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Mining & the mines, 1909

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The Latest Proposal. Government to Work Two Mines. Newcastle

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 December 1909 · page 2

It is reported that the Government has decided to work two mines. They will probably be the Wallarah, at Catherine Hill Bay 26 miles south of…

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The Coal Lumpers. a Mass Meeting. Decide to "Down Tools."

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 December 1909 · page 2

Another mass meeting of coal lumpers was held to-day. The discussion was very heated, and a motion that the lumpers "down tools" at once was…

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Victorian Miners' Wages Board. Owners' Whining Protest. Secretary Little on Present Conditions

The Worker · Thursday 9 December 1909 · page 9

General Secretary Little, of the Victorian A.M.A., again last week challenged the attitude of the Ballarat and Bendigo Mine-owners and Managers'…

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Lloyd-george on Landlords Tells the Story of a Coal Baron

The Worker · Thursday 9 December 1909 · page 4

In his famous-Newcastle speech, Lloyd-George. Chancellor of the British Ex-chequer, in defending his Budget, which was last week rejected by the Lords, dealt…

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The Coal Crisis. Situation Not Improved. Lumpers Decide to Strike. a Tactless Government. Another "Alternative Offer." Owners Against Non-Union Labor. Federal Arbitration Court Cannot Intervene Mr. Justice Isaacs' Decision. Reply to Victorian Miners' Petition

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 December 1909 · page 2

His Honor Mr. Justice Isaacs, as Deputy-President of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, has decided that he cannot…

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Government Offers Alternative. "Public Must Have Coal." Appeal by Acting Premier. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 December 1909 · page 2

The Government to-day will invite the coalowners to open their mines, and the miners to work. In making this statement in Parliament, the…

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How to Fix the Price of Coal. One Price to the Vend. Another to Unionists

The Worker · Thursday 9 December 1909 · page 15

The answers elicited from N.S.W. Treasurer Waddell by Mr. Hollis on behalf of Mr. Charleton in the Legislative Assembly last week have an exceedingly…

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The Plot That Failed. Newcastle Miners Refuse to Riot. Theatrical Arrest Sf Strike Leaders.—ridiculous Display of Forge.—government Urges Employment of Blacklegs

The Worker · Thursday 9 December 1909 · page 13

That New South Wales, perhaps the Commonwealth, was not pl[?] in to a general industrial uprising during the past week is not the fault of the…

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Co-Operative Miners' Colliery

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 3

A proposal is afoot to work the invincible Colliery at Cullen Bullen as a co-operative miners' concern…

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Coal Trade

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 2

In reckoning up the different possessions which have lifted this State to its present prosperity, the coal deposits must be given a most…

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The "cab" Coal

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 3

The action of the gas employees in threatening to handle "sea," coal, as it is called, is to be considered by the Strike Congress…

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The Coal Famine. An Effort to secure a General Strike. Mass Meeting on Saturday. Miners and the Military Service. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 2

IN the Assembly last night the Acting-Premier said the Government would exhaust every means within its power to obtain a coal supply. He…

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The Coal Strike. Arrest of Strike Leaders

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 4

On Saturday last Judge Heydon announced that the Compulsory Board appointed to deal with the matters in dispute between the mine-owners and the…

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State Mines. the New Zealand Strike. Auckland

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 2

The strike has been settled, and the men will resume work on Monday…

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Japanese Coal. Wharf Laborers Refuse to Load Steamer. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 2

The wharf laborers have refused to load the steamer Palermo owing to the vessel having brought a cargo of Japanese coal. All work was…

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Strike Situation. Importation of Coal. Large Orders Cabled. a Critical Stage. Mass Meeting of Wharf Laborers. Succor for the Distressed. Sydney Threatened with Darkness. Coal From Abroad. Government Orders 100,000 Tons. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon Mr. Lee, Acting Premier, stated, when replying to a question, that the Government wait now in…

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Mining

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 3

A Canbelego correspondent telegraphed:—"New gold And Mount Boppy; proprietors Plumket Bros and Allen; Jode at surface 30ft. wide;…

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The Strike Coal Lumpers Come Out. Sydney

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 2

The Sydney coal lumpers decided to forthwith cease work pending the release of the strika headers who have been arrested on tha conspiracy…

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What was Doing on Monday. The Coal Lumpers Determined. A Hopeful Sign in the West. No Coal for the Gas Company

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 2

The Secretary of the Coal Lumpers' Union says there is not the remotest chance of the coal lumpers touching either the Gas Company's coal or that…

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50,000 Tons of Coal Ordered. Hughes and Bowling. Sydney

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 2

The Government has ordered large quantities of coal from abroad—approximatly 50,000 tons. The first shipments is expected to…

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