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Mining & the mines, 1919

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Gold Export. Demand to Be Made. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1919 · page 2

Mr. H. Wllkinson, a member of the committee appointed by the Victorian Chamber of Mines to deal with questions relating to the mining industry in…

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Coal and Shale Workers. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 2

The secretary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation says there has been no talk of a strike. The men would resume work…

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British Politics. Composition of Labor Section. Solid Representation of Miners. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 2

A feature of the Labor returns to Parliament is the extinction of the Socialiets, of whom there are only three, compared with 53 trade unionists,…

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Burra Miners' B.N.A. Sports

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

To the Burra miners belongs the credit of having organised the most successful sporte and entertainment known in…

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Pelaw Main Miners Strike. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

A stoppage of work occurred at Pelaw Main Colliery this morning through a complaint of the men that the management had employed a non-unionist…

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Colliery Explosion. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 4

Two men were killed and one seriously injured as the result of a gas explosion at Redbank colliery, seven miles from Ipswich, when William…

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Pelaw Main Trouble. Meeting of Miners' Lodge. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1919 · page 3

Further trouble has arisen at Pelaw Main Colliery, the mine officials alleg­ing an attempt is being made to intro­duce non-union labor into the mine. A…

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British Navy's Work. U-boats Suffer. Sweepers Removing Mines. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 2

The Baden, the newest German battleship, will be shortly handed over under the armistice terms. It is authoritatively stated that 202 German…

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Colliery Trouble. Richmond Main Stoppage.owner Confers with Ministers. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 3

Mr. John Brown to-day interviewed Mr. Fuller, the Chief Secretary, and Mr. Grahame, Acting Minister for Labor, about the trouble over loyalist…

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Colliery Dispute. Compulsory Conference. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 2

The trouble which occurred at Richmond Main Colliery between the loyalists and unionists is likely to lead to a serious position. A compulsory…

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Burra Miners' B.N.A. Sports

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

By general consent, the sports conducted by the Berra miners on Year's Day in aid of the local branch of the B.N.A. were the best…

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The Divining Rod to Find Gold

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

MR. A. McGLASHAN, of Baltimore, in the Dubbo district, says that sceptics may laugh at the divining rod, but he is convinced of its…

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Mines Adrift. Dangers in North Sea. Stockholm

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

It is reported that an entire minefield appears to be adrift towards the south coast of Sweden. Twenty mines were exploded off the west of…

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Two Miners Injured. Explosion of Charge. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 3

Two miners, working mates named Arthur Willmott and John Bland, were severely injured by the premature explosion of a charge in the coal face at…

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Miners and Apprentices Wanted. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 3

The Government has asked the Imperial authorities to expedite the return of ail coal miners and men who have not finished their apprenticeship…

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Coal Miners' Demands. No Intention to Strike. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 3

Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary of the Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, stated to-day the men had no intention of striking. He and other…

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Miners and Marriage

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 3

A party of men a traveling on the Blyth and Tyne railways were discussing the strange manner in which a Gateschead man had forbidden the banns of his son…

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Coal Industry Dispute. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 2

The South Wales Coal-owners' Association protests that the Miners' federation's demand for a 30 per cent, advance on wages will make the price of…

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Long Tunnel Mine. an Official Report

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 5

Mr. L. F. HARPER, geological surveyor, has reported for the Mines Department on the Long Tunnel Mine, Gundagai, and…

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Long Tunnel Mine. Report of Testing

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 2

The directors of the Gundagai Long Tunnel Goldmining Co. have received from Mr John Allen certificated mine manager…

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