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Mining & the mines, 1912

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 19

Broken Hill turned out minerals valued at £275,375 last month. The Mount Perry, Q., smelters are likely to get going again, as work has been…

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The British Coal Strike. French and German Miners Also Out

The Worker · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 17

The British coal strike is in full blast, and one and a half million men are idle, while their officers are working night and day in order to bring about a…

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The English Coal Strike

The Worker · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 10

Dear Worker,— "The Prime Minister concluded with an appeal to the miners not to forget the great mass of the people outside, whose…

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The Collieries' Strike Conference Consented to Settlement Probable. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 2

At a meeting of the Northern Colliery proprietors today a recommendation was sent to the joint committee that there should be a conference of…

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Northern Coal Crisis. Collapse of the Conciliation Committee. Coal Barons and Night Work. a Conference Proposed

The Worker · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 11

A crisis was precipitated in the coal industry of the Maitland and Newcastle district last week by the colliery proprietors' representatives on the Joint…

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The Mining Dispute. Owners Meet Men. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 2

The Northern District coal owners have agreed to meet the men to discuss the afternoon shift question…

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Mining News

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 4

W. BURNES, and party have just cleaned up a crushing at the Dog Trap Battery of 10 tons for 33oz. lOdwts. of gold, averaging 3ozs…

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The Big Coal Strike

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 2

The destitution caused through the coal strike in England is increasing in the various industrial areas. The charitable institutions are unable to…

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The Coal Strike. Another Conference. LONDON

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 4

The coal owners and the executive of the Miners' Unions have held a conference with the Premier, Mr. Asquith, the President of the…

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The Coal Strike. Government and Masters' Conference. Most Important Step Yet Taken. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 2

The decision of the conference between the master miners and the Government to permit of each of the English coal districts to negotiate…

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The Coal Strike Work Partially Resumed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 7

Non unionist miners have resumed work in two Lanarkshire pits. A meeting of miners in Scotland made a protest against the…

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The River Pollution Our Member on the Warpath. Authorities' Admission. Mines Department Acting

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, Mr. P. McGarry, Member for the Murrumbidgee, referred to the unsatisfactory state of the waters of…

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The Coal Strike. Prolonged Conference. Scottish Non-unionists Dissatisfied. Protest From North of England. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 4

The conference lasted four hours, after which the held official announcement was made that further discussion was held over until to-morrow…

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The Men of the Pil. English Journalist Describes Life of British Miners. How They Have Started the Trouble

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 7

The gre[?] coat strike in England is [?]. Over a million men are idle, and many million more are threatened…

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Abermain Colliery. Work Resumed on Tuesday Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 2

The dispute at the Abermain Colliery, which has been idle since January, was settled to-day and work will be resumed on Tuesday…

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Explosion in Mine Fifty Men Killed. St. Petersburg

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 3

A terrible colliery disaster, occurred at Halianka yesterday. An explosion took place in the Donetz Co's. mine and killed 50 men who were…

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The English Mail. Orient Boats Take Continental Coal. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 2

The Orient Company's Australian liner, R.M.S. Omrah, left Plymouth yesterday for Holland, where she will take in coal…

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Federation Funds. Many Miners Dissatisfied. Premier Has Audience with King George. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 2

Of £80,000 at the disposal of the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Federation the first week's strike pay absorbed £30.000…

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The Coal Strike. Serious Development. Negotiations Broken Off. Mr. Ramsay Macdon Ald. Attacks Mr. Asouth. Kings' State Visits Cancelled. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 2

The negotiations with the coal owners are broken off and it has been decided to legislate for a minimum wage for, all underground men and…

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The Coal Strike

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

The price of coal has advanced 4/- per ton. Disorderly scenes have occurred at Burton, where 300 coal miners raided…

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