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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

1,055 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 42 of 53

War in America Civilians with Machine Guns. Awaiting Miners' Attack. New York

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 29 August 1921 · page 2

A message from Logan, West Virginia, states that posses of civilians, armed with machine guns, are lying in the mountain passes, awaiting an…

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Water for Westralian Goldfields. Increasing the Supply. Perth

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 29 August 1921 · page 3

The first twenty-two miles of the twenty inch water main, stretching for 350 miles, from Perth to the goldfields, have been scraped clean by the use of…

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A Coal Pool Suggested. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1921 · page 2

The Minister for Works agrees with the principle of pooling coal in the same way as wheat. If pooling was good for ane industry it was good for another. The…

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QUEENSLAND White Damp at a Coal Mine. I.W.W Working in the North. Mr. Theodore on the Million Farmers' Scheme. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1921 · page 5

The A[?] Maru, which passed Thursday Island to-day on route to the south, reported she encountered a typhoon in the Uhina Sea which drove her off her course…

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Coal Pool Proposal. Support From State Minister. Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1921 · page 3

A message from Newcastle says the Minister for Works, Mr. J. Estell, agrees with the principle of the pooling of coal, in the same way as wheat…

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Labor War in Virginia Miners and Police Clash. Serious Trouble Anticipated. New York

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1921 · page 3

A message from Charleston, West Virginia, says that, despite the belief that conflict would not occur (as was cabled on the 27th inst.), the miners…

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Valla Gold and Arsenic Mine

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1921 · page 2

The Valla sold and arseuic mine, at Urnoga, is apparently entering npon boom times. Mr, W. J. Hammoud, of Belliugen, Chairman of…

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Coal Situation. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1921 · page 2

The Secretary of the Northern Collieries' Association asserts that the coal situation is fraught with serious danger…

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Commercialising Beauty Spots. Coal at Nellie's Glen. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 August 1921 · page 3

A Lithgow message states that excellent coal has been discovered at Nellie's Glen, Katoomba…

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Nine Days a Fortnight Miners' Proposed Working Time. Endangering the Industry. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 August 1921 · page 3

A Newcastle message says the miners' proposal to limit the working fortnight to nine days is referred to by the secretary of the Colliery…

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Coal Situation. Shadow of Bolshevism Its First Big Offensive the Danger to the Community Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 August 1921 · page 5

The secretary of the Northern Collieries Association asserts that the coal situation is fraught with serious dangers. The miners, he says, are flouting the Coal…

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Industrial. the Miners' Paper. Strike Against Compulsory Subscription. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 September 1921 · page 4

The miners employed at the Killing worth colliery, in the Newcastle district, refused to work because they were being forced to subscribe to "Common Sense,'…

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More Miners Idle Any Strike Excuse Good Enough. the Five-day Week. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 September 1921 · page 2

The Clifton (South Coast) colliery was idle yesterday. The miners there are anxious to bring about a five-day working week…

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News of the World. Mining Dispute in Virginia. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 September 1921 · page 5

President Harding has declined to interfere in favor of the miners of Logan county, West Virginia, where trouble has been threatening for some days. Months ago…

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American Miners' War President's Proclamation Disregarded. Serious Conflict Feared. Many Already Wounded. New York

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 2 September 1921 · page 3

A message from Charleston states that, despite the proclamation issued by President Harding, asking the armed misers to disperse before…

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U S A. Miners' Strike. Martial Law Declared. Troops Hurrying to the Scene. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 September 1921 · page 5

At Logan, West Virginia, five thousand miners will defy the Presidential decree, declaring, martial law on Thursday at noon, and threaten to dynamite the troop…

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Reparation Payments Germany Honoring Undertakings. a Milliard of Gold Marks Paid. London, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 2 September 1921 · page 3

A Berlin message says the Vice-President of the Reichstag has announced that Germany has paid a milliard gold marks to the Allies,…

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West Virginia Miners. Washington

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 5

General Bandholtz, reporting from West Virginia, says the miners are dispersing and no further troops are being sent to the Coal field…

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OIL v. Coal. Liners' Exciting Race

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 8

The most exciting Trans-Atlantic race ever contested has resulted in a notable triumph for oil, the Aquitania, burning this fuel, arriving at New…

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[?] Oak Logs Supply Village. British Coal Strike Find

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 6

For six days out of every seven all gas supplied to consumers in S[?]yning, Sussex, has been extracted from wood. This wood gas has practically the same…

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