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Mining & the mines, 1922

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Coal Strikes International Union Atlantic City, September 17

The Daily Express · Tuesday 19 September 1922 · page 1

Secretary Green, of the United Mine Workers of America has announced that the British Miners’ Union has suggested an International…

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Mining Disaster Jackson (Cal) Sept. 19

The Daily Express · Wednesday 20 September 1922 · page 1

After three weeks’ frenzied drilling through hundreds of feet of sol[?] rock in the hope of releasing the 45 miners who are entombed, the…

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Mining Explosion. Porty-seven Bodies Recovered. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 September 1922 · page 2

The bodies of the majority of the 47 miners who were entombed 23 days ago in Argonaut mine, at Jackson. California, were found to-day, after…

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Science Notes & News. a Coal Saver

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 22 September 1922 · page 5

There has been recently devised a coal saver which consists of two grates hinged together in the form of the letter "U." The grate…

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International Miners London, September 21

The Daily Express · Saturday 23 September 1922 · page 2

Mr. Hodges, on behalf of International miners generally and British miners particularly. invited the permament officials of the American…

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Mining at Gundagai

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1922 · page 4

The "Gundagai Independent" says:—Big Ben Goldmine seems likely to re[?]bilitate Gundagai as a mining centre. On Wednesday there was a splendid…

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Miners’ Dispute Ten Thousand Idle London, September 21

The Daily Express · Saturday 23 September 1922 · page 1

All the Abbwvale Company’s collieries and iron and steel works at Ebbwvale are closing indefinitely and 10,000 men will be thrown out…

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Labor Trouble Engineers' Hours ,Coal Miners Drastic Action. Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 September 1922 · page 1

Members 'of the Engineering Union employed at the Steel Works, have been working 44 hours a week for a long time. From to-day however,…

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The Coal Fields. Serious Position Developing. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 September 1922 · page 1

Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A., stated on Saturday last it was true a serious position was developing on the coal fields and that if the coal mining…

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Riverina Coal

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1922 · page 2

At the Henty show the representative of the Riverina Collieries, Ltd., which is mining coal near Oaklands, demonstrated to an interested gathering the…

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Colliery Trouble. a Threatened Strike Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 28 September 1922 · page 1

Unless the Southern Coalminers give an undertaking by Monday that they will work full time the whole of the mines of the Southern Collery…

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The Coal Trouble. Situation Becoming Alarming. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 28 September 1922 · page 1

The situation in the coal mining industry is becoming alarming. A general cessation of work on the various coal fields is feared…

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Coal Crisis Miners Give Notice Grave Situation-feared Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 1

Though no official announcement has been made, It is feared that there will be a general cessation of work on the coalfields…

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Barrier Miners

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 2

A number of Barrier miners, who are coming to settle at Griffith, were shown round the Yanco area yesterday by Mr. Nulty…

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Industrial Unrest. Eve of a Strike. Coal Miners Give Notice. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 2

It was officially stated to-night that the Miners Federation had given the coal owners in parts of Victoria and Queensland 14 days' notice of their…

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A Coal Crisis

The Daily Express · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 2

Afte many months of unrest the coal miners Have brought matters to a head by giving the required fourteen days notice of their intention to…

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South Wales Miners Ebbvale Trouble London, September 27

The Daily Express · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 2

The South Wales Miners' Federation has taken the Ebbvale negotiations out of the hands of the local leaders and agreed that it shall…

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Mining Dispute. Commonwealth May Be Affected. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 2

There is a danger of the coal mining trouble affecting the whole Commonwealth. Unionists who are in close touch with miners declare that they…

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Coal Crisis Conference Fails Council of Action Moving Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 1

The Conference between coalminers and colliery owners this afternoon failed to reach agreement. The Council of Action has ordered…

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The Coal Trouble. No Reply from Miners. Mines Shutting Down. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 2 October 1922 · page 2

Mr. Weyland, secretary of the Southern Coal Proprietors' Association, received no reply from the Miners' Union this morning…

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