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Mining & the mines, 1912

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The Great Coal Strike

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 2

Owing to the coal strike the wool sales have been ide[?]unitely postponed…

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Nearly a Million Miners Out

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 2

Eight hundred thousand minors are idle, and the strikers are maintaining a holiday spirit, and are showing no ill-feeling towards the owners…

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To Purchase Mines for the Navy

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 2

The Admiralty are discussing the proposal to purchase South Wales collieries…

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News and Notes. Adelong Mining

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 5

THE Gibraltar Consolidated Company is running along smoothly. Splendid prospects are in evidence in the wiuze from the 600ft. level…

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Suggested Remedies. Proposed Nationalisation of Mines. a Grave Danger

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 2

The rushing through Parliament of a Bill enacting a minimum wage has been suggested as one way of settling the crisis, and the temporary…

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Thousands Idle. Tyne Trade at a Standstill. Insistent Miners. Offer by Scotch Owners. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 2

Thousands of miners are idle, including 32,000 in Nottinghamshire. The export of coal on the Tyne, which is 20,000,000 tons annually, is at a…

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Parliament. Commissioner of Railways. Friction with Government. Information Asked For. State Coal Mines. Mr. Edden's Bill. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Wade asked the Treasurer in view of the rumors in the public mind would he give some definite information in regard to…

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The Minimum Wage. Premier Addresses Miners. Government Sympathy. Miners Object to Suggested Restrictions. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 4

The Premier this morning attended the miners' conference. In a speech he emphasised that coal was the life blood of industry. The Government had…

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800,000 Workers Idle. Results of Coal Strike. Miners Conference Determined. Demands to Be Maintained. the Minimum Wage Principle. Strike Leaders Jubilant. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 4

Owing to the coal crisis, 80O,O0O workers are idle. At the miners' conference yesterday it was resolved to maintain the…

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Great Miners' Conference Minimum Wage Fight. Commission Proposed. Asquith to Be Umpire. Wages Board Bill. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 7

The miners' conference to-day resolved to maintain their demands, including the schedule rates for each district for an individual minimum…

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Mining and Settlement

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 2

The question raised in the letter of Mr. K. G. Kiddle, of Carabost, the other day is one of paramount importance to the district. As we have…

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The Coal Strike. Miners Refuse Another Conference. Seven Hours' Day Next Fight. Million Workers Idle. Union Secretary's Statement. "Shall Get Our Own Way." London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 2

The miners declined the Premier's invitation to again meet the owners, Mating they stood firm in their demands and another conference could…

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Suffragettes Raid. Hundreds of Windows Smashed. £4000 Worth of Damage Done. "Incited Through Miners." London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 2

A suffragist raid, which was quite unexpected, was made to-day. Hundreds sallied out carrying muffs which concealed hammers. At a…

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The Coal Strike. Miners Preserve Order. Federation Secretary's Opinion. "Strike Settled by Thursday". London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 2

Twenty three thousand workers other than miners are idle in Swansea. A noticeable feature of the strike is the apparent determination of the miners…

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Special Cable News. the Coal Strike

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 2

The coal miners on strike spent the week-end at football matches and at places of amusement. Owing to the shortage of coal the…

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Mining

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 8

The Gibraltar Consolidated Company is running along smoothly. Splendid prospects are in evidence in the winze…

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Mining

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 4

Messrs. Roper Bros, cyanided 26ozs. gold from 120 tons tail-ings at Kimo baltery last week. Jt is reported that there is…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 19

Mr. Austin Chapman, M.P., has applied for three coal-mining leases of 640 acres each west of the Milton district. South Coast, N.S.W…

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Northern Collieries Dispute

The Worker · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 8

After delays extending over many months. arrangements were completed last week for the formation of a joint committee for the settlement of colliery…

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Collieries Conciliation Committee. Long-standing Shortland Dispute Settled

The Worker · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 4

The conciliation commit too jointly appointed by the employers and miners of the Newcastle and Maitland districts took as the first subject of its deliberations the…

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