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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

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Arbitration Court. Engine Drivers and Firemen. Mines Claim for Exemption. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 5

During the hearing of a plaint by the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association in the Federal Arbitrations Court, Mr. Maughan, representing the…

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Idle Rolling Stock. Strange Sight at Glasgow. Result of High Coal Prices. Glasgow

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 5

There is an extraordinary sight on the Scottish railways, where miles of unwanted coal-laden waggons are alongside hundreds of empty goods trucks. This is the…

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A Famous Penman in Elizabethan Days. Competition for a Pen of Gold

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 August 1921 · page 2

England at one time possessed a penman capable of rivalling Nessi Effendi Karkarem, the Arab who shows specimens of his art, including…

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The Mining Position Important Industrial Decision. Exemption From Awards Granted. Melbourne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 August 1921 · page 2

A very important industrial decision was given by Justice Powers in the Arbitration Court to-day, when the Moonta and Wallaroo Mining and…

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Claim for £5000 Miners' Secretary Sues Newspaper. for Alleged Libel. Some Pertinent Questions. Melbourne, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1921 · page 3

Albert Charles Willis, secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, commenced an action in the Melbourne Civil Court to-day,…

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Application by Mines Association. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 August 1921 · page 4

On the ground that any increase in wages on change in working conditions tending to advance the cost of production would jeopardise the existence of the…

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Coal Trimmers Agreement. Wages From 3 TO 76 an Hour. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 August 1921 · page 4

Under an agreement filed to-day in the Federal Arbitration Court the rates for coal trimmers at Newcastle have been fixed. Their pay is to be 3 an hour; overtime…

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Gold and Tin. a Rich Reef. Tin in Street Gravel. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 August 1921 · page 5

Advices have been received from J. Davis and party that they opened up a gold reef at Bumbaldry fifty miles from Young. Assays have been received as…

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Our Mineral Wealth Gold at Young and Canbelego. Tin in Glen Innes Road Gravel. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 August 1921 · page 3

A message from Young reports that gold assaying over thirty-two ounces to the ton has been found at Bumbaldry, fifty miles from that town…

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Mine Creep at Wickham. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 August 1921 · page 1

Slight damage to property was done at Wickham yesterday as the result of a mine creep. In one spot the ground subsided a foot. The wall of a room…

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Mine Creep at Wickham. Subsidence of 22 Inches. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 August 1921 · page 3

A message from Newcastle says that damage amounting to £250 was done at Wickham yesterday, owing to a mine creep. The ground subsided a foot. In…

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The Miners' Conference. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 5

Addressing the miners' annual conference at Llandudno, Mr. Smith defined causes of loss on account of strike, and said that the war left the miners an…

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Miners and Income Tax. a Novel Strike. No Payments Unless Exemption Is Raised. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 3

A message from Lithgow says the miners' movement to resist payment of income tax unless the exemption is raised to £300 is spreading rapidly, all…

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British Miners' Conference Straight Talk to the Men. "An Exaggerated Sense of Power." the Lesson of the Strike. London, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 3

Controry to expectations the miners' annual conference, under Mr. Herbert 'Smith's presidency, opened in an unusually subdued atmosphere…

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Queensland the No-conference Motion. Mount Coolan Goldfield. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 5

The no-confidence debate in the Legislative Assembly was continued to-night, and when the House rose there was little indication as to when it was likely the…

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Valla Gold and Arsenic Mine

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 4

The Valla gold and arsenic mine, at Urunga, is apparently entering upon boom times. Mr. W. J. Hammond, of Bellingen, Chairman of Directors, is…

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Industrial. Coal Miners' Claims. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 4

The council of the Australian Coal and Shale Workers' Federation is anxious that the chairman of the Commonwealth coal tribunal should deal with the…

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Miners' Conference. Nationalisation Demanded. 30-Hour Week Postponed. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 5

The Miners' Conference unanimously passed a resolution demanding nationalisation as the present settlement was unacceptable as a substitute for their ultimate…

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Great Coear Mine Plant Sold. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 August 1921 · page 2

The Newcastle firm, A. Goninan and Co., have purchased the whole of the equipment and plant at the Great Cobar Mine. It cost more than £1,000,000 to erect the…

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More Notes for Gold. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 August 1921 · page 4

A confidence man approached Mrs. Gray a visitor from England, who is on her way to New Zealand, and informed her that he was bound to New Zealand, and induced…

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