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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

39 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 2

Coal Strike Result

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 November 1916 · page 2

An increasing number of steamers is being laid up as a result of the strike, and stocks of coal are running very short…

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The Coal Strike

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1916 · page 2

There appears to be little possibility of the Federal or any of the State Governments intervening in the coal strike. As both…

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The Coal Strike

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1916 · page 7

There is no alteration in the position of affairs regarding the coal strike. Mr. Hoyle, who returned from Melbourne yesterday,…

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The Coal Strike

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 November 1916 · page 5

The secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Association on Monday made an ominous statement concerning "black" coal…

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The Coal Strike

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 7

The compulsory conference on the coal strike resumed its sitting in Melbourne on Saturday morning. Mr. Hughes's offer was…

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The Coal Strike. Dislocation of Train Services. Call on Motor Cars

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 2

Travelling under existing conditions by anything else than motor cars is not easy. Scarcity of coal is affecting train services and…

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The Coal Strike

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 2

The Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, called another compulsory conference of miners and owners to be held in Melbourne yesterday. The…

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The Coal Strike

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 2

The second conference of coal-owners and coal-miners called by Mr. Hughes has failed. Many urgent appeals have been…

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THE Queanbeyan Age. Tuesday, November 28, 1916. the Coal Strike

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 2

Not unnaturally there was a great deal of sympathy with the coal-miners in their demand for "eight-hours from bank to bank." The…

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Special News Service. the Coal Strike. Second Conference Fails. Settlement No Nearer

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 4

The second conference of coal owners and coal-miners called by Mr. Hughes has failed. The Prims Minister went to that…

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The Coal Strike

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 December 1916 · page 4

The compulsory conference between the representatives of the mineowners and the miners was resumed in Melbourne on…

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The Coal Crisis

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 December 1916 · page 2

Mr. Justice Edmunds has been appointed to preside over the coal board appointed to deal with the present dispute…

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The Coal Strike

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 December 1916 · page 1

At the time of writing the coal strike is no nearer settlement than it was a fortnight ago. Mr. Hughes'e conferences have rather…

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The Coal Trouble. Train Services Further Affected. Resort to Motor Cars

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 December 1916 · page 2

The wheels of trade and all travelling arrangements continue to be severely affected by the scarcity or coal which has literally paralysed…

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Correspondence. Coal Strike Ended (To the Editor.)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 December 1916 · page 2

Sir,—The coal strike is over, when will we have the next? Every few years there is a big coal strike and thousands of innocent people are…

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Miners Speeding-up

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 December 1916 · page 2

The output of coal from the different collieries is very satisfactory, and about 20,000 tons per day is being sent to the surface. Many ships are waiting for coal,…

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The Coal Strike and Its Lessons

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 December 1916 · page 1

The disastrous strike is now over, and although its effects upon the commercial and industrial interests of the community will…

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Mining

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1916 · page 7

Last week Mr. Lesser, a mining expert, visited Bell's Creek to inspect the Banner mine on behalf of the Orange Plains…

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A Lucky Deal in Gold Shares at Hill-end. a Reminiscence of the Early Seventies. an Australian Gold Field's Romance. (Copyright)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 December 1916 · page 1

It is curious how men meet after many years. I have had mates, from whom I parted, after long spell of partnership, and…

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