The Miners' Demands. £1 a Day for Six Hours. Sydney
The miners on the Maitland coalfields are restless, and the more extreme elements are advocating a five-day week of six hours each, and £1 a day, with finally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1920
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Late Cables. British Labor Troubles. the Miners' Demands. Sudden Strike Clouds. the Public Must Pay London
The country is confronted, with dramatic suddenness, with the possibility of a national strike of miners, and serious trouble on the railways…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Claims. Arriving at a Compromise. Government Examining the Figures. Hopes of a Peaceful Settlement. London
The Miners' Federation advised the Government of the rejection of the latter's offer. They offered to reopen negotiations with the Cabinet, and Mr. Lloyd…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Confiscation of Indians' Gold. Melbourne
As a result or representations made to the Commonwealth Government, the fines imposed on the Indians from Fiji for having more than the legal amount of gold in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casualties Fatal Accident at a Mine. Hobart
One man was killed and another severely injured at the North Lyle mine (Tasmania) as the result of a fall of earth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Coal Crisis. Settlement Expected. Special Cabinet Meeting. London
The situation between the Government and the Miners' Federation is that the latter has agreed to accept the percentage basis in respect to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Workers' Jew Dictator. a Bombastic Utterance. Coal for Food. London, Tuesday Night
A Paris report states: The Communists at Essen have decided to ask the Berlin Government for a truce. A Jew named Ludwig is exercising…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners to Take a Ballot. London
The minors have decided to take a ballot on the Government's offer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Is It a Mine? Discovery at Kurnell. Sydney
It has been reported to the police that what is thought to be a mine has been found on Kurnell beach. The naval authorities are investigating the matter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Miners' Demands. Ballot to Be Taken
The Coal Miners' Conference after hearing their executive's report following a further interview with the Government, decided to submit two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Their Weight in Gold
Clothes literally cost their weight in gold at last. A pair of silk stockings in one of the best Paris shops is priced £3. It weighs three--quarters of an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Price of Gold
A writer in the metropolitan press, referring to a resolution carried at the conference of the Associated Chamberce of Commerce, "That the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Position at Broken Hill. Miners' Demands and the Industry. Sydney
In an official statement on the Broken Hill strike, Mr. Emery, president of the Broken Hill Mining Managers' Association, declared that the granting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Smuggling. South African Leakage. Startling Figures. Capetown, Wednesday Night
During a discussion on the embargo on the export of gold, in the South African Assembly, the Minister for Railways said the gold premium had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Industrial. Gold Miners' Strike Settled. Auckland
The Waihi miners' strike has been settled, the owners granting a minimum of 16 per day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Crisis in England. Rejection of Government's Offer Anticipated. London
A recurrence of the coal crisis is feared. The men's leaders now anticipate that the ballot returnable on April 14 will largely favor the rejection of the Government's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Commission. Decision of the Miners' Board. Men Decline to Give Evidence. Newcastle
The Northern Delegate Board of the Coal and Shale Employees Federation decided to decline to give evidence before the Coal Commission The reason…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Remarkable Story. Gold From Sooth Africa
A sensational story concerning a sum of £14,000 in gold was related in the Adelaide Police Court in a ease in which Henry Smithson, who arrived at the Outer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The British Coal Crisis. London
The president of the Durham Miners Union, a prominent official of the Miners Federation, addressing the former body to-day, declared that strikes were always…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Africa's Gold Industry. Most Disastrous Month Known. Mines May Close Down. Capetown, Wednesday Night
Last year's losses in connection with the low grade mines, which were averted by a rise in gold values, have been revived owing to a sudden drop…
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