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Mining & the mines, 1912

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Labour Troubles Glasgow Dockers Arbitrate. Coal Conciliation Terms Refused. Householders Panic Stricken. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 22 February 1912 · page 5

Sir G. U. Askwith, of the Hoard of Trade and chairman of the Fair Wages Advisory Committee, has persuaded the Glasgow masters and…

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Special Cable News. Coal Still Rising

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 2

The price of cool is 84/- per ton. If the strike eventuates, 800,000 miners and a million in other industries will be involved…

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Coal Miners. Durham Men Go Out. Rise in Price Of Coal. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 4

The price of coal in London has advanced to 34/ a ton. The members of the Cabinet conferred with 70 coalowners but the result of their…

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The British Admiralty Coal Trouble in Wales. Big Coal Orders for America. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 7

The British Admiralty, in addition to the American contract for the Mediterranean squadron, are purchasing all the avaible coal in South Wales…

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Coal Famine in Spain Feared Madrid

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 7

The Minister for the Interior fears that the coal strike in Britain may close many of the works in Spain…

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Coal Dear in London. London, Thursday Evening

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 7

The best cost is selling in London at 34s. per ten…

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British Miners Trouble Conference with the Cabinet. London, Thursday Evening

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 7

At the instance of the Premier (Mr. Asquith), a conference was held between the members of the Cabinet, Sir G. R. Askwith, of the Labour…

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South Wales Coal Trouble Retail Credit Suspended. London, Thursday Evening

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 7

The Wholesale Provision dealers' Association at Bristol, has decided to suspend credit terms to retailers in South Wales in the event of a strike…

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English Coal Miners. Transport Workers in Sympathy. Lord Dudley's Mining Interests. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 2

The Transport Workers' Federation in conference al Manchester, resolved to give any assistance required by the miners, including a refusal to…

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Premier's Proposals. Submitted to Owners and Miners

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 2

The Premier has submitted to the coal owners and miners several important proposals, requesting their answer to same by Tuesday…

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French Miners Strike. Paris

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 2

The French Miners' Congress has declared a 24 hours' strike to assist the pensions agitation. Possibly a general strike will follow…

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Special Cable News. Coal Strike

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 2

It is reported that in the event of of a general coal strike, the Government will take over and operate the mines to prevent a famine. The…

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Miners' Manifesto. Christians Object to Sympathetic. Strike. Britishers' Inglorious Action

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 2

Twenty meetings, covering 370,000 miners, resolved to demand increases on the grounds that wages were now insufficient to compensate for the…

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English Coal Miners. the Threatened Strike. Situation Very Serious. Derbyshire Men Strike. Interview with Mr. J. Haslam. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 2

Mr J. Haslam, Labor member and Secretary of the Derbyshire Miners' Association, said in answer to an interviewer to-day that there will be some…

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British Fleet. Independent of Miners. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 2

Mr. Winston Churchill announces that is the event of a general coal strike the British fleet will be independent of the English miners for its coal for a…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 11

Over 200 men have left for a new gold rush 15 miles from Kidston, on the Oaks field, Q. Preparations are being made to close…

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The Power of Coal

The Worker · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 19

Wonderful is the power of coal. Not only does it drive the machinery of civilisation, but civilisation itself is upraised on the coal beds of the world…

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Wyalong Mining Disaster Fund

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 2

The people of Wagga are always charitably disposed, and when called on to render assistance to a just and deserving cause are never lacking in…

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Coal Crisis. Hanging in the Balance. Numerous Conferences. Over 30,000 Men on Strike Miners' Logic. Strike Pay Preferred to Short Time. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 2

Hopes of a settlement of the coal crisis, which prevailed this morning among the delegates to the conference have up to the present been…

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Liberalism and Laborism. with Some Reference to the Great Coal Crisis

The Worker · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 15

It is a curious circumstance, and one containing within it the whole meaning and purpose of politics, that Liberal "statesmen" will resort to any measures…

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