ballot. The Northern miners rejected the compulsory conference proposals by an overwhelming majority…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Embarrasses America
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 3
Continued increases in the amount of gold in reserve and circulations are becoming a great problem for American financial writers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Incidents of the War South Wales Coal Trouble. Government Action Urged. LONDON
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 3
"The Times'" urges prompt Government action to prevent the South Wales coal strike threatened at the end of November. The utmost mutual antagonism is at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike. Another Compulsory Conference. Summoned by Prime Minister. to Meet on Friday. Melbourne
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 2
The Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, has summoned all parties concerned in the coal strike to attend a Compulsory Conference in Melbourne on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Strike
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 2
There was no ballot taken on Tuesday last owing to the miners hostility to this course. They say that they mean to have the eight hours bank…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Wales Coal Trouble
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 3
In the House of Commons, Mr. Prety man, Under Secretary of the Board of Trade, said that Mr. Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Fateful Locality. Mines Sown Broadcast
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 2
Mr. J. M. N. Jeffries, the Athens correspondent of the "Daily Mail," says that the Britannic was sunk at a locality where three Greek ships were torpedoed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strikes. the Coal Strike, Australia, 1916
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 6
Sir,--That strikes are not yet obsolete is proof enough of the existence of a social problem and the need for its solution. There are few, if any, strikes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →