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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

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Broken Hill Strike. Most of the Mines Idle. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 5

Broken [?] affairs are now pretty well normal, although many men are still out of work owing to most of the mines being idle…

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Coal Mines Regulation Bill. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 5

The Minister for Mines has completed a re-drafting of the Coal Mines Regulation Bill, which was rejected by Parliament last session, and the new Bill will be…

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Southern Miners. First Strike Pay. Less Than 1s 6d a Week. Action by Coal Lumpers. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 5

The South Coast coal strikers at Helensburgh have passed a motion in favor of returning to work on the terms sumbmitted by the Minister for Labor…

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Secret Conference. Government v. the Miners. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 5

A secret deputation consisting of delegates from the Northern and Southern Miners' Unions and the Sydnee Coal Lumpers' Union waited on Messrs. McGowen,…

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Labor Affairs. Northern Miners. Extreme Distress Prevailing. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 5

The Newcastle Trades and Labor Council discussed the question of providing work for the unemployed in the district. It was stated that hundreds of men were…

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Terrible Disaster. in American Mine. Pittsburg

Northern Star · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 5

Two men are dead and seventy missing as a result of the explosion at the Cincinnati mine, a Mongolohea River coal mine at Finley Vale, and twenty escaped by…

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Southern Miners. Strikers to Be Prosecuted. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 5

Grave fears are felt that the South Coast miners' strike will extend to the northern collieries, and possibly to the shipping industry…

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Labor Affairs. Northern Miners. Government Offer Accepted. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 5

The northern miners have decided by ballot to accept the offer made by the Government for a district industrial court presided over by a Judge, and this decision…

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Southern Miners. Wives Exasterated. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 7

The latest advices from Bulli state that the wives of the coal strikers are exasperated beyond meastire at having to manage their domestic affairs on 1s 3d per week…

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Labor Affairs. Northern Miners, Minmi Lodge Agreement. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 7

The right of the Northern Miners' Federation to expel the Minmi. Lodge for entering into an agreement will probably be tested at law…

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Mine Disaster. Rescued Alive. Pittsburg

Northern Star · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 5

Two men have been found alive in the mine at Findluyvillo after being imprisoned three days. Rescuers are entering the mine again. Eighty bodies have been…

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Northern Miners. the Danger Over. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 5

The position with regard to the Newcastle coal trouble is hopeful, and all danger of a strike is considered to be over at present…

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Labor Affairs. Southern Miners. a Stormy Meeting. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 5

The Southern miners' delegate board held a stormy meeting to-day, which passed a resolution recommending the shiftmen, to go into the mines on Monday and make…

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World's Biggest Diamond Mine

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 4

Twenty-five miles east of Pretoria is what is known as the Premier Diamond Mine, the biggest in the world, where 15,000 Kaffirs may be…

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Northern Miners. Situation Quiet. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 5

The mining situation in Newcastle is very quiet and the executive officers refuse to give the result of the ballot on the question of asking the Government for a…

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Southern Miners. Resuming Work. Heavy Financial Loss. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 5

The Southern coal strike for the last six weeks has entailed a financial loss to the district of fully £8000. The Heleasburgh miners unanimously…

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Southern Coal Strike

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 3

The Southern Miners' Delegate Board decided to accept the Government's proposals for the settlement of the strike and the…

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Scottish Miners. National Union Established. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 5

The conference of delegates of the Scottish Miners' Federation have approved of the principle of the establishment of a national union of Scottish miners. The…

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Victorian Mining. Minister's Optimistic Views. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 8

The H0n. P. M[?]Bride interviewed, referred to the likelihood of improvement in goldminlng in Victoria particularly in alluvial at Ararat. He detailed the…

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Labor Affairs. South Coast Collieries. Wheelers Create Trouble. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 5

Further trouble is threatened at the South Coast collieries. It is possible the wheelers will refuse to go to work. They are asking for an eight hours' day from…

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