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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1920

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The Coal Question. a Deadlock at Spa. the German Proposals. Military Leaders Summoned. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 July 1920 · page 5

A Spa communique states that at the Conference Dr. Simons advanced the serious difficulties facing the Government in regard to the greater coal tonnage until…

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New Zealand Miners' Dispute. Wellington

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 2

New Zealand miners threaten drastic action if a fresh conference is not called before Monday next…

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German Coal Workers Protest. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 5

The Allies propose to pay five marks per ton for coal above the Treaty price and to occupy the Ruhr by November 15 if deliveries are short…

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Six-hour Day for Miners. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 5

The Amalgamated Metalliferous Association, at a meeting at Broken Hill, carried a motion that the Government be petitioned to place a six-hour day law for…

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Where the Gold Goes. Millions Lost by Wear and Tear

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 3

In 1846 the whole world produced less than £6,000,000 worth of gold. Then the Californian goldfields were discovered and in four years…

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Germans Accept. The Allied Terms. Regarding Coal Deliveries. with Certain Reservations. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 5

Reuter's Spa correspondent telegraphs that Dr. Simons sent Mr. Lloyd George a note intimating the Germans acceptance of the Allied terms regarding the…

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At Spa. Germans Accept Allies Terms. the Coal Deliveries. Ultimatum Averted. London, Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 5

A Spa correspondent says ven Simons has sent Mr. Lloyd-George a note intimates Germany's acceptance of the Allied terms regarding…

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Sweeping Up of Mines. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 July 1920 · page 3

In the House of Commons, replying to Viscount Curzon in regard to the sweeping up of mines, Mr. Bonar Law said that Great Britain and the United States had…

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Coal Deliveries. The German Signature. No Other Decision Possible. Final Stages of Conference. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 July 1920 · page 5

Reuter's Spa correspondent telegraphed that the details of the final stages of the conference show that the conference met at five in the afternoon, when Dr. Simons…

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INDUSTRIAL. Dispute in Coal Industry. Demand for Stop-work Meetings. Engine-driveps and Firemen's Claims. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 July 1920 · page 5

The engine-drivers and firemen in the coal mining industry, demand that, a series of stop-work meetings shall be called throughout the State…

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Mine Workers Demands. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1920 · page 5

The stop-work meetings on the coalfields, threatened by the engine-drivers and firemen have been cancelled in onsequence of the receipt by the union…

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Coal Lumpers' Attitude. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 July 1920 · page 4

The coal lumpers refused to work on the steamer Khyber until an assurance is given that Father Jerger is not to be placed on board…

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Coal Mining Dispute. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 5

The Prime Minister had a further conference with the representatives of the miners and coal owners in an effort to patch up the trouble in regard to the…

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Discovery of Gold. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 5

The Minister for Mines has received a favorable report from the Geological Surveyor on the gold discovery about a mile south-east of the Store Creek railway…

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Prosperous Miners. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 July 1920 · page 3

Smithfield reports state that the prosperous Northern miners and mill employees are now the readiest purchasers of high-priced English meat. They pay 6 to 8…

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Coal Miners and Wharf Laborers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 5

The statement that the coal miners will refuse to dig coal for the P. and O. steamers is characterised as absurd in Sydney union circles to-day…

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The Coal Miners. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1920 · page 3

Mr. Willis, Secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, says that the miners are determined to gain their demands. Failing this…

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INDU[?] Coal Miners [?] Men Reject Emplo[?] Other Measures T[?] Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 July 1920 · page 5

The dispute between the [?]ors and the Coal and Sha[?] Federation is unsettled. A [?] been reached. The propriet[?]…

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Rush for Coal

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1920 · page 2

At the present time the word "excited" is the only one which fitly described the coal market in Newcastle. The price fixed by the Federal…

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Silent and Sullen. Reichstag Hears Simons. Report of Spa Conference. Miners and the Coal Output. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 July 1920 · page 5

"The Times" Berlin correspondent telegraphed on Tuesday that Dr. Simons' report on the Spa Conference was made before a crowded, silent, and sullen…

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