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Mining & the mines, 1919

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The Gold Output

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 2

The Minister for mines, Mr. Fitzpatrick, has received a report from Mr. Warden James respecting the mineral industry in these districts for the year…

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Coal Trouble. British Miners Vote for Strike. Higher Pay and Shorter Hours. Other Unions in Sympathy. Government Wants Joint Commission. Critical Moment in History of Labor. British Coal Crisis. Miners Favor Strike. Transport Workers to Join. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 2

The result of the miners' ballot shows over a two-thirds majority in favor of a strike. The present week is the most critical in the history of labor…

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The Miners' Dispute. Promise of a Solution. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 1

There is every promise that a solution of the miners' dispute will be found. The President of the Federation asked the Premier to…

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Nationalisation of Mines Request Sy Labor Leader. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 2

In the House of Commons, Mr. W. Adamson, chairman of the Labor party, said that the spirit animating both the Prime Minister and the president of…

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Miners to Participate in Inquiry. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 1

The British miners have postponed the strike notice till March 22. They accepted the Government's invitation to participate in an…

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Non-unionist Miners. North Bulli Dispute, Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 March 1919 · page 1

The North Bulli miners have given 14 days' notice from Monday next and it is possible the trouble will spread to other collieries. The question in…

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Inquiry Profits. Miners' Statement of Case

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 4

The Acting-Prime Minister's reply was considered by the council this afternoon, and it decided to again urge the Federation Government to allow…

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Newcastle Coal Trouble No Federal Intervention. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 4

The Federal Government does not intend to intervene in the coal trouble at Newcastle over the rates of pay in view of the fact that the men can…

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Coal Commission Bill. Labor Amendment Defeated. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 2

In the House of Commons the Labor amendment to the Coal Commission Bill, excluding the consideration of wages and hours, was defeated by 270 votes…

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Illawarra Coal Trouble. Men Give Notice. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 4

Mr. A. C. Willi[?], secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, and the district officers attended at Coledale to-day for the purpose of officially…

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Miners' Claims. Mr. Watts Refusal. Constitutional Attitude of Men. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 2

The executive of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation met in Sydney to-day to consider Mr. Watt's refusal to grant the…

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All Mines Working. Rival Secretaries

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 2

All the South Coast mines were working to-day and a more trauquil feeling is said to prevail among the men Mr. A.O. Willis, referring to the…

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War Profits. Keen Scrutiny Wanted in Britain. Outcome of Goal Commission. Coal Dividends. Great Increase in War. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 2

During the first sitting of the Coal Commission (set up under Mr. Justice Sankey) to consider means of averting the threatened strike, Mr. Dickinson,…

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Coal Miners' Earnings. Small Amounts Reported. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 4

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, presented of the Northern Collieries' Federation declares the system now governing the industry subjects the workers to…

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Closing of Copper Mines. 30,000 Men Affected. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 1

It is estimated that fully 30,000 men will be directly affected by the closing down of the copper mines throughout Australia, which seems…

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Couplings of Train Break. Coal Waggons Smashed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 3

A smash occurred at Aberdare railway this morning. An engine and forty waggons of coal were going up an incline when the coupling…

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Export of Gold Producers' Association Formed

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1919 · page 2

The newly formed Gold Producers' Association has been registered as a limited liability company, and the acting…

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Threatened Coal Trouble. Compulsory Conference Called. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1919 · page 2

The Under-Secretary of the Department of Labor and Industry has summoned a compulsory conference between the Southern colliery proprietors and…

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Gold Yield in New South Wales. Comparative Decrease

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 13 March 1919 · page 1

The gold yield in New South Wales for the past two months, shows a comparative decrease in value of £11,288…

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Crisis in Copper Mining. Government Assistance Asked Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1919 · page 3

The Minister for Mines, Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, referring to the copper crisis, soys matters have been going from had to worse. "We are now…

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