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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

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Salt Mine Tortures Huns at It to the End

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 3

The report of Mr. Justice Younger's Committee on the employment of British prisoners of war in German coal and salt mines shows that even up to a month age,…

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Coal Profits. Miners Request. Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 6

Mr. Wills. Secretary, of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, has written to Mr. Watt, requesting Judge Edmunds to…

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Coal Miners Adopt Piecework the "Darg" System Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 2

Work has been resumed by the coal miners at South Clifton upon the Darg system Secretary of the Australasian Coal and…

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Mining Warden's Court

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 5

The Acting Warden, Mr H. H. Chipp.ndall, on Wednesday last, at the Court House, Urana, dealt with eight applications by Albeit Andrew…

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Troops Occupy 100 Coal Pits Basle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 2

A message from Weimar states that the German Government is discussing the critical situation in the Ruhr region of the Rhineland, where nine-tenths of the mines…

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Internal Germany. Strike in Coal Region Spartacists in Control Berlin Shops Closing London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Berlin says that the situation in Germany is daily becoming more precarious owing to the activity of the Spartacists…

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Desire to Work Less and Earn More Mining, Railway and Trans. Port Strikes London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 2

In the House of Lords to-day, Lord Buckmaster drew attention to the prevailing industrial unrest. He said that all classes were united in wishing that…

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Labor Upheaval. Coal Miners Favor Strike London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 2

It in Announced that the strike ballot which line been decided upon by the Ministers Federation is now proceeding iu South Wales. A tWo-thirds majority is…

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Coal Industry Award Miners Want Judge Edmunds Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 February 1919 · page 2

Mr. Watt, Acting Prime Minister, says that the coal miners' request for the appointment of Judge Edmunds as a tribunal to review the award in the coal Industry…

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Many Mines Are Closed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 February 1919 · page 3

Bloody machine-gun fighting between the Spartacists and Government troops has occurred at Ruhr, the coal mining district in the Rhincland…

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Good Pay for Mine-laying Marines Eleven Archbishops Executed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 February 1919 · page 2

"The Times" Helsingorfe correspondent says the Bolshevist naval staff in hastily organising the sea defences of Riga. It is extensively mining the southern coast,…

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A Floating Mine Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 3

The steamer Aeon sighted a floating mine six miles from Cape Everard, and 31 miles west of Gabo yesterday, on the direct route of vessels trading between…

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Labor Upheaval. Miners to Strike London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 3

It is announced that the British miners have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike…

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The Gold Output. the Year's Yield

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 2

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Fitzpatrick, has received a report from Mr. Warden James respecting the mineral industry in the Cootamundra…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney. Friday. Coal Trimmers' Strike Settled

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 4

The coal trimmers' strike in Newcastle has been settled. UNREST AT MOUNT MORGAN. The directors of the Mount…

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The Labor Unrest in Britain Miners Favor a Strike. "The Triple Alliance" of Unions

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 2

The British Government has offered a commission to inquire into the miners' hours and wages. The South Wales ballot resulted:…

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Essen Miners Will Truck London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 3

In message from Cologne, Reuter's correspondent says that the miners at Essen have adopted a proposal for a general strike. The decision was reached…

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To Avert Miners' Strike. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 3

Mr. Hodges, Secretary of the Miners Federation, stated at Mansfield, a mining centre in Nottinghamshire, that in order to avert national disaster the Government…

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Grave Industrial Outlook. a Momentous Crisis Conditions of Coal Miners Special Commission to Be Appointed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 2

In the House of Commons yesterday, the Prime Minister in introducing a Bill setting up a commission to inquire into condition in the coal industry, asked the…

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Coorafoin Coal Mine

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 2

Very satisfactory progress is being made at the mine, and the shaft has been sunk about 20 feet into the seam. Since the arrival…

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