The Coal Miners Demand Nationalisation The Communist
The document argues for nationalising the coal mines in Australia as a means to defeat coal barons and manufacturers. It frames two powerful capitalist groups, coal barons and manufacturers, as oppressors of workers and urges unity across the working class to push for nationalisation and a countrywide campaign.
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Turin
Teadmp
Australia
Mme
Tyes
Bry
Ant Mane
All Workers Organisation
Communist Party
Aneang
Questioning Mine Ownership and Worker Control
The passage asks who digs and operates in mines, who transports materials, and who provides essential services. It contrasts workers, who face danger and toil, with mine owners who benefit amid poverty and scarcity, urging workers to own and control mines and make owners work. It ends by challenging the reader to consider their stance.
Convictions Under the Master and Servants Act at Cessnock
Twenty wheelers from Abermain No 2 Colliery appeared before Major Crane at Cessnock on April 0 charged under the Master and Servants Act with absence from work without reasonable excuse. One was fined seven shillings and ten pence with a month's imprisonment in default. four others were fined eight shillings or a month in prison. The case arose after a dispute over cavits as wheelers exchanged shifts, with management having permitted a swap but later ordering a return to original posts. The stoppage idled the pit and miners spoke of coercive tactics, demanding relief from the Masters Act and questioning Major Crane’s conduct amid coal-field tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abermain No. 2
Crane
Cessnock
Wheeler
Persom
Wheelers
North
Eye for Eye Behind Returned Soldier Bowtack Tale
A returned soldier Bowtack recounts brutal treatment by captors during captivity. He describes harsh discipline by the master class of Australia and the impact on his resolve and loyalty to his country. The account highlights wartime cruelty and its emotional toll on soldiers.
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Bowtack
Bowack
Australia
Campaign Against Major Crane Ignites Court Room Fracas
A chaotic scene unfolds as Major Crane arrives amid protests and a crowd at Aberiain. Police guard the court as the Major faces long hours of testimony and strong opposition from coal owners and local figures.
Fragmented scribbles touch near chaotic plans and events
A garbled OCR reads as a jumble of names, dates, and places with stray references to planes, battles, and procedures. It mentions committees and authorities, hints at trials or orders, and references a magistrate and daily schedules, but lacks coherent structure or a clear news line.
What Communism Means and the Capitalist System
An extended critique explains communism as an economic ideal of cooperative commonwealth and political revolution to achieve workers rule. It argues capitalism keeps workers subordinate and defines capitalists as those who own money for production, not merely possess money, detailing the capitalist cycle from money to production to finished goods.
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Ag Ita
Delamates
Maalwer
Dean
Sou
Sila
Capius
Agin
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P.M
Niles
Erie
Milklind
Coalaran
Martiner Gay
Benel
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Valedorian Collie
Aberuain
Reyes
Lotatiter
Uuebe Erie
Greeti Bk Ateries
T. A. Jackson
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