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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

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Mine Engine Drivers' Dispute Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 6

At at meeting of the Miners' Council today it was decided to endeavour to arrange a conference with mine owners in New South Wales and Victoria in order to settle the…

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Coal Crisis Serious Position in Britain. Both Sides Confer. but Little Advance Made Toward Settlement

Tweed Daily · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 3

LONDON. wednesday.--A continious series of day-long meetings apparetly has done little to advance a settlement of the coal crisis. The most important…

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British Coal Miners

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1926 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.--The coal miners' executive has informed Mr. Baldwin that a deadlock has been reached. Mr. Baldwin has agreed to get in touch…

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Coal Crisis Deliberations of Miners' Executive

Tweed Daily · Saturday 17 April 1926 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday.--The miners' Executive spent nearly four hours drawing up a reply of the Coal Commission's recommendations, for…

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Coal Upheaval. Conference Requested

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1926 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.--The Colliery Employees' Union has officially applied to colliery owners asking for a conference to discuss the threatened…

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Coal Crisis Executive of Miners' Federation Tells Prime Minister a Deadlock has Been Reached. Further Discussion Next Week

Tweed Daily · Saturday 17 April 1926 · page 5

LONDON,Thursday.--After sitting in camera for more than an hour to-day, the Executive of the Miners Federation met the premier (Mr…

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Optimism British Coal Crisis (Reuter.) LONDON

Northern Star · Saturday 17 April 1926 · page 5

After sitting privately for over an hour this morning, the executive of the Miners' Federation met Mr. Baldwin (Prime Minister) and Sir Arthur Steel Mainland…

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Coal Crisis. International Action

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 19 April 1926 · page 3

BRUSSELS, Sunday.—The International Miners' Federation unanimously adopted a resolution declaring that the only way of emerging from the…

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The Coal Crisis London

Northern Star · Monday 19 April 1926 · page 5

Sir Joynson-Hicks (Home Secretary) in the House of Commons to-day announced that Mr. Baldwin had been summoned fo Windsor to see the King. Lobbyists state the…

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Coal Workers on Strike Melbourne

Northern Star · Monday 19 April 1926 · page 5

Six hundred coal workers at Yallourn at a mass meeting on Friday decided to go on strike as a protest against the award of Mr. Justice Powers, which reduced the wages of…

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Colliery Dispute

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday.-- Mr. Hi[?] (Chairman of the Coal Tribunal), has convened a compulsory conference in Sydney for Tuesday, April 27, to…

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Soviet Support. For British Miners

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 3

MOSCOW, Sunday.-- The Executive bureau, of the Soviet Trade Union International has suggested to the Amsterdam International that they jointly…

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British Miners International Support (Reuter.) MOSCOW

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 5

The executive bureau of the Soviet Trade Union International has suggested to the Amsterdam International that they jointly organise in support of the British miners…

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City Electric Supply. Tenders for Coal

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.--The City Council, some time, ago advertised for offers from coal owners to meet the requirements of the present electrical…

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Immigration Protest by Miners' Council Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 5

At a meeting of the Miners' Council during the week-end the following resolution was carried:— "We emphatically protest against the…

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Queensland Elections Minister for Mines Optimistic Brisbane

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 5

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Jones) is generally recognised as the most optimistic member of the Queensland Government. This optimism is now said to have carried him so…

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IMMIGRATION Miners' Council Protests Against Policy of Bruce Government

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.--At a meeting of the Miners Council, during the week-end, the following resolution was carried: "We emphatically protest against the…

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Queensland Elections Minister for Mines Takes Things Cheaply. Triangular Contests in Ten Electorates

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.--The Minister for Mines (Mr. Jones) is generally recognised as the most optimistic member of the Queensland Government…

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Endurance Test. a Hardy Bullock. Suffered Hunger and Thirst Tor 15 Days. Rescued from Mine Shaft

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 4

Mr. Syd. Smith, a Warwick (Queensland) drover, was taking a mob of bullocks from Warwick to Glenelgin(Grafton district), and when near Wilson's…

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Coal Miners. Reject Conference Proposal

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 21 April 1926 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.— The South Wales miners have rejected the coal-owners offer to convene a point conference to discuss a district settlement…

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