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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

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Still the Coal Trouble the Miners' Threat. "End of Tribunal in Sight." Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 5

The official organ of the miners states to-day that uneasiness exists amongst the coal miners owing to the failure of the Commonwealth…

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British Miners' Secretary. Frank Hodges' Career

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 3

A young man, spare, of middle height with deep-set eyes looking out from a face sharp, keen, and intelligent, earnest with the nervous mannerisms…

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Control of Coal Industry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 5

The Coal and Shale Miners' Federation is sanguine that the decisions of the Melbourne Trades Unions' Congress in favor of the O.B.U. preamble is a step towards…

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About Gold. British Yukon the Eldorado of the Future

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 6

The paralysing effect of the "money strangle," due to the grave shortage of gold, is the chief topic of the business world to-day. With the…

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Broken Promises. The Miners Claims. Regarding Local Tribunals. Trouble in Sight. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 5

According to "Common Cause,'' the official organ of the miners, uneasiness exists owing to the failure of the Commonwealth Government to keep its promise in…

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British Industry Recovering From Coal Strike. Unemployment Lessening. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 July 1921 · page 3

unemployed registered in Britain now total 2,120,201, which is 50,100 below the numbers in the previous week, showing that industry is recovering…

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Colliery Closes Down. Production Too Costly

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 3

A message from Newcastle states that, owing to the excessive cost of production, the management of the Glebe coal mine bas decided to close…

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Australia's Coal Trade. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 5

Sydney shippers contend that Australia's coal trade is being lost through the continued interference of the Federal Government. It is now contended that…

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South Africa. the Recent Mining Strike. Report of Committee of Inquiry. Cape Town

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 5

At Johannesburg the committee appointed by the branches of the South African Mine Workers' Union to inquire into the spreading of the strike on Consolidated…

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QUEENSLAND An Aeroplane Crashes Doctor Charged with Murder Man Killed in a Goal Mine. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 July 1921 · page 2

An aeroplane flying from Melbourne to Central Queensland left Bourke this morning for Cunnamulla containing Mr. Howard Jolly (pilot), and one passenger. The…

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The Coal Tribunal. an Interrupted Hearing. Wollongong

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 July 1921 · page 2

The Coal Tribunal sat at Wollongong yesterday and to-day. Evidence was tendered by a number of average-takers at the various collieries…

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Gold and Platinum

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 7

At Masset, British Columbia, a new machine for extracting valuable minerals from the black sands of the Queen Charlotte Islands has been tried…

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South Africa. Miners' Wages Reduction. Cape Town

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 5

The Johannesburg Chamber of Mines has notified the South African Industrial Federation of its intention to reduce the wages of miners by 16 per shift on…

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Embargo on Coal Support. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 July 1921 · page 4

Representatives of the Miners' Federation interviewed Sir Robert Garran, Solicitor-General, on the question of coal restriction, pointing out that the restrictions…

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Causalties. Mining Fatality. Ipswich

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 July 1921 · page 5

While engaged on work in the air-shaft at Aberdare Extended coal mine at Ipswich last night the scaffolding by some means gave way, precipitating two miners,…

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Chaff Bags of Gold. "Owner" Goes to Reception House. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 July 1921 · page 3

A quiet little man called at a Sydney police station to-day and complained that he had left five chaff bags full of gold on a wharf at Melbourne through…

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A Mining Failure. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 1

At the Warden's Court at Bathurst the Mount Tennyson Molybdenite Mine applied for the suspension of the six months labor conditions so as to give it an…

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Miners and Income Tax. Want Exemption Increased. Refuse to Pay on Less Than £300. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 2

A movement has been started amongst the Lithgow coalminers to refuse to pay State and Federal income tax on incomes of less than £300…

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A Brush with Germany. Mine-sweeper Fired Upon. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 5

A message from Christiania says a German mine-sweeper in the White Sea was compelled to return to Vardos, owing to Bolshevik hostility…

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A Gold Mine Romance

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 August 1921 · page 4

Many years ago McKenzie and Nair struck a rich reef on Crow M[?]tain, near Barraba, and sold out [?] company, who lost the reef. Three…

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