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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

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Mine Owners Against National Agreement. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 September 1926 · page 5

Mr. Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Strike Committee of the Cabinet, had a long discussion with a delegation of the Mining Association,…

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Gold Rush All Manner of Vessels Chartered. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 September 1926 · page 5

The steamer Marsina, which arrived from Port Moresby, brought further news of the gold rush at Edie Creek. It is stated that all varieties of small vessels…

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"Its an Ill Wind--" New Gold Find at Tamworth. Tamworth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 September 1926 · page 5

Rich gold discoveries have been made of the new Niangala field, 40 miles from Tamworth. The. reef is five., feet wide and a large area has already been pegged out…

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More Gold for U.S. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 September 1926 · page 5

A shipment of £500,000 in sovereigns was sent to New York to-day by the steamer Sierra. During the past slx months £6,500,000 in…

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Coal Crisis Negotiations Continue Biggest Stumbling Block National or District Agreements. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 September 1926 · page 5

The "Evening Standard says Mr. Churchill will ask the miners to negotiate for district settlements on condition that the Government will…

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'Ice Broken' National Negotiations in Coal Strike Mr. Churchill's Mediation. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 September 1926 · page 5

Mr. Winston Churchill after conferring with the miners, sent a letter to Mr. Evan Williams thanking the Mining Association for its decision to consult its…

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Baltic Wreck Supposed Floating Mine. Riga

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 5

The coaster Meibade was wrecked in the Baltic. Thirty of her passengers and ten of the crew were drowned. A violent storm prevented fishing boats putting off…

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Flow of Gold in and Out of U.S.A. New York

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 5

The arrival of an additional 5,000,000 dollars in gold at San Francisco from Australia, for transference to New York, accounted for the Bank of England…

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More Migrants Mill Workers and Coal Miners. Melbourne, Sanday

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 September 1926 · page 5

Among the 404 passengers for Sydney, who arrived on the Berrima, there are parties of women textile workers for mills at Albury, and domestics for Orange. In…

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First Claims by Miners

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 September 1926 · page 4

A Wollongong message states that the Miners' Federation propose to claim a seven-hour day bank to bank and an increase of ninepence a lon for men hewing…

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Strikes Workers Lose £1,000,000 Miners Worst Offenders. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 September 1926 · page 5

The [?]th Statistician estimates that macro than £1,000,000 has been lost in wages to the workers of Australia during the past five years owing to…

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Got a Shock Picked on Constable Youths with Gold Watch to Sell. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 September 1926 · page 5

Two young young men got the surprise of their lives yesterday when they tried to sell a "gold watch." They approached a, man, who was…

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New Gold Mine Aeroplaneing to the Spot. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 September 1926 · page 4

Captain Richards, formerly manager of the Mt. Morgan mine, and Ferguson McMaster, both of Cloncurry (Qld), will leave by aeroplane this week for a spot…

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ADAMANT British Coal Owners No National Agreement Letter to Mr. Churchill. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 September 1926 · page 5

Mr. Evan Williams, secretary of the Miner Owners' Association, has Written to Mr. Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stating that except for…

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Two Hundred Millions What Coal Dispute Has Cost Britain. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 5

The Westminster Bank, in a review of the position, estimates that the coal dispute cost the country two hundred millions sterling to August 31…

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Short of Coal Tugs Cannot Find Steamer. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 4

When the steamer, Makura, was passing through Cook Strait last night, a small steamer signalled that she needed assistances, as her coal supplies had run out…

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Gold Mining Experts to Examine Problems. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 September 1926 · page 5

Before leaving for England, the Prime Minister requested the Development and Migration Commission to undertake an investigation of the present position of the…

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Will Appeal Coulter and Treffene Goldfield's Murder Case. Perth

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 September 1926 · page 4

When the jury in the Goldfields trial returned with a verdict of wilful murder against Coulter and Treffene the accused were asked if they had anything to…

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Coal Dispute Mr. Baldwin Acts Miners Summoned to Conference. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 September 1926 · page 5

Following a Cabinet meeting Mr. Baldwin has summoned the miners to an official conference at Downing street on Friday. He will also see the president…

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Local and General. Mining Applications

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 18 September 1926 · page 2

In the Mining Warden's Court at Coramba on Tuesday, Thomas J. Maher and Frederick Charles Fisher, of Dorrigo, were granted authority…

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