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Mining & the mines, 1917

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Coal Haulage

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1917 · page 2

Last week 9378 tons of coal were hauled from the Newcastle collieries and 7209 shipped…

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Union Amalgamation. Miners Absorbed by A.w.u

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1917 · page 4

Representatives of the Federated Miners' Association of Australia and the Australian Workers' Union, which are to amalgamate on October I, met…

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The Strike. Abundance of Coal. Nine Colleries at Work. Petition Presented to Parliament. Victorian Railway Employees Contributing £5000 a Week to Assist the Strikers. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1917 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture States that nine confutes will be at [?] to-day. By Wednesday the Government hopes to be running…

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Northern Miners' Attitude

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 September 1917 · page 2

The Maitland and Greta delegates of the Northern Miners' Federation reaffirmed their previous attitude in regard to the strike. Mr. Baddelly…

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Council Gets Coal

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 September 1917 · page 2

The third truck of coal referred to recently as having been loaded for the Wagga Council and placed on the line prior to the Strike, and which was…

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Increasing Coal Supply

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 September 1917 · page 2

Arrangements are being made to open up three additional mines in the west. The largest of them will probably be putting out coal before the end of the…

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Gold Mining at Tarcutta

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 6 September 1917 · page 6

Some fourteen years ago, a gentleman, whist out kangaroo-hunting in the hills, seven miles from Tarcutta, was struck by the appearance…

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Increased Coal Output

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 September 1917 · page 2

The National Bureau this morning sent away 102 miners by train to open one of the Lithgow collieries. To date the bureau has placed 800…

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Prices Fixed. Rabbits, Meat and Coal. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 September 1917 · page 4

At to-day's meeting of the Executive Council the prices recommended by the Necessary Commodities Commission for rabbits, beef, mutton, lamb, pork,…

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Big Strike the Latest [?] Men Idle. Get Ready for the Next Revolt. Volunteers Attacked Meat Strike Off. Police Charge Miners I.W.W. Rooms Raided Rubber Workers Strike Sydney, This Day

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 6 September 1917 · page 5

Professor McIntyre, Chairman of the State Recruiting Committee, made an attempt at mediation, but was informed that the…

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Coal Supply

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1917 · page 2

The output of the coal mines being worked by the Government is now sufficient to meet all requirements on the basis of the present consumption…

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Coal for Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1917 · page 2

The Mayor (Ald. E. E. Collins), who went to Sydney by the express yesterday morning, interviewed the Coal Board in the afternoon, with the result…

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Coal for Victoria

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1917 · page 2

The Victorian Minister for Agriculture has reached Sydney, to discuss with the State Ministry the question of supplying coal to Victoria,…

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One Way Out. Men Must Return to Work. Government Refuses to Shift Ground. Satisfactory Coal Operations. Organiser Committed for Trial. More Shots Fired. Only One Way. "Declare the Strike Off." Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1917 · page 2

The Acting-Premier, reviewing the position to-night, said that the strike had been arranged by a secret com­mittee and was not to remedy…

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No Coal Famine

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1917 · page 4

The general opinion now is that there is not the remotest prospect of a coal famine. Over 6000 tons of coal are already being shipped from…

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Coal Economy. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1917 · page 4

A meeting of the Coal Board decided to extend the present restrictions on the use of coal by those persons with supplies exceeding five tens…

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Settlement Rumors Intermediary Stated to Be at Work, Continued Coal Improvement. Striking Unions Forfeit Preference, Federal Executive's Action. Likely Settlement. Widespread Rumors. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1917 · page 4

Many rumors were afloat in the city this afternoon that there was a strong probability of the strike being settled at an early dale on terms agreeable…

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Coal for Victoria

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 September 1917 · page 2

The Victorian Minister for Agriculture says that negotiations for the settlement of the strike will not interfere with arrangements made for his…

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The Latest How Strikers Took the News. Coal Miners Won't Go Back. "Sack" the Defence Committee Unions Decide by 40 Votes to 1. Government Will Stand to Loyalists. Sydney, This Day

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 10 September 1917 · page 2

The action of the Defence Committee in approving the terms of settlement was received with very mixed feelings amongst the…

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End of the Railway Strike. The Government Wins. Men Say They've Been Gold.' Nearing the End. Sydney

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 10 September 1917 · page 2

As a result of the mediation of the Under Secretary for Labor and Industry, it is considered certain that the railway and…

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