Germans Push on Seeking Russian Coal and Grain. M. Kerensky Remains Premier. Heavy Fighting on West Front. Eatern Theatre. Russian Attacks. London
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 August 1917 · page 2
A Russian official report states:— Our scouts in the region of Kolesarny railway crossed the Stockhod neck deep, and attacked an Austrian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →East Greta Mines Idle
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 August 1917 · page 2
The whole of the traffic on the East Greta railway has ceased, the men employed by the company having left work in a body. This has stopped all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal and Coke Works Closed
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 August 1917 · page 2
Practically everything ion the way of traffic is suspended on the south coast railway. Five coal mines on the south coast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway Men Out Strikers' Roll Numbers 30,000. Partial Service Maintained. Coal Trouble Increasing. Tramway Men Join Strikers. 30,000 Men Out. Sydney
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 August 1917 · page 2
All the train and tramway men ceased work at midnight. Thirty thousand men are idle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collieries Idle
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 August 1917 · page 2
The secretary of the Locomotive Association states that of 3700 members in the union only 40 are at work. The whole of the collieries in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Useful Receipts Specially written for this column Gold Coffee Souffle
The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 9 August 1917 · page 4
An inexpensive sweet for the table is coffee souffle, very nice and cleansing to the palate after the richness of [?]lum pudding, and also delicious as a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Men Returning. Tram and Train Services Increase. Many More Collieries Idle. Railway Carpenters Called Out. Increased Train Service. Full Complement Soon Running. Sydney
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 August 1917 · page 2
Sixty-one business trains arrived at the Central Station this morning, being only 34 less that in normal times. There is every likelihood that the full…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest To-day's News. Big Unions' Action. Against the Slacker. 50,000 Men Idle. 13,000 out of Work at Newcastle. 4,000 Miners Idle at Wollongong. No Strike at Albury. Sydney, This Day
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 9 August 1917 · page 4
Seven members of the Cabinet met, in conference, nine delegates from the large outside unions, which are likely to be drawn into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Effect in Coal Mining Districts
Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1917 · page 2
Over 13,000 men are idle at Newcastle and all services are suspended. Four thousand miners are idle at Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Lumpers Idle
Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1917 · page 2
The coal lumpers are not on strike, but the majority of them are idle as there is practically no coal for them to handle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Attitude
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 4
All the mines on the South Coast [?] now idle. This was done by the miners acting in sympathy with the strikers in sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Lumpers
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 4
A prominent member of the Coal Lumpers' Union denies the statements that the members of that union joined the strike. He explain that there are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Employees' Federation
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 4
Mr. Willis secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation. emphatically dennis having made a statement that the coal miners were out to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal and Gas
Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 August 1917 · page 2
The colliery mechanics at a number of collieries in the Maitland district ceased work. It is reported that the union…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Tribunal Suspended
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1917 · page 2
The sittings of the Coal Tribunals have been suspended until such times as the minister responsible shall order their resumption…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Coal for Transports
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1917 · page 2
The local lumpers held a meeting to-day at which they refused to coal any more ships, including transports. It was explained that the men decided at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Coal for Transports
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 August 1917 · page 2
Transports are held up at Sydney for want of coal, no labor being available to handle it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Lumpers Divided
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 2
The action of the Coal Lumpers' Union in joining the strike is not endorsed by all members, and a section is prepared to assist in coaling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News. Coal for the Council
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 2
Two truck loads of coal, or a total of 37 tons, have just come to hand from Newcastle for the municipal gasworks. It was on the line before the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War on the Sea. Steamer Strikes Mine. in Sight of Port. Vancouver
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 3
Five Americans were drowned when the steamer City of Athens struck a mine close to Capetown. Four of the crew and ten other passengers were lost…
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