Gloomy Outlook. British Miners' Wages.' Negotiations Unsuccessful Executive Meeting This Week. London
Daily Examiner · Monday 28 February 1921 · page 5
Negotiations regarding a wage scheme between the miners and the mine owners was resumed, but adjourned Without any prospect of an agreement…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Romance of a Gold Mine. Fifty Years Recalled. Will History Repeat Itself?
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 4
Away back in the seventies the Mines Department offered a reward of £1000 for the first discovery of payable gold in New South Wales at a greater…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Crisis. Position in Britain. Decline in Exports. Loss Estimated at £2,000,000 Weekly. London
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 5
The danger of a coal crisis appears to have increased. The coal owners have decided to give the miners a fortnight's notice immediately after March 13, when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping Strike. New Zealand Dispute. Union Fleet Laid Up. Factories Closing Down. No Coal Available. Wellington (N.z.)
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 5
The union Company s permanent workers refused to assist in discharging the cargo of the Marama, which was to leave for Sydney. The company dismissed them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Trade. How America Scored. Recovering the Market. London
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 5
Mr. W. C. Bridgeman said the quantity of coal exported from the United States to Europe for the year ending June, 1913, was 476,000 tons; from Australia, 100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Coal Industry. Greatly Reduced Output. Wages to Come Down. London
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 3
It is officially announced that the wage advances to coalminers, under the November strike' settlement are no longer payable, as, owing to trade…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mining Industry. a Serious Position. Select Committee's Recommendation. Armidale
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 3
The Parliamentary Select Committee inquiring into the decline of the metalliferous industry has furnished its report covering the Armidale…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Industrial. Five Collieries Idle. Newcastle
Daily Examiner · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 5
Five collieries in the Newcastle district are idle owing to the employees being on strike over trivial grievances…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wage Reduction Causes Coal Crisis. London
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 3
The Mineowners' Association has announced that, as a result of negotiations with the miners, the latter had agreed to a minimum wages…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Industrial Unrest. Pin-pricking Tactics. Five Collieries Idle Strike Over Trivial Matters. Sydney
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 2
Five collieries were idle in the Newcastle district yesterday, owing to the employees being on strike over trivial matters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Call National Conference. Building Trades Unions' Reduction. London
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 3
The miners are calling a National Conference to be held at London on 10th inst., to consider the situation. Meanwhile no further negotiations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Mining Fatality. Extensive Fall of Earth. Melbourne, Thursday Night
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 2
An extensive fall of earth occurred at the Ajax gold mine, Robert Leishman being completely buried. It is feared that he is dead…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Mining Industry. Chillagoe Smelters to Close 1500 Men Affected. Brisbane, Thursday Night
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 3
The Queensland Government has decided to close the Chillagoe smelters because of the big decline, in the metal prices. This decision will throw…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pulverised Coal. Its Economic Value. American Testimony
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 7
Necessity for conservation of coal resources, and development of substitute fuels, makes the increasing use of pulverised coal one of much…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Building Up the Country. Wanted: a Gold Rush
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 4
A happy idea is that of the N.S.W. Country Press Association, which, through the hundreds of local newspapers that it represents in N.S.W., is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Decline in Mining. Woman Digger Explains It
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 4
The Parliamentary Select Committee began an inquiry at Bathunst on Tuesday into the decline of metalliferous industry. Added interest was given to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →83 Strikes in 9 WEEKS ! Newcastle Miners' Black Record. Sydney
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 5
No fewer than eighty-three strikes on the part of employees have taken place in the coalmines of the Newcastle district since January 1st…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Notes for Gold." Two Farmers Victimised. Brisbane
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 2
Two farmers fell to the old trick of the confidence men, changing notes for gold, yesterday. Later two men were arrested, but the farmers declined to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold for Notes. the New Confidence Trick. Brisbane
Daily Examiner · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 4
A confidence trick, new to Brisbane, was successfully carried out by two men at the expense of two farmers from Mackay, who left by the Osterley on Saturday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russian Gold for Food. Placating the Peasants. Stockholm
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 5
It is believed here on good authority that the Soviet still dominates the situation and is making strenuous efforts to calm popular irritation and suppress the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →