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Mining & the mines, 1919

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Traffic Paralysed. Train Men Join Miners. Washington

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1919 · page 2

The coal strike situation in the United States was complicated to-night by a strike of 2000 train men at the Kansas City terminals, thus paralysing all…

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U.s: Coal Strike Terrible Sufferings. Vancouver, Dec. 3

The Daily Express · Friday 5 December 1919 · page 1

Washington advises that owing to the coal strike industry is paralysed throught the middle west. The State’s railways are curtailed to the utmost…

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Alleged Detention of a Gold Specimen. Verdict for Plaintiff

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 5 December 1919 · page 4

At Gundagai Court, Thos. O'Keete proceeded against Samuel Solomon, for detention of a gold specimen…

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Collieries’ Profits. a New Scheme. London, Dec. 6

The Daily Express · Monday 8 December 1919 · page 2

In the House of Commons Lord Lee stated the Government intended to p[?]l the [?] profits when the profits were limited to 14d per ton and…

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Unfinancial Collieries to Be Helped. London, Dec. 6

The Daily Express · Monday 8 December 1919 · page 1

Sir Auckland Geddes, in the House of Commons, said a number of collieries, owing to financial difficulties, are unable to continue to supply…

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U.S.A. Coal Strike. Washington

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 December 1919 · page 2

The Government claims that non-unionists are producing 50 per cent of the mines' normal output…

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Nationalisation of Mines. Action Postponed. Vancouver

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 10 December 1919 · page 1

"The London Union Congress have decided to postpone their action in the nationalisation of mines…

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Gas Strike. Coal Declared "Black." Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 December 1919 · page 4

Although representatives of the Industrial Disputes Committee at the Trades Hall in Melbourne have refused to admit that coal has been…

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U.S.A. Coal Strike. Shortage Acute. Washington

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 December 1919 · page 2

Restricted tram services were inaugurated this morning. The coal shortage must long continue to be acute, even if the strike…

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Drastic Measures to Reduce Coal Consumption. New York, Dec. 6

The Daily Express · Wednesday 10 December 1919 · page 1

Washington advises [?] measures to reduce coal consumption will shortly be enforced unless the miners return to work. All railroad services…

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Control of Mines. Union Action Postponed. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 December 1919 · page 2

The Trade Union Congress has decided to postpone action in regard to the nationalisation of mines…

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Coal Strike Measures for Conservation. Montreal, Dec. 8

The Daily Express · Thursday 11 December 1919 · page 1

The NEW YORK TIMES’ Washington correspondent says the Fuel Administration Board has issued drastic orders for the conservation of coal…

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Imperator Blocked Must Unload Coal. Montreal, Dec. 9

The Daily Express · Thursday 11 December 1919 · page 1

The NEW YORK TIMES’ Washington correspondent says the Railroad administration has announced the Imperator will not be allowed to sail for…

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Coal Shrike Settled. Washington

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 December 1919 · page 2

The coal strike has been settled The miners are to receive an advance of 14 per cent. on their pay and a commission will re-adjust the working…

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Turkish Gold to Be Divided. London, Dec. [?]

The Daily Express · Friday 12 December 1919 · page 2

Paris advises the Supreme Council has decided to divide among the Allies the Turkish gold deposited in Berlin at the beginning of the w[?]…

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Prospectus of the Ryan Brass-mining Co., No LIABILITY

The Daily Express · Saturday 13 December 1919 · page 5

The Federal Labor Programme of Ryan, Tudor and Co. (though Tudor seems superfluous) is a mo[?] document. Its promises are…

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Price of Coal. Government Drops Bill London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 December 1919 · page 3

The Government, under pressure of the Laborites, has dropped the bill fixing the coal owners' profits at Ltd a ton…

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Gold at Ararat. Experts' Hopeful View Ararat

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 December 1919 · page 1

Experts in a position to judge expect that the new gold discovery will lead a great revival. About 10 leases have been pegged along the line of…

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The Earth’s Wobble. Oklohoma Miners Won’t Work Vancouver, Dec. 17

The Daily Express · Friday 19 December 1919 · page 1

The New York, churches, have been crow[?]ed in some American cities in conseqence of Processor Port[?]’s prediction of the end of the world on…

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Leadminers' Strike. Miners Claim Three Disused Mines. Going to Work Them. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 22 December 1919 · page 1

A curious outcome of the prolonged strike at the leadmines, Darleydale, Derbyshire, is that the men claim three disused mines under the ancient…

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