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Mining & the mines, 1925

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The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 5

The Federal Treasurer (Dr. Page), who went to Sydney last week, has been very busy at the Commonwealth offices. He attended a meeting of the…

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Country Edition Telegrams. All Miners Cease Work.. To Search for Mrs. Dwyer. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 1

All work in the South Coast mines has been stopped, as the miners are engaged in a search for the missing woman, Mrs. Dwyer…

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Coal Near Warragul

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 31

Although it has been know for many years that coal of good quality existed, about eight miles south of Warragul, Victoria, no practical steps…

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British Coal Disputes. Intermediary Fails. London, July 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 20

The First Lord of the Admiralty W. W. C. Bridgeman) has failed in, his efforts to bring the coal owners and miners together again…

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Nuggets of Pure Gold

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 6

[?]oing extracts from "Backbone," a collection of platitudes calculated to prevent jelly-spine curvature, and mental squint; a straight-out…

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Coal Miners' Wages

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 43

Further evidence was given before the Coal Tribunal on Fridal regarding claims made by the men for a minimum wage of £5/10/ per week and a 7-hour…

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Colliery Explosion. One Man Entombed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 23

As the result of an explosion at Rothbury Colliery, near Cessnock on Monday, one man, a deputy, is entombed. Men with apparatus from…

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Nuggets of Gold

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 5

Master of human destinies am I. Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait Cities and fields I walk: I penetrate…

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Mount Morgan Mine

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 3

By cleaning up the legal point that section 10 of the Queensland Arb'tration Aet makes it obligatory to apply a 44 hours week to Mount Morgan the…

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Mine Explosion

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 31

A message from Bulli states that there was an explosion of gas in the Metropolitan Colliery at Helensburgh on Monday, two men being killed. The…

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Industrial Conflicts. Coal and Textiles. 50,000 Strikers at Bradford. London, July 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 20

Fifty thousand wool and textile workers have struck at Bradford against a reduction of 5 per cent, in their wages. The strikers…

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Riverina Collieries

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 August 1925 · page 5

It is time that the share holders in Riverina Collieries were informed as to what is intended in regard to the working of the mine. All the…

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News by Cable Coal Settlement. "Merely an Armistice." Great Issues to Be Faced. London, August 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 August 1925 · page 20

The Government assistance to the coal industry will take the form of a subvention to assist the payment of wages for nine months, until May 1…

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The Northern Coal Mines. Conference Called. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 2

Mr. Hibble, chairman of the Coal Tribunal, has called a compulsory conference of the parties to the dispute in the Northern coalfields. The…

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News by Cable Coal Industry. Business Men to Inquire. London, August 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 20

The political correspondent" of the "Morning Post" states that the Cabinet has considered, the appointment of the commission which will inquire into…

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Fascist in England. Miners' Leaders Threatened. London, August 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 20

Mr. A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners' Federation, who is taking a leading [?] in the coalmining dispute, has received a black-edged envelope…

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Country Edition Telegrams. Newcastle Mine Resumes. The Rothbury Colliery. NEWCASTLE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 1

The Rothbury Colliery resumed work to-day for the first time since the explosion. Safety lamps have been installed…

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From Coal to [?]

The Independent · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 3

The great oil burning ships day are a sort of stoker's par The old dirt and raging heat coal-burning days have gone…

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Riverina Collieries Limited

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 September 1925 · page 2

The Riverina Collieries. Limited have made on application to the Warden's Court, Urana, for the suspension of labor conditions for six months…

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