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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

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Fall of Coal. Miners Close Call. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 October 1923 · page 5

At 6.55 this morning the shift at Abermain No. 1 colliery assembled at the pit mouth waiting for the 7 o' clock whistle to blow…

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Stresemann's Activity. Coal Tax Abolished. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 October 1923 · page 5

The "Daily Chronicle" Berlin correspondent states that Herr Streseman's victory in the Reichstag was more complete than anyone anticipated, and the…

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Want More Pay. Miners at Two Collieries. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 17 October 1923 · page 2

The miners at the Invincible colliery at Cullen Bullen and the Vale of Llwyde at Lithgow intend to give notice on Friday unless an…

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Lithgow Miners. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 October 1923 · page 5

The miners at the Invincible colliery at Cullen Bullen, and the Vale of Cl[?] at Lithgow, intend to give notice [?] Friday unless an increase in the rates of…

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Coal Cutting Machines. [?]

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 October 1923 · page 5

According to the Northern Coll[?]eries' Association, notwithstanding the award of Mr. Justice Edmunds, the miners still refuse to work the coal cutting machine…

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Germany. Ruhr Coal Deliveries. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 5

The ''Daily Chronicle's" Berlin correspondent states that negotiations between the Ruhr industrialists and the French authorities have been reopened at…

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Hope Vanished. Entombed Miners at Redding. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 October 1923 · page 5

All hope of rescuing any of the entombed miners alive from the Redding pit at Falkirk vanished to-day, when the company officially announced at on…

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Gold at Mumel

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 October 1923 · page 4

"Fossickers" have a firm belief that gold will some day be found at the head waters of the Manning and its tributaries. Old hands speak of "Nuggety…

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500 Men Idle. Great Boulder Mine Closes. Perth

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 October 1923 · page 5

Five hundred men have been thrown idle through the closing down of the Great Boulder mine. The trouble arose over Sunddy work and the clause in the…

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Miners' Federation. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 October 1923 · page 4

The Miners' Federation is seeking some method of evening up the state of affairs responsible for some of its members earning big wages, while others are…

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Mine Fire Raging Since July

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 October 1923 · page 4

Men who are engaged in tunnelling from the surface of the Central Mine, Broken Hill, with the idea of driving into the seat of the fire which has been…

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The Coal Trouble. Attitude of Northern Miners. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 October 1923 · page 5

Serious trouble is anticipated in the local industry because the northern miners have refused to honor the arbitration decisions. In the case of a strike, it is…

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The Assembly. Railway Coal Mines. Labor Church Supporters. Condition of Clarence Entrance. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 4

In the Assembly to-day the Minister for works informed Mr. Goldstein that the capital cost of the coal mines property of the Railway Commissioners at…

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Mine Strikers Prosecuted. Perth

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 4

The proprietors of the Ivanhoe mine have issued 100 summonses against miners on strike…

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Coal Miners. Bitter Federation Conflict. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 5

A bitter conflict between the left and right wage of the Coal Miners' Federation, in which the lefts are rallying to the support of the Communist party, is…

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Coal Mining Industry. Pooling of Capital Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 2

Mr. A. C. Willis suggests that the Government should force the pooling of capital in the coal mining industry. By this means he states it…

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Westphalian Mines. to Be Closed London, Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 2

A message from Essen states that the mine owners have resolved to close all the Westphalian mines owing to the failure of negotiations with…

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Rich Gold Field. in West Australia Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 2

The West Australian Minister for Mines believes that the Wiluna gold field will rank second to Kalgoorlie in gold production…

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Two Gold Medals. World's Dairy Show. Success for Casino and Kyogle London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 5

The Dairy Show prize-winners are:--Salted butter and the gold medal, Casino Co-operative Dairy Company, New South Wales; silver…

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Coal Miners. Don't Want Strike. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 October 1923 · page 3

It is generally agreed that although a ballot is to be taken among the Miners Federation on the question of a strike if. the new log is not conceded, it is…

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