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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

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Ruhr Isolated. Customs Barrier Effective. France Wins First Round. Coal Diverted From Germany. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 5

Reuter's Mayence correspondent says the superintendent of railways there has been arrested. The wires between Dortmund and Dusseldorf have been out…

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112 Dead Beuthen Mine Disaster. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 3

Dead numbering 112 have been brought from the mine destroyed at Beuthen. It is expected there will be in all 141 victims, including those still missing, who…

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Is Strike Likely? Victorian Miners' Request. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 2

The Federal Council of the Miners Union will meet in Sydney to-morrow to discuss the request from the Miners' Union at Monthaggi in Victoria that…

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King's Chariot. Fragments in Royal Tomb. Box Covered with Sheet Gold. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 3

A gilded wheel looking like a toy, yet showing signs of wear and undoubtedly part of the chariot in which Tutankhamen was driven through…

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The Coal Mines. No Need for Alarm. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 3

Mr. McDonald, secretary of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association, said he did not regard the coal situation with apprehension. In fact, he considered…

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INDUSTRIAL. Victorian Coal Dispute. Action by the Miners. Serious Position May Develop. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 3

The decision of the New South Wales coalminers to take every possible means to prevent coal being supplied to the Victorian Government while the dispute…

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Miners Going Slow. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 3

The work in the Ruhr mines continues but the yield' is still diminishing, and the coal held up by the closure measures is accumulating at sidings…

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Land Mine Explodes. Two Rebels Killed Seven Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 3

A curious affair is reported from Newcestow district, near Brandon. A party of National troops, arrested ten unarmed Irregulars, and ordered the…

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Royal Chariot. Gold and Precious Stones. Dazzling Decorations. Luxor

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 3

Spectators were, thrilled to-day at the withdrawal into the brilliant sunshine of Tutankhamen's chariot. Its body of gold and precious stones flashed fire. The…

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INDUSTRIAL. Proposed Coal Boycott. Not Yet in Operation. But Favored by Miners. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 5

The Federal Council of the Coal Miners' Union has not yer put into force the boycott of coal being sent from New South Wales to Victoria, though it has…

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All Bluff. Miners Talk of Striking. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 5

Certain members of the Colliery Proprietors' Association in Newcastle Consider the attitude adopted by the miners in the northern field with regard…

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Miners Want More Money. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 5

Because the superintendent of the Bunwood colliery has refused to accede to the request of the men for higher wages, a rupture in coal mining…

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Industrial. Young Miners Want Strike. Maitland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 5

The younger employees at the Maitland collieries are inclined to cease work if Maitland coal is sent to Victoria. The production of coal in New South Wales…

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Over Private Lines. Germans Smuggle Coal Cuno Pleased with Visit. French Threaten Iron and Steel Sanctions. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 5

The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" stales that it has been confirmed that the iron and steel sanction is contemplated. This was decided on at an…

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Miners' Decision. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 4

The Wonthaggi miners reaffirmed their previous decision to resume work[?] on the conditions existing between[?] November 16 and December 31…

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Coal Tribunal the Victorian Dispute. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 4

At the Goal Tribunal to-day the miners' representatives requested an adjournment for a week so as to enable Mr. [?] the general secretary, to proceed [?]…

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Why Go to Wonthaggi? Coal Disputes at Home. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 2

At the Coal Tribunal to-dav, after the miners' representatives had given assurances that the only object of their trip to Victoria was to settle the Wonthagg[?]…

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Passive Resistance. Declarations in Reichstag. Coal Supplies for France. German Policemen Arrested. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 5

According to Reuter's Berlin correspondent at a meeting of the Budget Committee of Reichstag the Minister of the Interior stated that only 22,000 tons of…

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Miners Declare Strike. Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 3

A message from Metz states that owing to the failure of the negotiations to increase the wages, the Moszell miners have declared a general strike, but seven…

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Coal Shortage Approaching. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 3

It is reported from Berlin that the chief coal office announces that there will be a great shortage of coal in three weeks' time…

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