The Coal Strike. a Settlement Possible
At a quarter last four on Friday Mr. Hughes stated, as neither the employers' nor employees' proposals were acceptable to either side, the only proposal…
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Mining & the mines, 1916
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The Coal Strike Miners Eallot Day. Outlook Vary Grave
A message from Wollongong states that delegates are of opinion that the Government proposals will be turned down by the men…
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Messrs. Clarke and Vieder have secured exceptional returns from a parcel of ore sent to Cockle Creek for treatment. The are was mined at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loss of Coal
In their bi-annual report the auditors for Dubbo Municipal Council state: -- "We made special inquiries concerning the coal unaccounted for. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hopeful of Miners' Ballot. Sydney
A hopeful feeling prevails generally regarding the miners' ballot to be taken to-day, although mass meetings at Kurri Kurri and Greta rejected the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Result of the Coal Strike
The effects of the coal strike arc beginning to be felt in almost every trade, avocation and industry in the Commonwealth. The latest to feel the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Results of Coal Strike. Sydney
Over twenty of the largest brickworks in the metropolitan area have closed down, and 2000 men have been rendered idle. The building trade is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Strike
It is estimated that over fifty thousand men and women are out of work as a result of the coal strike. The secretary of the Chamber of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Strike. Another Conference Called
The Prime Minister has summoned all parties to the coal strike to attend a compulsory conference to be held at his office at 3.30 to-day. However, as some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Strike. Men Refuse to Go to Ballot
The Newcastle district is depressed owing to the hostility of the men to the ballot proposal. The public are surprised at the men's hostility to their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eight Hours in Coal Mines. Sydney
The Premier stated in the Assembly that the matter of introducing legislation to legalise the eight-hour principle this session was under the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Strike
OUR telegrams this morning disclose the fact that the coal strike is still in full swing. The Prime Minister has convened a second compulsory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Coal Arrived
Probably because the [?]essation of the coat strike appeared imminent, the Government on Monday released thirteen tons of coal, the property of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Proprietors' Views. Sydney
Prominent proprietors' representatives, when interviewed in Melbourne, declared that if the men's demands were conceded they might as well close…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Crisis Mr. Hughes Convenes Another Conference. SYDNEY
The miner's delegates left for Melbourne last night to attend the second compulsory conference. Elevators may be worked and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Strike. Dislocation of Train Services. Call on Motor Cars
Travelling under existing conditions by anything else motor cars is not easy. Scarcity of coal is affecting train services and causing much…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Strike
At the second compulsory conference in Melbourne on Friday afternoon called, by the Prime Minister for the purpose of attempting to settle the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Better Than a Gold Mine
The story is told of a couple of Australian bushmen who came across all immigrant digging out rabbit burrows. Having impressed on him the dire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Shortage
Mr. Geo. Paul, manager of Dubbo Municipal Gasworks, writers:-- "I am at a loss to know how the Council's auditors can make out that…
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