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Mining & the mines, 1925

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Coal Miners' Wages Slight Increase Awarded. No Reduction of Hours. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1925 · page 4

The chairman of the Coal Tribunal, Mr. Charles Hibble, delivered his award, to-day, in the coal miners claims for a £5/10- minimum weekly…

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The Collieries Wages and Hours Coal Tribunal Order. Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 26 October 1925 · page 4

Coal miners are not to he granted the minimum weekly' wage of £5/10, nor the desired 38-hour week, which they claimed' before the Coal…

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Violence in Queensland Coal Trucks Overturned Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1925 · page 2

When a number of volunteers went to the jetty at Gladstone yesterday, the strikers capsized five trucks of coal intended for the steamer Mahia,…

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How to Win "Sacrifice the Cargo" Refuse to Coal Ships Seamen's Official's Rabid Speech

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 October 1925 · page 2

Extreme utterances continue to inflame the strikers, and prevent a settlement of the seamen's strike. Brisbane and Fremantle are now the…

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How to Win 'Sacrifice the Cargo' Refuse to Coal Ships Seamen's Official's Rabid Speech

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 October 1925 · page 2

Extreme utterances continue to inflame the strikers, and prevent a settlement of the seamen's…

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Violent Strikers More Disorder on the Queensland Waterfront Seamen Attack Farmers at Gladstone Cargoes of Meat Will Rot If Coal Is Not Supplied for Ships 'Refrigerators Brisbane

The Daily Express · Tuesday 27 October 1925 · page 1

The seamen are now practically in possession of the steamer Mahia and the wharf at Gladstone, and both are heavily picketed, sonic of…

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Bedrock Civilisation Coal and the Future

The Daily Express · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 3

Coal is still the bedrock of our civilisation; we cannot do without it or g[?]ve it second place to any substitute and although the tr[?]dency or…

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Coal Commission Evidence Oil Outlook Bad LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 1

Giving evidence before the Coal Commission, Sir Richard Redmayne said that he could see no striking change on the world [?] detrimental…

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British Coal No Cause for Pessimism. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 4

Giving evidence before the coal commission Sir Richard Redmayne said he could see no striking change on the world basis detrimental to the British…

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Mining Company's Big Dividend 120 Per Cent. by Broken Hill Company

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 4

The North Broken Hill Mining Company has announced dividend of 120 per cent., payable on December 7. The huge profits, which make such a…

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Six Hours a Day Coal Miners Latest Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 2 November 1925 · page 2

The Miner’s Federation convention has decided that the time has arrived when the convention should instruct members that contract miners…

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Miners' 30 Hours' Week

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 November 1925 · page 3

The Miners' Federation convention has decided that the time has arrived when the convention should instruct members that contract miners should…

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Ten Mines Dash in Sydney Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 November 1925 · page 4

Cycling races were held at the Sydney Sports Ground last night. In the ten miles motor paced match Ted Byron and R. Sands, racing as a…

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Acute Crisis Strike Position at Bowen Is Again Serious Railwaymen Refuse to Let Coal Go to Ship Three Hundred Farmers Determined to Coal the Port Hardy and to Load Sugar Brisbane

The Daily Express · Monday 2 November 1925 · page 1

A report from Cowen states that while there [?]ality are [?]our policemen there to-day there were more than 50. Also about 320…

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Disastrous Mine Explosion

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1925 · page 2

Reuter's Berlin correspondent states that 17 miners were killed and several were injured in an explosion at a firedamp explosion at the Holland pit of…

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Mining Disaster (Reuter Service) BERLIN, November 1

The Daily Express · Tuesday 3 November 1925 · page 1

Seventeen miners were killed and several injured by an explosion of [?]damp in the Holland pit at the [?]…

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Five Hundred Farmers to Coal the Port Hardy Warned Off Railway Property Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1925 · page 2

The latest news from Bowen states that an ugly situation has arisen. There are 500 farmers at the port, who are determined that the steamer…

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Ship's Deck Like Battlefield Police Quell Strikers at Fremantle Ugly Situation in Queensland Five Hundred Farmers at Bowen to Coal Ship

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1925 · page 2

The violent phase upon which the seamen's strike is entering is indicated by a set battle between the strikers and police at Fremantle, lasting for two hours, and a very critical situation at Bowen in Queensland,…

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Rothbury Colliery Charges of Negligence Manager Retains Certificate. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 November 1925 · page 2

Some of the charges of incompetency brought against Richard Thomas, manager of the Rothbury colliery, arising out of the explosion at the colliery in…

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British Industry Miners' Black Outlook Speech by Mr. Churchill London

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 November 1925 · page 1

Mr. Churchill, in a speech at Sheffield, referred to the coming grim winter on the coalfields, and said that subsidy could do nothing to secure…

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