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Southern Highlands · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

26 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 2 of 2

The Coal Crists

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 November 1916 · page 4

It is estimated that there are over 50,000. men, women, and girls out of work as a result of the coal strike. The secretary of the Chamber of…

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The Coal Crisis

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 November 1916 · page 2

Some Sydney restaurant-keepers who have been using gas in defiance of the instructions have had their Supply cut off altogether. It is…

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Effects of the Coal Trouble

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 November 1916 · page 4

The question of allowing elevators in Sydney to be operated after Thursday was discussed by the city council on Wednesday. The Lord…

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The Coal Crisis

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 December 1916 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

The special tribunal appointed under the War Precautions Act met in Sydney on Wednesday. A suggestion made by Mr. B[?]ley (miners' representative) to adjourn until the…

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Bull Colliery Dispute

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 December 1916 · page 4

Mr. Justice Edmund hold on inquiry in regard to the Bulli colliery [?] over payment for defielent [?]. The miners agreed to return…

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