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Mining & the mines, 1926

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Third Victim Redhead Colliery Disaster Others in Critical Condition Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 3

The third death as a result of the Redhead colliery explosion occurred to-day. Thomas Adams died shortly after 10 o'clock in Newcastle Hospital, He…

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British Miners a Leader’s Threat London, January 22

The Daily Express · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 1

The miners' secretary (Mr, Cook) speaking at St Albans, said that it Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Churchill support the coal-owners policy of…

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Gold Passes No Use on Commonwealth Lines Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 2

It was officially staled today by the Commonwealth Railway Office, that if the legislative Council is abolished, the gold passes of the ex-members will…

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U.S.A. Coal Strike Settlement Difficulties Sranton (Pen) Jany 22

The Daily Express · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 3

The United Mine Workers of America, on Friday, accepted a new plan advanced for the settlements of the anth[?] strike…

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Naked Lights in Mines Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 1

Wm. Humble, formerly Chief Inspector of Coal Mines, told the Coal Commission, presided over by Mr. Justice-Edmunds, that there should…

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Peculiar Accident Man Killed in a Mine Toowoomba

The Daily Express · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 1

Although his skull had been pierced by the point of a ple[?], at the Sugar loaf Colliery, near Toowoomba, Archibald Fletcher, 44, refused to belives…

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Mining Suggestion Association Should be Dissolved LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 1

Newspapers give prominence to Lord Londonderry's suggestion that the Mining Association should be dissolved, and employers and men should…

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No Naked Lights Ex-coal Inspector's Advice Needless Fires and Explosion Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 1

William Humble, formerly chief inspector of coal mines, told the Coal Commission, presided over by Mr. Justice Edmunds, that there should be…

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The Great Smoke New York Like London Effect of Coal Strike Montreal

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 2

New York, the city famous for the clearness of its atmosphere, is now undergoing a radical change, due to the coal strike. Householders, office…

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Miners Superstitions

The Daily Express · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 4

Omens, warnings and signs [?] of the miners traditionary creed if a p[?] met or saw a woman or caught but a glimpse of be drane…

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Childish Outburst British Miners’ Leader Caustic Criticism London, January 29

The Daily Express · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 2

Mr. J. H. Thomas., M.P. in a pungent letter to the “Daily Herald” severely criticises the miners leader. “Like the majority of members of…

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Mine Disaster Explosion of Gas Many Men Killed (Reuter Service) West Frankfort [?] Jan. [?]9

The Daily Express · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 2

Five miners were killed by a gas explosion in a local coal mine on Friday. It was at first reported that a fire…

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Storm Centre Miners' Leader Cook Oxford Students Violent Thomas, M.P., Does Not Take Cook Seriously LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 2

Undergraduates vainly attempted to rush the corn exchange at Oxford, in which Mr. A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners' Federation, made a…

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Miners' Working Hours Ten Day's a Fortnight Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 2

The central executive of the Coal Miners' Federation has decided that after the first Saturday in March, all miners engaged in contract work shall…

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Judge's Collapse Inspection of Coal Mine Coal Commission Adjourned Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 1

After a 10 hours' inspection of the Aberdare colliery, yesterday, Mr. Justice Edmunds collapsed through fatigue. He was removed to hospital,…

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Riverina Colliery

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 6

[?] at the annual [?] [?] [?] Mr [?] K [?] that some [?]…

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Safety in Mines Judge Edmunds’ Inquiry Collapse After Visit to Mine Newcastle

The Daily Express · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 2

Mr. Justice Edmunds yesterday spent 10 hours underground in the Aberdare CoIIiery in pursuance of his investigations as Chairman of the…

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Brown Coal Strike Work Stopped at Yallourn Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 5

As the result of a decision arrived at, at a stop-work meeting, all miners engaged in working the brown coal deposits at the State Electricity…

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Australia's Gold. Prospecting Will Improve. Most Difficult in West

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 7

LONDON.--Professor Sir Edgeworth David, of Sydney, who has completed a two volume book on Australian geology, including…

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No Hope for Entombed Miners

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 4

Abandoning hope of any of [?] miners not accounted for after the explosion in a coal mine, near P[?]sburgh, U.S.A., on Wednesday, being…

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