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Mining & the mines, 1912

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British Coal Strike

The Worker · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 19

The Minimum Wage Bill, designed to deal with the troubles of the British coal miners, has received royal assent. The miners are taking' a ballot on the question…

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The Afternoon Shift. Aberdare Miners Dismissed

The Worker · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 7

The trouble at the Aberdare Colliery, Newcastle, which was supposed to have been settled by the proprietors intimation that they were prepared to abolish…

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The English Coal [?] Ballot Against Resum[?] London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 2

The miners' ballot resulted is votes in favor of the resumption [?] and 135,000 against. Durhamshire, Scotland, and South [?]…

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The Coal Strike. Result of Ballot. Majority Against Resumption. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 2

The ballot of miners resulted in 123,000 voting in favor of resumption and 135,000 against. Scotland and Northumberland voted heavily against…

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The Coal Strike

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 2

The secretary of the Midlands Miners Federation announced the end of the coal strike in addressing a mass meeting at Camock. He said…

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The River and the Mines

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 2

The Mines Department seems to have abandoned the luminous theory that the pollution of the Murrumbidgee was wholly due to the effect of…

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The Coal Strike. London

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 4

The latest figures of the British strike ballot show that there is a steady increasing majority against the resumption of work…

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Lady Gwendoline's Secret. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter Xxxiv. Vengeance Is Mine

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 4

A hissing, crackling noise, then a fizzing sound reached Reginald's ear as he made his way towards the chamber where he knew his father lay in…

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The Coal Strike. Disturbance in Scotland. Several Persons Injured. Progress of the Ballot. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 2

Two thousand men and women at Glen Craig coal mine, Fifeshire, Scotland, attempted to stop the unionists from working. Wild scenes caused,…

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The Coal Strike. Welsh Surfacemen's Poverty Depresses Markets. Gift to Potteries Poor. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 4

It was decided at a mass meeting of the South Wales surfacemen yesterday not to resume work until their demands were conceded. The…

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Irrigation Engineer's Opinion. the Experience at Burrinjuck. Pollution Not Due to Mining

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 2

Mr. P. McGarry, M.L.A. forwards copy of a letter which he has received from the Undersecretary of the Mines Department, covering a…

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The Coal Strike. Resumption of Work. Decision by Miners. Voting at Conference. for 440; AGAINST, 125. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 3

Interest in the coal strike to-day retired in the conference of miners' relegates, which met to consider the [?]ination created by the ballot on the…

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Special Cal[?] News. the Coal Strike. London

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 2

The majority of English coal miners who are in favour of, continuing the strike includes Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Cheshire…

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The Amalgamated Gold Mines. a Glimpse Into Company Promoting

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 3

Sam Eversley's time was occupied very largely by the affairs of his companies, including the preliminaries in the flotation of the…

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Miners Returning to Work. Delay in Durham

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 2

One hundred and eighty thousand miners are now working, and the majority of the others will resume to-day, though there is still much…

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Long Tunnel Mine. Rich Ore Still Going Down

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 5

With the exception of a winze at the 280ft. level, the deepest point reached in the Long Tunnel mine, nothing has been clone on…

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The Coal Strike. Saturday's Voting. How It Went. Loss Through the Strike. Some Big Figures. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 2

An-analysis of Saturday's voting at the conference shows the miners at Durham, Northumberland, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicesterrlore…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 23

The Mutooroo West mine, S.A., has been re-opened by the De Beavy Company for the purpose of working its sulphur product. it is expected that 2dwt. of gold…

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British Coal Strike

The Worker · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 17

The result of the ballot on the question of a resumption of work in the British coal mines resulted in a vote of 201,013 in favor and 244,011 against. As a…

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The Coal Strike. Fatalities in Mines. Due to Neglected Condition. Resumption Only Partial. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 2

The miners at Chirk (North Wales) and Derbyshire (South Wales) have decided 10 secede from the North Wales Miners' Federation…

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