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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

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Industrial. Coal Carters Strike, Participators Expelled From Union. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 December 1919 · page 3

The coal carters who took part in the recent strike have been expelled from the, Trolley, Draymen, and Carters Union on the ground that they struck work…

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Berlin a Bad Bank. Allies to Share Turkey's Gold. Paris

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 December 1919 · page 3

The Supreme Allied Council is going to divide among the Allies the Turkish gold which was deposited in Berlin at the beginning of the war…

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Customs Duties in Gold. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 December 1919 · page 5

Reuter's Berlin correspondent telegraphed that the Reichstag passed a Bill providing for the payment of Customs duties in gold…

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Drifting Mines Discovered. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 December 1919 · page 3

Two more drifting mines have recently been discovered, one near Cooktown, and the other in the Great North-East Channel, Torres Strait. They appear to have…

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Shipment of Gold. to Stabilise Exchange. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 December 1919 · page 3

Five millions sterling in gold was shipped from Ottawa to Wall street in an endeavor to stabilise Canadian exchange between Canada and United States…

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British Coal. Bill Before the Commons. a Serious Development. London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 December 1919 · page 3

In the House of Commons, Sir Auckland Geddes (President of the Board of Trade), in moving the second reading of the Coal Industry Emergency Bill,…

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Go-slow Miners. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 December 1919 · page 3

A message from New Zealand states unionists have decided to further limit the output of coal under the "go-slow" policy from a January next, when the…

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Limestone Miners. Rate of Wages Fixed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 December 1919 · page 5

Judge Rolin, on the application of the A.W.U., made an award for limestone miners (State), fixing the rate at 1310 a day, or 6 a week above the basic…

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Warden's Court. Mining for Coal

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 December 1919 · page 2

Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M., Warden, at the Grafton Court this morning. Arthur Albert Brown, a laborer,…

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Three Miners Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 December 1919 · page 1

Three miners were injured by a fall of coal at Aberdeen colliery, One of the men, Kelly, was admitted to the hospital suffering from a fractured pelvis. The…

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Undola May Have Struck Mine. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 December 1919 · page 1

William Sinclair, consulting engineer, giving evidence regarding the sinking of the colliers, expressed the opinion that the Undola had sunk owing to the effects of…

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Northern Territory. Commission of Inquiry. Advances to Copper Mines. Darwin

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 December 1919 · page 5

At the Northern Territory inquiry, Henry Carey said Dr. Gilruth had guaranteed half the loss in the Daley mine to Judge Bevan…

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America's Coal Famine. Restrictions Rescinded Foreign Vessels May Coal. New York, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 December 1919 · page 2

A message from Washington says: The fuel restrictions (imposed during the recent coal strike) have been rescinded. Foreign vessels will now be…

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Working with Germans. Attitude of Johannesburg Miners. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 December 1919 · page 5

Reuter's Johannesburg correspondent telegraphs that work was suspended in several mines for the purpose of taking a ballot as to whether they were in favor…

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Development at Ararat. 22oz. Gold From 7 Tons Quartz

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 December 1919 · page 2

An important mining development has occurred at Ararat (says the Melbourne "Age"). The recent discovery of a payable lode near Green Hills…

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Loss in Wages. to United States Miners. Washington

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 December 1919 · page 5

Statistics show that the miners lost twelve millions sterling in wages during the recent strike…

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Retirement From Cabinet. the Price of Gold. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 December 1919 · page 5

From Washington it is reported that Mr. Franklin Lane announces his rctir[?]ment from President Wilson's Cabinet. He specifically denies any friction with…

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Britain's Coal Output. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 December 1919 · page 5

The coal output for the week ending December 6 was 4,808,524 tons, the highest since May…

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Mine Explosion. Postponed for Photograph. Film Man's Story

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 December 1919 · page 3

A story of how a General is said to have delayed a great operation until the light became good enough for cinematograph purposes is taken from…

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Strike at the Lead Mines. a Peculiar Position. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 December 1919 · page 5

A curious outcome of the prolonged strike at the lead mines at Darleydale, Derbyshire, is that ten claimants for three disused mines under the ancient law have…

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