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

Mining & the mines, 1921

242 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 5 of 13

Britain's Coal. Position Exceedingly Serious. London

The Northern Daily Leader · Thursday 24 March 1921 · page 2

The Scottish and North Wales Miners Unions have followed the South Wales Miners Council's example in rejecing the coal owners wages scheme…

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British Miners. Proposals by Owners. London

The Northern Daily Leader · Monday 28 March 1921 · page 2

After a meeting yesterday the mineowners forwarded to the Government their, new wage proposals, providing for a certain standard wage in accordance…

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Gold Mining Strikers. LONDON

The Northern Daily Leader · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 2

The lead miners of Upper Lana[?] are striking against a reduction of [?] They are devoting their time to [?] for a gold reef, which is believed to…

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Rich Gold-bearing Ore

The Northern Daily Leader · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday. Thirty-nine tons of are from McMahon's Great Hope Mine. Mount Monger, Kalgoorlie, yielded [?]ozs. 11 dwt…

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Sunken Gold. Admiralty Salvage Scheme. London

The Northern Daily Leader · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 2

[?]salvage steamer [?] shortly leaving Portsmouth to [?] the remainder of the gold and [?] on the armed liner Laurentic, [?]…

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Process of Decontrol. Three Ministries Closing. Miners' Crisis Grave

The Northern Daily Leader · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday. Three of the most prominent Departments in the nation's most anxious days of war, namely, the Ministries of Food…

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Coal Strike Serious Position in Britain Calamity Threatened. Mines May he Flooded. LONDON

The Northern Daily Leader · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 2

The Ministers' Federation has decided, to withdraw all workers, including pumpers and enginemen…

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Disposal German Coal. London

The Northern Daily Leader · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 2

Reuter's Berlin correspondent says a German Nore to the Allies protests that thier selling to other countries to coal supplied by Germany will lead to…

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Copper Mines Shut Down VANCOUVER

The Northern Daily Leader · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 2

[?]copper operatives are out of work because of the shutting down of the Anaconda and other great mines is the State of Montana…

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Coal Crisis. Ports, Well Supplied. Transporters' Attitude. Causing Grave Concern. London

The Northern Daily Leader · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 2

The shipping companies state that if a coal strike takes place, immediate sailings to Australia will not be effected. The ports are amply supplied with…

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British Coal Strike. Winders Remain at State of Emergency Declared. LONDON

The Northern Daily Leader · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 2

Under the Emergency Powers Act a proclamation has been issued concerning the threat of cessation of work by the coalminers, declaring taht a state of…

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Latest Cable News Coal Dispute. London

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 2

A massage from London, dated tho 3rd inst., states that the coal deadlock continues. Mass meetings were held to-day throughout the country with the…

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Newcastle Mines. Unsatisfactory Position. Federation's Request. SYDNEY

The Northern Daily Leader · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 5

The Coal Miners' Federation are asking the Federal Government to appoint a representative of the Federation on the Newcastle Coal Control Board, in…

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Coal Strike. Gloomy Outlook. Damage to Trade. Recovery Brought to Standstill. London

The Northern Daily Leader · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 2

Owing to reports from the various coalfields to-night the outlook is regarded as grave. It is pointed out that the strike is…

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Coal Crisis Transport Workers Meet. Speakers Favor Action, Mr. Cramp Counsels Caution. London

The Northern Daily Leader · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 2

At meetings of the transport workers and railwaymen in London and other centres to-day the speakers strongly favored action to support the miners…

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Coal Strike. Complete Stoppage. Mines Flooded. Industrial Disaster Threatened. London

The Northern Daily Leader · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 2

Better have a big fight now than allow ourselves to be taken singly," is the meaning phrase of unemployed by the railwaymen's and transport workers'…

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Broken Hill. Mining Man's Gloomy Forecast. Field May Close. Broken Hill

The Northern Daily Leader · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 1

Speaking at a conference of bodies contributing to the Broken Hill Hospital, Mr. Fairweather, Superintendent of the South Mine, said the mining…

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Miners' Demands

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 2

The miners at the Richmond Main Colliery are reported to be trying to dictate to the management as to who shall be employed…

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Coal Dispute. _

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 2

The Premier (Mr. Lloyd George) has written to the Miners' Association and Miners' Federation suggesting the desireableness of resuming…

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Coal Strike. Outlook Very Black. Other Unions' Attitude. Transport Workers' Caution Condemned. Calamity Imminent. LONDON

The Northern Daily Leader · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 2

The circumstance that the Triple Alliance was bluntly taken to task on Sunday by Laborites like Messrs Havelock Wilson and J. Bromley, while the…

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