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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

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Scotch Miners Coming Out London

Daily Observer · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 2

The Northern Miners Association has passed a resolution in favor of a general strike: This will involve 11,000 workers in the Midlothian, and East Lothian…

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Shipping Dispute. Talk of Fresh Negotiations. Coal Very Short. Walsh a Model Prisoner. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 2

The Disputes Committee of the Mel­bourne Trades Hall is again acting for the seamen in their dispute. Messrs Le Carnu, Burke, and O'Neil, members…

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Yorkshire Miners Out. London

The North Western Courier · Monday 11 August 1919 · page 2

Apparently there is going to be a fight to a finish as regards the coal strike for 200,000 Yorkshire miners are now out. The Coal Controller told…

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Coal Famine in Adelaide. Additional Restrictions. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 11 August 1919 · page 2

Supplies of coal are fast diminishing in Adelaide. Additional restrictions will begin on Monday when no one will be allowed to use gas or electric light after…

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Labor in Britain. Improvement at Liverpool. Police Resign from Union. Miners' Conference. LONDON

Daily Observer · Monday 11 August 1919 · page 1

The authorities report a distinct improvement in Liverpool. Over a thousand applications for enlistment in the police forces have been received…

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Tingha Suffering. Mining at a Standstill

Daily Observer · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 1

TINGHA, Monday — Except on a few favored runs, the country is absolutely devoid of herbage. Even the rabbits, what few are left, are getting emanciated…

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Labor Strife in Britain. Fight to a Finish. Yorkshire Miners' Claims Refused. LONDON

Daily Observer · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 2

Apparently it is going to be a fight to a finish in connection with the strike of [?]00,000 Yorkshire miners. The Coal Controller told the men's…

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Yorkshire Miners

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night. The Yorkshire miners have decided to recommend a resumption of work…

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Yorkshire Miners Obliged to Admit Defeat. London

Daily Observer · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 2

The Yorkshire 'Miners' Association has been compelled to admit defeat, after an expenditure of £300,000 in strike pay. The insufficient doles and high prices…

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Nationalising the Mines. Mr. Smillie's Threat. Yorkshire Men Must Return. LONDON

Daily Observer · Saturday 16 August 1919 · page 2

Mr. Smillie, President of me [?] Federation, speaking at Ayr, said that if the Government refused to national the mines, the miners must use their…

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New Zealand Mines. Nationalisation Requested. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 18 August 1919 · page 1

A deputation representing the New Zealand Alliance of Labor asked the Prinme Minister to nationalise the coal mines…

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Managers Surprised. Coal Restrictions Re-Imposed. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 18 August 1919 · page 2

The Sydney mass meeting's resolutions were received with great surprise by shipping managers, who were under the impression that the men would adhere…

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Gold Struck

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 2

A fine quartz reef has been found near Canowindra, the prospects being particularly good. A sugar bag of stone dolled out 7ozs of gold. Mr…

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German Coal. London, Sunday Night

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 2

The Inter-Allied Commission's finding is that Germany is unable to deliver to the Entente a million tons of coal. They have agreed to a…

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Gold Found Near Mudgee. Sydney

Daily Observer · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 2

It is reported from Mudgee that George Upham, a rabbit trapper, stumbled across a nugget of gold in the neighborhood of Spring Creek, 15 miles…

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Soldiers Displace Miners. Statement by Mr. Willis. Question of Reduced Hours. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 20 August 1919 · page 1

Mr. Willis, secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, said that considerable unrest existed in some parts of the coal fields, owing to the…

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Loyalists in Mines. Messrs. Brown's Compensation Claims. Papers Tabled in Parliament. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 20 August 1919 · page 2

Papers in connection with the claims by J. and A. Brown for compensation for losses arising from the employment of unskilled workers at Pelaw Main and…

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German Coal for Frances. London

The North Western Courier · Thursday 21 August 1919 · page 2

Reuter's Berlin correspondent states that the coal deliveries to France from the Ruhr district, has begun end exceeded a million tons since the first…

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Adventures of a Missionary in an Alaskan Gold-camp

Manilla Express · Thursday 21 August 1919 · page 5

KLONDIKE was the objective of the first gold-rush to Alaska in 1897 and 1898. In 1899 another "strike" was announced, this time at Nome, on the bleak, wind-swept coast…

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Miners' Bitter Feeling. Premier Denounced. NeW Scheme Badly Received. LONDON

Daily Observer · Thursday 21 August 1919 · page 2

In the course of interviews the Laborites, Messrs. Vernon and Hartshorn, said the premier had surrendered to the reactionaries, and every miners'…

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