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Mining & the mines, 1912

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State Parliament Pollution of the Murrumbidgee. Local Member on the Warpath. Minister for Mines Finessing. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 7

In the Assembly to-night Mr. M'Garry asked the Minister for Mines if he had yet received any report from his officers with regard to the pollution of the…

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The Coal Strike. Mr. Balfour and Minimum Wage Bill. Destructive to Society. Opposition Opposed to the Measure. Mr. Asquitr's Reply. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 4

The galleries in the House of Commons were packed when Mr. Asquith formally movell the second reading of the Minimum Wage Bill…

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The Mining Disaster. 64 Bodies Recovered. 70 Still Entombed. M'curtain, (Oklahoma), Sat

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 2

In connection with the mine gas explosion twelve of the dead bodies have been recovered. The total dead is sixty-four. Seventy bodies are…

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The Coal Strike. Signs of Weakening. North Wales Men Return to Day. Mr. Herbert's Amendment Negatived. Relief for Starving. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 2

The great strike is showing signs of weakening. It is announced that the miners in North Wales are arranging to return to work on Monday. There…

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The Coal Strike. Miners to Resume. LONDON, Friday night

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

The miners of North Wales are arranging to resume work on Monday morning. There are indications that many…

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Northern Collieries Dispute Move by Owners. Afternoon Shift Abolished. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

The afternoon shift is to be abolished on Saturday next at the Aberdare and Aberdare Extended Collieries, two of the largest in the northern…

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The Coal Strike London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

At a mass meeting of miners of Northumberland, the minimum Wagga Bill was condemned, and at a meeting of colliers at Shirebrook demanded…

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Another Dredging Lease Applied For. Adelong Gold Estates

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

A COMPANY is being formed with a capital of £65,000 for the purpose (inter alia) of acquiring from Messrs. Davies and Kershaw and…

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The Coal Strike. Mr. Keir Hardie's Opinion. Miners Will Not Submit. Steel Makers Protest Against Minimum. General Strike Urged. in Retaliation for Tom Mann's Arrest. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

Mr. Keir Hardie says circumstances do not point to the miners being starved into submission. They are good for another month yet. The…

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Five Hours to Buy Coal. 2,500,000 People Suffering. LONDON

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

An amendment moved by a Labor member in the House of Commons to insert in the Minimum Wage Bill the schedule of wages drawn up…

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The Coal Vend. Customs Questions. Alleged False Answers. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

Summonses issued against the Melbourne Steamship Company, and James Patterson and Company on the information of Richard Moorchead,…

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The Coal Strike. Conference. Probably Held To-day. Minimum Chanted at Chirk. Many Men Resume. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

Mr. Asquith held a protracted conference with the owners and representatives of the miners separately. A joint conference will probably take…

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The Coal Miners' Bill London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 5

Hon. Asquith in the House of commons warned miners of the heavy responsibility they would incur if they persisted strike when the Bill…

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The British Coal Strike

The Worker · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 17

The British coal strike is still on, and two and a half million working people remain idle. Representatives of the coal-owners and…

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For the Bairns. "Mother of Mine."

The Worker · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 11

Sometimes in the hush of the evening hour, When the shadows creep from the west, I think of the twilight songs you sang…

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Mine Explosion. Eighty Men Killed. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 3

The latest reports regarding the West Virginia mine disaster show that the death roll exceeds eighty. Ninety-three men were involved in…

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The Double Shift. Abolished by Two Large Mines

The Worker · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 5

The question of the abolition of the double shift in the Newcastle and Maitland coal-mining districts is, at time of writing, still before the Joint…

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Victorian Labor News. Ararat Miners' Strike. Reduction of Wages

The Worker · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 15

With the coming into force of the Miners' Wages Board determination a strike of workmen has occurred at Ararat. The section of the award dealing…

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River Pollution Mayor Waits on Mines Minister Extraordinary Position

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 2

The Mayor (Alderman E.E.Collinse ) Dr. T.W. Burgess and Dr. [?]Warren. waited on Dr. Dr. A. Asaburton Thompson. Chief Medical Officer of the…

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Wagga Water Supply. Our Member Active. Minister for Mines Invoked. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 5

In the House of Assembly to-night, Mr. M'Garry, member for the Murrumbidgee, asked Hon. A. Edden, State Minister for Mines, if he had received a…

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