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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines
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"The Broken Hill miners have now been on strike for about nine months. They are claiming a six hours' shift bank to bank, a five days' working…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The deputy-chairman of the Coal Board states that stocks of coal for some time have been very low, and the position has not been improved by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The number of men employed on the Broken Hill mines at the end of December, 1919, was, as indicated in the table below, 1754 This total is 5725…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Board has made the following statement:—"The coal position in South Australia, which has not recovered from the effects of the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Board has made the following statement:—"The coal position in South Australia, which has not recovered from the effects of the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An outline of the measures by which the Broken Hill strike has been maintained for nine months was given by Mr. Willis, secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The operations allocated to the British for the clearance of all moored mines in home waters, the Mediterranean, and the Aegean Sea have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The operations allocated to the British for the clearance of all moored mines in home waters, the Mediterranean, and the Aegean Sea have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The main reason for English firms being unable to produce spelter for less than £60 per ton is on account of the excessive price charged by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A prominent Broken Hill mining man writes as follows to the "Advertiser":- "Possibly a few South Australians…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The A.M.A. store staff has been reorganised, Mr. T. Leonard relinquishing his position as manager for a week to enable Mr. J. S. Flynn, the former…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A piano has geen found buried in a truck of coal lying at Spotswood station, near Melbourne. The piano had been packed in canvas and tarpaulin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT appears that part ot the programme of the Coal and Shale Employees Federation is to bring about what they call the social ownership of the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Owing to the seamen's strike a few weeks ago, and the strike of marine engineers now, the situation as regards coal supplies has reached an acute…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At a meeting of the A.W.U. at Kalgoorlie it was decided to resume work as soon as the mines were ready. Work at the Great Boulder and the South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A telegram received by the Department of Navigation from Singapore states that four or five floating mines were sighted on January 2…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Silver is quoted at 6/4[?] an ounce…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The coal situation in Austria is unprecedentedly critical. All passenger trains have been stopped for the past ten days, and there is a likelihood of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seats on the technical commission of inquiry, which is to determine the prevalence of disease among the mine workers at Broken Hill, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. J. Williams, underground manager of the New Langi Logan Gold Mine, is expected to arrive in Broken Hill on Saturday. His mission will be to…
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