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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1920

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Telegrams. Rich Gold Specimens. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 July 1920 · page 3

Remarkable rich specimens from the Britannia mine, situated about 8 miles from Boulder City, were exhibited in Fremantle to-day. The total weight of the…

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Cornwall Tin Mines Closing. Men Coming to New South Wales. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 July 1920 · page 3

Owing to the Government's refusal of a loan of £200,000 to the tin mines in Cornwall, the Dolcoath and Grenville mines discharged 1000 men. Some of the…

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Industrial. Coal Miners' Claims. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 July 1920 · page 5

The coal miners urge the appointment of a tribunal to discuss their claims. It is stated that their object is social ownership…

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Miners' Diseases. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 7 July 1920 · page 3

The commission which is inquiring into miners' diseases finds that hookworm disease does not exist…

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Telegrams. Miners' Diseases. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 July 1920 · page 5

The Commission of Inquiry into Miners' Diseases find that the hookworm disease does not exist at Broken Hill…

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Gold Yield

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 July 1920 · page 3

The New South Wales gold yield for the past six months shows a decrease in value of £15,283…

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Miners Federation. Increase in Wages Demanded. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 July 1920 · page 3

The Miners Federation at Leamington accepted the executive's demand for an increase in wages of 29 daily according to grade. Also the demand that the…

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The Council Coal Mine. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 10 July 1920 · page 5

It is stated that several Labor aldermen are reconsidering their views on the purchase by the City Council of a coal mine…

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Miners' Conference. the Mines Bill, Proposed General Strike. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 July 1920 · page 5

The Miners' Conference decided to boycott the Mines Bill if enacted. Further resolutions were carried, asking the Trade Union Congress to promote a…

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Mysteries of the Mine

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 10 July 1920 · page 2

What was the fate of Thomas Severn? For Seventeen months the question has been discussed by the mining population of Ikeston,…

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Miners for New Zealand. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 July 1920 · page 5

It has been suggested in New Zealand that two thousand miners and laborers should be obtained from Broken Hill to relieve the shortage here. The Prime…

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Coal for the Baltic. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 July 1920 · page 5

It is understand that two cargo steamers have been chartered to take coal from Newcastle to relieve the shortage in the Baltic States…

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The Spa Conference. Coal Discussion. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 July 1920 · page 5

Herr Hugo Stinnes, the industrial magnate, has been requested to proceed to Spa to take part in the coal discussion. Reuter's Spa correspondent, writing on…

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Purchase of a Mine. by the City Council. Aldermen's Volte Face. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 July 1920 · page 5

Several Labor aldermen are reconsidering their views on the purchase by the City Council of a coal mine. The reported proposal of the City…

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New Zealand Miners. Wellington

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 July 1920 · page 5

Negotiations between the New Zealand miners and the coal owners have been broken off. The miners' representatives state that since the employers desired a…

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Short Delivery of Coal. the Germans' Explanation. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 July 1920 · page 5

A Spa Conference communique states that Dr. Simons communicated to the conference Germany's reply to the Allies' notification regarding coal. He disputed…

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Coal Mine Purchase. Dowdy Meeting of City Council. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 July 1920 · page 5

After a lengthy and rowdy discussion on the coal mine purchase proposal by the City Council it was decided, with one dissentient (Ald. R. D. Meagher), to submit…

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Telegrams. Hill End Mine. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 July 1920 · page 5

The report by the directors of the Amalgamated Hill End, Ltd., states that the recent sensational find of very rich ore has not materialised into anything to…

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The Coal Question German Deliveries Short. Attitude of Delegation. Treaty Cannot Be Modified. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 July 1920 · page 5

A Spa communique, issued this afternoon, shows that, arising out of the solution of the coal question, Dr. Simons displayed a reluctance to submit the…

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Broken Hill Mines. a Union's Proposal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 July 1920 · page 5

The United Laborers' Protective Society has decided to ask the State Government to take over the Broken Hill mines, and to resume industrial operations,…

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