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Mining & the mines, 1912

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C a B L E G R a M S. LONDON, Monday. the Coal Strike

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 13 March 1912 · page 4

It is estimated that the strike has thrown out of work 1.039,000 miners and 661.480 industrial workers. Mr. Ramsay M'Donald declares that…

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Coal Miners' Troubles

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday.—At the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Meeting, in Sydney yesterday, it was decided to meet the miners in conference. It is doubtful, however,…

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Cablegrams. London. Thursday. the Coal Strike

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 4

There is a dislocation of other trades as a result of the coal strike. Ten thousand Warwickshire strikers, refused to accent a week's strike pay…

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The Great Coal Strike. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 7

Mr. Albert Stanley, M.P. (Labor) for North-West Staffordshire, and agent of the Cannoch Chase Midland Miners' Federation, stated that the…

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The Great Coal Strike. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 8

In replying to a question in the House of Commons last night, the Prime Minister stated that the Government had noted with satisfaction…

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Latest Cable News. the Coal Strike. London

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 2

It is expected that the Government Minimum Wage Bill be introduced in the House of Commons to-morrow. It is possible that the Miners'…

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State Coal Mines

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

THE State Coal-mines Bill passed its second reading in the Legislative Assembly on Monday last, and in all probability will shortly…

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State Coal Mines. Ashford to Be Looked At

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

The following condensed report of the debate on the State Coal Mines Bill which took place in the Assembly on Monday and…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. the Coal Strike

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 4

Altogether 1,342,000 persons have been thrown idle through the British coal strike. The.loss in wages to date amounts to £5,643,000…

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The Great Coal Strike. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 7

The negotiations for a settlement of the great coal strike being carried out by the Premier and representatives of owners and men have been broken off…

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The Coal Strike

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 4

The [?] sustained by railway companies so far, as the result of the strike, exceed half a million. The North Wales miners-funds are…

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American Miners

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 4

Two hundred thousand miners of Pensylranuis, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois threaten to strike on April 1st for an increase in wages…

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The Coal Crisis

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 4

Mr. Balfour intends to move the rejection of the Minimum Wage Bill in As there is opposition to the Bill in the House of Lords, the Bill may die…

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The Great Coal Strike

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 6

The Wakefield Guardians are granting non-unionists 5/- a week, repayment of which is expected, and 114 Sheffield firms employing 40,000 hands…

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Mining Disaster

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.—The total number of the victims in the mine explosion at M'Curtain. (Oklahoma) recovered so far reaches 64, 70 bodies still being entombed…

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Mine Explosion

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 7

The bodies of 12 additional men have been removed from the mine at M'Curtain (U.S.A.), in which an explosion of gas occurred on Wednesday,…

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C a B L E G R a M S. LONDON, Monday. the Coal Miners' Strike

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 4

Meetings of miners have condemned the Coal-mines Bill. Other meetings demanded the inclusion of a millers' schedule of rates in the Bill…

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The Great Coal Strike. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 7

The miners of North Wales are arranging to resume work on Monday morning. There are indications that many of the [?] will leave the…

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Latest Gable News. Coal Mines Bill Carried. Minimum Wage Rejected. London

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 4

The Coal Mince Bill wm read a third time in the House of Commons by 213 votes to 48. The members of the Labour party opposed…

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The Coal Trouble. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 4

Mr. John Brown, one of the largest colliery proprietors in the Northern di[?]triet, declares that the proposed abolition of the second shift…

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