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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

1,027 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 41 of 52

Pacificism in Wales. Not Tolerated by Miners. LONDON

Northern Times · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 1

There is some excitement in South Wales in regard to a pacificist conference to be held at Merthyr on December 9. It is an outcome of the…

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Coal for Small Arms Factory, Embargo Lifted. Sydney

Northern Times · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 5

Tho Miners' Federation has lifted the embargo on the coal stacked at Lithgow stages, over which there had been dispute regarding the handling…

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The Mining Difficulty. Matters in Sydney. Waiting for Mr. Hughes. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 5

The attitude of the State Government regarding the coal trouble is unchanged. Ministers, like almost everyone else, are keenly disappointed at the result of the…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Coal Trouble.—bad, and It Is Getting Worse.—sydney As Never Before.—correspondents and Their Cures.—this Is Certain—it Has Got to End.—a Bad Advertisement and a Dismal Outlook. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 4

The coal trouble fills our minds nearly to the exclusion of all else. It also fills the news columns, war news, for once, taking a very subordinate place. We all…

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Mining in South Africa. the Coal Output

Northern Times · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 6

The feature of the South African mining statistics for September, according to the "Cape Times," is the coal output, which is returned at the…

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"Dead March" and "Tipperary," Miners Discomfited. Wollongong

Northern Times · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 5

Several minors, who recently have been making demonstrations at Corrimal, arrived here to-day with the intention of annoying a miner named…

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Coal Crisis. Settlement in View. Both Sides Confident. More Works Close

Northern Times · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 5

The coal crisis has advanced a further stage towards settlement. This was admitted by both employers and employees when questioned this…

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Mining Difficulty. Tribunal Appointed Consisting of One Judge. to Settle the Issues. Settlement to Be Prompt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 5

No agreement being arrived at by the parties to the coal-mining dispute at the conference, Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister,…

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All Coal "Black." Western Miners' Decision. Lithgow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 7

At a mass meeting of the Western Miners' Federation held at the Trades Hall a resolution was passed confirming the decision that no member of the…

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Wonthaggi Colliery. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 7

To-day Mr. Baddeley, president, and Mr. Willis, secretary to the Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, informed Mr. Baillieu, M.L.C., the…

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Southern Miners' Demand. Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 7

No surprise is felt on Ute Southern coalfields at the failure of the second compulsory conference. Interest is now centred upon the attitude the men's…

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Efflux of Gas in Mines

Northern Times · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 8

In the early part of 1911 an interesting correspondence took place in an English newspaper in connection with the issue by the Press…

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The Mining Difficulty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 6

The Prime Minister in appointing tribunal under the War Precautions Act to deal with the difficulty in the coal trade has…

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Mines on French Coast. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 7

Vice-Admiral Pivet, the Governor of Brest, has notified the Anglo-French Navigation Departments that the enemy has laid mines along the French coasts…

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Coal, Iron and Engineering Iron and Steel Statistics

Northern Times · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 8

While in Great Britain the Iron trade turns over its capital in the course of a single year, it takes three years for the same process to be…

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Stop Press. Coal Trouble, Meeting of Tribunal. SYDNEY

Northern Times · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 5

The tribunal to deal with the coal dispute appointed by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) sat this afternoon in the Arbitration Court building…

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Mining Dispute. the Federal Tribunal. Large Powers Granted. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 7

It was announced by Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, to-night, that both aides had agreed to nominate assessors to sit on the Coal Mines Tribunal, and that Mr…

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Coal Tribunal. Case for the Miners. Eight Hours Bank to Bank Granted SYDNEY

Northern Times · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 5

The tribunal appointed by the Prime Minister to inquire Into the coal-mining dispute sat again to-day in the Arbitration Court, Mr. Justice…

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Railway Coal. a Serious Outlook

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 5

Even with the drastic cutting down of the railway services, the stocks in hand are diminishing at an alarming rate, and there is every probability of much further…

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Coal Crisis. Ne Technical Examinations. Abandoned This Year

Northern Times · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 6

The principal of the Newcastle Technical College (Mr. C. A. Sussmilch) has received the following instructions from the Superintendent…

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