Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Mining & the mines, all years

Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

1,055 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 53

Gold Hunters at Murwillumbah

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 8

It is claimed that there are excellent prospects, of the gold-mining quest which is in progress at the rear of Hartigan's Hill developing into a very…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

The House of Gold

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1921 · page 2

She lived in a "house of gold," did Pamela Martin. Everything that a girl could desire was hers. Yet she was not happy. The. cares of this…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Coal Deliveries. Germany Wants Them Reduced. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 February 1921 · page 5

Reuter's Berlin correspondent telegraphed on Friday that the ''Tageblatt'' publishes a memorandum which was handed to the Allies in Paris by Herr Bergman,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Welsh Collieries Re-opening. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 5

Collieries in Wales employing 1600 are re-opening as the result of a visit of the directors to the Continent regaining some of the lost European markets…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Miners and the A.w.u

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 4

Mr. Wi[?]is, general secretary of the Coal Miners' Federation, states that he has received a letter from the A.W.U. asking the miners' organisation to send…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Control of Coal. Abolished in England. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 5

In view of the increased output, the slackened home demand, and the fact that export prices are now approximately the same as home prices, the Government has…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Victoria's Coal, Famine. Protest Against Racing Ban. Melbourne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 3

The Victorian Government has decided to disregard the new award of the Coal Tribunal. A strong, protest is being made…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Miners and Stamp Act. What Will Mr. McTIERNAN Do? Bulli

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 3

Local miner's completely ignored the new Act, which requires them to stamp the receipts for their fortnightly pay., The men resolutely declined, almost…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Aliens and Miners' Rights. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 4

It is announced that as a result of the expiration of the Mining Shares and Shipping Act of 1919 miners' rights and licenses may now be issued to persons of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Government Ownership of Mines. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 3

At a public meeting held at Broken Hill it was decided to urge the State Government to co-operate with the Federal Government in securing…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Rand Miners' Strike. Unauthorised Action of Extremists. Caprtown

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 3

A message from Johannesburg says the miners strike is mostly confined to the West and Central Rand. It is announced that the strike was not…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Miners' Strike. Position at Johannesburg. Executive Orders Men to Return. Cape Town

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 5

Reuter's Johannesburg correspondent states that the strike position is at present unchanged. It is not known on whose authority the strike was proclaimed, but…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Coal Industry. Seven Collieries Idle. Deliberate Action of Extremists. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 3

The industrial position on the coalfields is serious. Seven collieries are now idle through strikes, and the owners generally are convinced that the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Critical Position. On the State Coalfields. Mines May Close Down. Harassing Tactics of He Extremists. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 5

The industrial position of the New South Wales coalfields is rapidly becoming critical. On Monday and yesterday seven mines on the northern coalfields were id[?] through strikes, and for the past month…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Coal Lumpers' Vendetta. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 5

At the Darlinghurst Sessions Judge Mocatta passed a sentence of six months' imprisonment on Frederick Goss and Henry Alln[?]r, who were found guilty and…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Three More Mines Idle. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 5

Three more mines on the northern al[?]field were rendered idle yesterday owing to the employees having ceased work. Officials of the Coal and Shale…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Rival Coal Lumpers. Unionists Get Six Months. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 3

Frederick Gadd and Henry Allner, two members of the Coal Lumpers' Union, who were found guilty of assaulting Colin McLachlan, a loyalist…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Mining at Bathurst. a Big Output. Bathurst

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 2

Official figures show that during last year minerals to the value of £775,000 were produced in the Bathurst mining…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Rand Mining Strike. Ultimatum to the Men. Capetown

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 3

The Transvaal Chamber of Mines has notified the miners on strike that if they are not at work on Friday they will be discharged…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Coal Industry. Fight Against Bolshevism. to End "Intolerable Stoppages." Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 3

The coalmine owners are determined that if the industry is to live in this country it shall be free from the unreasoning, but deliberate, obstruction…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →