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Mining & the mines, 1926

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Coal Shortage Prince Alfred Hospital Runs Out SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 1

As a result of the strike, a shortage of coal supplies has occurred at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. The institution has been obliged to do…

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Goldfields Tragedy. Tracking the Perpetrators. Evading Pursuit. £100 Reward. PERTH

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 1

The tracking party which set out in an endeavor to follow the wheel tracks leading from the mine in which the bodies of the murdered…

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British Coal Strike. Cost to Government

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 4

Replying to questions in the House of Commons, Mr. Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequor, said be anticipated that the direct Government…

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A Split Developing. Between Miners and Drivers. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 1

It is possible that the strained relations between the miners and the engine driven: and firemen will lead to a definite split The Sydney…

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A Break. Miners and Engine-drivers. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 May 1926 · page 4

It is possible that strained relations between the Miners and Engine-drivers and Firemen will lead to a definite split. The Sydney "Labor"…

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Miners Want Peace. an Appeal to Reason. (Reuter's Cable). London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 May 1926 · page 4

The Miners' Federation issued an appeal, to all those desiring peace in the mining, industry, asking them to prove their sincerity by helping the…

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Strike Aftermath. £250,000 From Russian Miners. "Dreadful Debacle of the Strike." (Renter's Cable). London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 May 1926 · page 4

Referring to the report that the Miners' Federation received a cablegram from the Russian Miners' Congress offering the first instalment of…

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The Deepwater and Emmaville Supplement Torrington. Mining Notes. Curnow's Short of Water. Old Tuners Have a Great Dance

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 2

At "Curnow's" mine the men have been paid off, anil there is a temporary cessation of activity owing to lack of sufficient water. This seems,…

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British Coal Strike

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 2
Also in The Inverell Times

London advice under date of 20th hist, that the British Delegates conference has passed a resolution declining to accept the Government's…

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Ashford Coal

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 4

An application was made to Inverell Warden's Court on Tuesday [?] further suspension of la[?] or the Ashford [?]…

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Strike Differences. Miners Reject Government Proposals. (Reuter's Cable). London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 6

The Miners' Delegate Conference carried a resolution declining to accept the Government's proposals for reducing wages on the ground that…

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The Hours Strike. Will It End ? Miners Restive. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 1

Proposals for unconditionally declaring off the strike of the engine drivers and firemen are being considered by the unions. It is…

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Mining at Hillgrove. Case in Equity Court. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 6

Sir. Justice Long Innes, in the Equity Court, continued until Friday next an injunction granted to the Hillgrove-Metz Gold and Antimony…

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£500,000 Is Gone. No Strike Relief Pay for the Miners; Huge Collections

The Uralla Times · Monday 24 May 1926 · page 2

Miners throughout the northern coalfields are asking why the Coal Employees' Federation (W.I.U.) cannot provide strike relief pay…

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Prospects Gloomy. More Unemployed. Railway Coal Supply Dwindling. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 25 May 1926 · page 1

Unemployment, following upon the coal and 44 bourn struggle, is spreading. A number of the members of the Trolley and Draymen's Union are…

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Local Mining. Warden's Court Applications. Revival in Tin

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 25 May 1926 · page 4

In the Warden's Court at Glen Innes yesterday, before Mr. W. [?]. Perry, Mining Warden:—[?]ry Marshall, manager for…

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A New Clue. in Goldfields Murder. Detectives' Bicycles Found. PERTH

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 25 May 1926 · page 1

An important development occurred yesterday in connection with the search for the murderers of Inspector Walsh and Sergt. Pitman. Detectives…

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Goldfields Murder. Detectives' Bicycles Found

The Uralla Times · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 2

An important development occurred on Monday in connection with the search for the murderer of Inspector Walsh and Sergt Pitman…

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Telltale Finger Prints? The Goldfields Tragedy. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 1

Finger prints, which have been found on bottles, are the latest clues to be discovered by the detectives inquiring into the murder of…

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