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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

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Northern Miners. Troubles Acute. Financial Support for the South Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 5

Peter Bowling says that he is opposed to strikes in any form. The Northern colliery workers have decided to financially support the wives and…

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Federated Miners. a Plaint Filmd. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 7

A plaint has been filed in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court on behalf of the Federated Mining Employees' Association directed against two hundred and…

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Northern Miners. Extreme Action Thre[?]tened. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 7

Themining situation in the Northern district is gradually becoming worse, and unless the proprietors make some satisfactory proposal to the men an extreme course of…

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Foodstuffs Scarce. Mails by Motor. Mines Closing Down. Later

Northern Star · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 7

The strike on the Barrier has caused consternation throughout the district. Everyone belonging to a union and in the employ of the Silverton Tramway Coy. is…

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Romance of Mining. Copper From Water

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 5

Some years ago two swagmen, rabbit trappers, as the sun beat upon them on a fearfully sultry summer day, [?] their swags in…

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Mining Coal in the Arctic

Northern Star · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 2

Spitzbergen was not always the barren uninhabited country it is known to be at present. For several centuries it formed the centre of a whale and walrus fishing…

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Flood in Coal Mine. Flood Waters of Ohio. Chicago

Northern Star · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 5

The coal mines at Harrisburg are threatened by serious floods. No fewer than five thousand miners are idle. The Federal Government is considering…

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The Coal Strike. Request From Mayors. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 5

There is no change in the situation regarding the Southern coal miners strike. The Mayors of Wollongong, North Illawarra, and Central Illawarra sent a…

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Southern Miners. SYDNEY

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 5

It is estimated that nearly £50,000 have already been lost to the southern coal miners in wages…

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Mining Troubles LONDON

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 5

Owing to sixteen thousand Cannock Chase miners deciding to force non-unionists to join the union, three thousand union-miners declined to descend pits where…

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Northern Miners. Proposals Not Accepted. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 5

The Executive officers of the Northern Collieries Employees' Federation have definitely declined to accept the proprietors' proposals…

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Southern Miners. Deadlock Remains. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 5

The southern coal strike remains unaltered, and the proprietors refuse to make any advance until the men return to work. As this seems unlikely the deadlock…

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1500 Miners Unemployed. Two Proposals Submitted. Later

Northern Star · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 5

The Broken Hill South Mine has closed down, putting, 1000 men out of work, and there are now 1500 miners unemployed. The efforts of the Government to restore…

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Northum Miners. Men's Contemptuous Reply. Sydeny

Northern Star · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 5

There is no change in the position in connection with the Northern colliery troubles, but the men's reply to the proprictors' proposals is causing surprise as…

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New Zealand Miners. Wellington (N.z.)

Northern Star · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 5

The miners on strike at Patonga. New Zealand, joined in a hostile demonstration last night, and an attempt, which was partly successful, was made to burn the house…

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Drake Mining

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 8

A Drake correspondent reports that work has been resumed in all the mines anil operations are vigorously carried on. At the Mount…

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Beach Mining

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 4

There was registered under the Limited Liability Act on 3rd April the Ballina Gold and Mineral Company, with a capital of £2000, in…

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Northern Miners. Strike Not Probable. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 5

The latest information from Newcastle with respect to the mining situation states that it is not even remotely, probable that the northern miners will strike even if…

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Southern Miners. Trying to Effect a Settlement. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 5

The Labor Council has decided to empower the executive to take stops to bring about a settlement of the Southern coal strike…

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New Zealand Miners. Shocking Outrage. Wellington, N.Z.

Northern Star · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 5

Numbers of drunken coal strikers at Putonga, New Zealand, attacked the house of a mine deputy, violently assaulted him, and forced him to flee to the bush and…

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