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Mining & the mines, 1916

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The Coal Strike. Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 2

Delegates from the northern and meetings in the [?] yesterday. in advocacy of the mens' claims for eight hours, bank to bank. The…

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Coal for Small Arms Factory

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 3

The Miners' Federation has lifted the embargo on coal stacked at Lithgow stages, over which there has been a dispute regarding handling. A…

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Latest Telegrams Coal Strike. Sydney

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 2

Delegates from the northern and southern mining districts addressed a meeting in the Domain yesterday in advocacy of the…

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Let Mr. Hughes Takes the Mines Over

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 3

Mr. Brennan, secretary of the northern proprietors, said today the meetings in the Domain convinced him the public were with the men…

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The Coal Strike. Dislocation of Train Service. Call on Motor Cars

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 3

Travelling under existing conditions by anything else than motor cars is not easy. Scarcity of coal is affecting train services…

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The Coal Strike. Dislocation of Train Services Call on Motor Cars

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 4

TRAVELLING under existing conditions by anything else than motor cars is not easy. Scarcity of coal is affecting train services and causing…

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The Coal Strike. Conference Unavailing. Tribunal to Decide. Sit in Sydney To-morrow Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 3

At to-day's conference Mr. MacDonald, secretary of the Northern Owners' Association, said the men admitted that even if they secured what…

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Coal Crisis. Conference Resumed. Alleged Intimidation. Connection with Conscription. Additional Demands Probable. Full Statement Required. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 2

When the conference re-assembled in Melbourne this morning Mr. Hughes asked whether the parties had been able to formulate any proposals…

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Mines on French Coast

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 2

A report from Paris states tliat Vine-Admiral Pivet, Governor of Brest, notified navigators that the enemy had laid mines along the French coast…

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Mining Mates

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 2

Edward Stibbard, 35, a miner employed in the Cadia copper mine, near Orange, had his spine fractured through a fall of earth on Saturday. A gang…

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No Coal From New Zealand

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 3

New Zealand miners decided that no coal is to be shipped to Australia except that required for New Zealand transports…

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Coal Crisis. Federal Tribunal Not Welcomed by Miners. State Legislation Urged. 100,000 Factory Hands Out of Work. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 3

Mr. Justice Edmunds, when tusked to-day whether bo would be chairman of the tribunal appointed by Mr. Hughes, replied that nothing had yet been fixed…

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Position in Victoria. Re-opening State Mine

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 3

A Melbourne message states that nearly 100,000 factory hands are unemployed and the number is increasing daily…

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Bank to Bank. Engineer's Explanation. Miners' 33-Hour Week

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 4

Mr. D. A. W. Robertson, consulting mining engineer, who has had forty years experience in coal mining affairs, is totally opposed to the present strike…

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Prime Minister Denies Interest in Coal Mines

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 2

Mr. Fuller read a telegram from Mr. Hughes denying that either he or Mrs. Hughes had any interest, direct or indirect, in the coal mines…

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Mine Horses Turned Out

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 2

Messages from Wollongong state a number of pit horses started for Appin, where they will be turned out…

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Railways and Coal Supplies

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 2

The coal strike has only been in force for a few weeks and already the railway system of the Stale is widely crippled and disorganised. Judging…

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Week's Coal in Brisbane. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 2

Unless there are further supplies of five to seven days…

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Coal Crisis. Federal Tribunal Opened. Statement by Judge Edmunds. Report by Monday Next. Miners to Resume Tuesday or Wednesday. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 2

The tribunal to deal with the coal crisis sat to-day before Mr. Justice Edmunds. The employers' representatives were Messrs. Harle, Clark…

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Mine or Torpedo. No Proof Yet Received. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 3

The Admiralty reports having received no proof as to whether the Britannic and Brenner Castle were mined or torpedoed…

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