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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
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The mediation of the British Prime Minister (Mr. Stanley Baldwin) in the dispute between the colliery proprietors and the miners has failed. As a result, all mines closed down at midnight on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The coal negotiations between British miners' representatives and coal owners have failed and the miners have declared a general strike to start from Monday midnight. The negotiations broke down because the miners finally and absolutely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In delivering his final award in the Yallourn dispute, Mr. Justice Powers, president of the Federal Arbitration Court, granted 40 employees of the mine 15s 5d a day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday. The medication of the British Prime Minister (Mr. Stanley Baldwan) in the dispute between the colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Sunday.--As the result of negotiations between the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association and the Prime Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All attempts to settle the British coal strike have failed, and Great Britain is con[?]ted with the most fo[?]able social struggle in her history. The Trade Union Con[?] is actively supporting the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The eleventh-hour negotiations called by the British Government to avert a general strike broke down early on Monday morning, and, in the words of a Labour leader, "war has been declared." The miners' leaders were summoned from country districts on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Efforts are being made still to settle the dispute which threatens to close. 145 coal mines in N.S.W., Victoria and Tasmania, next…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A message from Wilkbarre (Pennsylvania) states that the executive board of district No. 1 of the United Mine Workers of America will meet in a special session at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What is considered to be a rich gold reef has been discovered by Mesrs. A. H. and J. Smith, in the vicinity of Sheep Station Creek, near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Tuesday--Mr. Churchill, in a speech in the House of Commons, said no Parliament worthy of the name could abdicate to such dictation as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The price of coal jumped on Monday because of the British industrial situation. An increase of 4s to 8s a ton is listed. According to a gentleman speaking before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Efforts are still being made to settle the dispute which threatens to close 145 coal mines in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania next Saturday, and throw 30,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Mr. Gibs[?] general secretary of the Federates. Engine Drivers and Firemen's Union, commenting on the coal trouble in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No star is ever lost that we have seen; We always may be what we might have been. Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The General Confederation of Labour has convened a conference of miners, railway men, dockers and seamen to discuss support of the British strikers. A definite decision…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maintaining that history is sometimes stranger than fiction, Dr. Herbert E. Bolton, chairman of the history department of the University of California and dean of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Thursday.—A cable message from Pittsville (Ponnsylvania) states that four miners were killed in a gas explosion in a colliery, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →What is considered to be a rich gold reef has been discovered by Messrs. A. H. and J. Smith, in the vicinity of Sheep Station Creek, near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thursday.-- There appears to be little likelihood that the dispute with the engine-drivers and firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →