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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

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The German Strikes. Thousands of Miners Idle

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 2

The German coalfields strikes are spreading; 37,000 miners are idle. Such of the Cable News on this page, so headed, appeared in "The…

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Coal Conference Goal Shortage in South Australia. Melbourne

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 6

Representatives of the New South Wales Coal Mine Owners' Association met in conferencei today with. the coal mine delegates to consider the…

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End of Coal Conference an Understanding Reached Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 April 1919 · page 2

The coal conference has concluded, and the result was that an understanding was arrived at regarding wages and machinery for the prevention and settlement of…

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Pay of Coal Miners Contract Work Opposed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 April 1919 · page 2

For some time the Australasian Coal Federation has had prepared a log for presentation to the coal tribunal in the event of its re-establishment…

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Miners' Wages Increased Coal 2/6 Per Ton Higher. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 April 1919 · page 2

The colliery owners and the men's delegates returned to Sydney from Melbourne yesterday. It is believed that the basis of…

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Miners Unofficial Strike One Hundred Thousand Out. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 April 1919 · page 2

One hundred thousand miners in South Wales and Nottingham have unofficially struck in protest against the failure to concede all the demands…

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Wages of Coal Miners Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 3

The executive of the Coal and Shale Employes Federation will on Wednesday discuss matters in connection with the recent conference in Melbourne in regard…

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The Redlands Mine

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 2

It is not generally known that the Redlands gold mine is still a going concern, for the reason that some months ago a wind-up sale was announced in…

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Coal From Saar Valley Japan's Racial Claim. Spain Joins the League. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 2

The Big Four spent the whole day discussing the French claims, President Wilson and Mr. Lloyd George romain adamant against France taking…

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The German Industrial Upheaval. Another Berlin Outbreak Expected. Food Riots at Frankfurt. Lancashire and Cheshire Miners Accept Terms. What Britain Can Get From Germany. Bonar Law on the Situation. London

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 1

Reuter's Berlin correspondent says that almost the entire labor forces in Germany are striking or threatening to strike as the result of the…

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Closing of Cobar Copper Mines No More Relief Orders. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 3

It has been decided to cease the is at of relief orders and railway passes to miners of Cobar from Monday next. The Government has already found…

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Coal Miners' Wages

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 33

It was officially stated at the meeting of the Jumbunna Coal Company, Vic., that the man on the pay roll was drawing £2/13/ per shift. Some miners were…

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Coal Miners' Wages. Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 6

Mr. Willis, Secretary of the Australian Coal Shale Employees' Federation stated to-day that the Executive of the Federation will discuss on…

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South Wales Miners Oppose Conscription and Russian Intervention. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 2

Mr. Thompson says that the South Wales miners; ballot rejecting Mr. Justice sankey's recommendations was reached after a warm debate, in which the…

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No Strike. Miners Commence Work Railway Men Accept Terms. London

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 6

The British Miners' Federation has issued a manifesto urging minors to remain at work and refrain from imperilling the settleement advised by…

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The Coal Crisis State Government Alarmed. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 3

The conference between the coal owners and the employes sat for several hours to-day. It then adjourned till next week without reaching any finality…

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The Coal Trade Royal Commission Appointed. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 April 1919 · page 2

The Cabinet to-day appointed Mr. J. L. Campbell, K.C., a Royal Commissioner to hold a full and comprehensive inquiry into the coal position and the general…

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Mine Sweeping by Airships in the North Sea. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 April 1919 · page 2

"The Express" understands that the Admiralty has designed a specially light…

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Shortage of Coal Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 April 1919 · page 3

"The position is an alarming one, and cannot be too seriously stressed. Supples are extraordinarilly short. Two of the largest and most important utilities of…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney. Monday Evening the Coal Crisis

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 April 1919 · page 3

The coal owners take exception to the Government's statement that a Ss per ton increase imposed on the price, of coal would mean £300,000…

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