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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

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New Siding at Wodonga for Transhipment of Coal. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 July 1919 · page 3

Arrangements are being made to establish an additional railway siding at Wodonga in order to facilitate the handing of coal at the border. The railway…

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Coal Workers Hesitate Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 July 1919 · page 2

Messrs. Holloway and Russell, from Melbourne, this afternoon addressed the executive of the Australian Coal and shalo Employers' Federation, and placed before…

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Hun Duties To Bo Paid In Gold LONDON, July 9

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 July 1919 · page 2

Herr Schiffer, who was Deputy [?] and Finance Minister in Herr [?] German Government, has disclosed that the [?] Government intends…

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Pedigree Gold Fish

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1919 · page 4

Mr. E. Murata, a Japanese, has the distinction of being the "Gold Fish King," of America and operates his remarkable "ranch" at San…

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Miners Moving

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1919 · page 46

The Northern Colliery Employees' Federation has convened a special meeting of the Delegate Board at the Trades Hall. Mr. Brennan, the secretary, states…

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Waiting on Miners

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1919 · page 46

Unless the coal miners in New South Wales adopt an unexpected attitude with regard to the milling of coal, there is no danger of an immediate extension of the…

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Coal Supplies for Victoria

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1919 · page 22

One serious result of the seamen's strike have been the cutting off of the coal supplies usually carried to Melbourne by water from Newcastle Attention has…

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Gold Discovery in New South Wales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1919 · page 45

Mr. M. Randell writes:—"In 'Banner' of last week 1 read your report of the first gold that was found in New South Wales. In 1857 I was in the employ of Mr…

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A Copper-mining Settlement. Glenwood via Shuttleton

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1919 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—Seeing my cousins' letters in the "Banner," I too, thought I would like to become a cousin. I am eight years old, and I have three…

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Strikers Told They Must Arbitrate. Goal Miners Restive. Strikers Demand Food

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1919 · page 46

Mr. Groom, speaking on behalf of the Acting Prime Minister, Mr. W. Watt, in the House of Representatives on Wednesday afternoon, said the Government…

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Wodonga Coal Siding a Shunter Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 July 1919 · page 4

An accident, with fatal consequences, occured at the Wodonga coal siding on Friday at 4.30 a.m. The victim wa Shunter Carlyon, who whilst performing…

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The Labor Inrest. Coal Miners Strike

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 July 1919 · page 3

The miners at Norn Nottingham have struck as a protst against the increased price of coal Two hundred thousand are idle in…

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The Strikes in Yorkshire. Grave Developments. The Miners Flooding the Mines

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 July 1919 · page 3

In the House of Commons Mr. Fisher described the developments in Yorkshire as grave and unprecedented. The strikers were flooding…

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Labor Unrest in England. The Coal Problem

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 July 1919 · page 3

The Northeastern railway systems are on strike, in sympathy with a driver, who was rejected because he failed to pass the color test…

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Increased Price of Coal Objecting Miners on Strike. London July 21

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 July 1919 · page 2

Miners employed in North Nottingham have struck as a protest against the increased price of coad, and 200,000 workers and idle in Yorkshire…

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Labor News One Big Union and Coal Miners Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 July 1919 · page 2

the one [?] Union project has been offially endorsed by the executive of the federal coal and shale employes…

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Increased Cost of Coal Most Perilous Situation London July 22

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 July 1919 · page 2

"The Daily Mail" says that the pert caused by the increased price of [?] parton in the cost of cont, and the refusal of the minors to how on account of the…

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Bullets of Gold

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 1

The recent recovery of a silver bullet from the leg of a Frenchman at Verdun recalls the days when thousands of Sardinians and Auntrians…

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Coal Strike Still Unsettled. the Government Makes an Offer. What the Miners Ask For. London

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 2

The conference of the miners' executive with the Government is not concluded yet. The Premier offered new piece rates, ensuring that the…

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A Larger Family Than Mine. Tallandoon

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff, — This is my second letter to the of Page. We arc having very cold weather now. It has been raining, and the hills all around us are covered with…

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