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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

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Coal Miners at Wallsend Decide to Have a March Intermittent Work Trouble M.L.A. Offers Assistance Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 February 1923 · page 3

The meeting of miners hold at Wall send carried the following resolution in addition to the motion (reported yesterday) demanding a weekly wage…

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Comment by an Owner Suggests That the Miners Should Get Other Work Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 February 1923 · page 3

A member of the Camery Proprietors' Association commenting on the resolutions said that the Miners' Federation could bot improve the present position…

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Industrial Matters French Miners' Strike Resumption Decided on (Reuter's Message.) Paris, February 20

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 1

The National Council of the Federation of the Underground Workers has decided that the miners on strike shall resume work to-morrow except on the…

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The Coal Industry Ruin Thro Mismanagement Alleged by Mr. Willis the Intermittency Question Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 1

Before the Coal Tribunal yesterday Mr. J. Baddeley, M.L.A., the miners' industrial advocate said that he wished to bring forward the question of the…

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Barrier Miner Thursday February 22, 1923. Fooling the Coal Miners

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 2

JUST at present the principal complaint made On behalf of the coal miners by their representatives on the Coal Tribunal is that, although in some…

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Injured at Central Mine

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 3

S. Senior while trying to get away from some falling ground at the Central mine last night fell and injured his stomach. Dr. Hains attended Mr…

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Land for Ex-miners Reference by Minister to Missed Oppobtunities

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 4

Mr. E. M. Horsington, M.L.A., has received the following letter, dated February 16, from the Under-Secretary of the Department of Labor and…

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Coal Tribunal Further Evidence Taken Against Reduction Claim Sydney,Thursday

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 2

At the sitting of the Coal Tribunal yesterday, giving evidence on behalf of the miners in opposition to the proprietors' claim for a redaction of one-third…

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 4

W. Crocker, a boilermaker, was working in the South mine boiler shop today when he fell on a sheet of iron and injured his head. After receiving…

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School of Mines Roll Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 1

At the School of Mines the students number 3326. The number, it is believed, would be much larger if more, accommodation was available…

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Industrial Matters Coal Tribunal Evidence of Raised Rents in the Mining Districts Nurse's Story of Suffering Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 1

Giving evidence before the Coal Tribunal yesterday in opposition to the claim of the proprietors for a one-third reduction in pay, W. H. Nord, employed…

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Distress at Newcastle Prime Minister to Meet Delegation From Miners Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 1

At a meeting of the executive of the northern branch of the Miners Federation yesterday it was decided that Messrs. M. Charlton and D. Watkins,…

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Mining State Coal Mine Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 2

The Railway Department's coal mine at Lithgow this week achieved an output of 1000 tons a day…

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Mining. State Coal Mine Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 6

The Railway Department's coal mine at Lithgow this week achieved an output of 1000 tons a day…

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 8

W. Crocker, a boliermaker, was working in the South mine boiler shop yesterday when he fell on sheet of iron and injured his head. After receiving…

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Rich Gold Find Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 6

A good find of rich gold bearing quarts reef has been made near Ade-long…

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Rich Gold Find Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 2

A good find of rich gold-bearing quarts reef has been made near Ade-long…

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Coal Tribunal Women Give [?] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 6

Before the Coal Tribunal yesterday further evidence was given on behalf of the employees in relation to the employers' claim for a general…

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Coal Owners Renounce Contracts with Neutrals (Reuter's Message.) Paris, February 23

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 2

Messages from Dusseldorf state that, apparently with tile object of provoning neutral countries against France, the directors of the principal mines…

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Coal Owners Renounce Contracts with Neutrals (Reuter's Message.) Paris, February 23

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 1

Messages from Dusseldorf state that, apparently with the object of provoking neutral countries against France, the directors of the principal mines…

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