French Coal Strike All Industry Imperilled
The miners strike is extending imperilling all French industry. It is estimated that 300,000 persons are idle, thus reducing the daily output of coal by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining & the mines, 1920
303 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 16
High Cost of Living Boycott by Coal Miners. Sydney
A meeting of delegates from the South Maitland Coal Fields was held at Weston to-day to deal with the profiteering question…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Indians' Gold Confiscated Sydney
Recently the Customs Department confiscated £300 worth of gold from certain Indians who were attempting to take it to India with them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Co-operative Coal Mining Successful
The possibility of working the coal mines on a co-operative basis was discussed before the royal commissioner who is inquiring into the coal industry. Clement…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Countries Without Coal
Nearly every express train in Italy was cut off on August 1 last. The reason is that Italy has not a single coal-mine in all her territory…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Find Near Gloucester
In regard to the discovery of gold at Gloucester the Minister for Mines (Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick) is in receipt of a report from Mr. J. Carthew, inspector of mines,…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Silver a Mining By-product
Silver is probably one of the strangest metals won from the earth. The time was, notably during the early days of the State of Colorada, when ores were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Welsh Miners. Non-payment of Income Tax London, Mar. 14[?]
Over 60,000 Welsh miners have been su[?]oned for non-payment [?] of income tax…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →High Wages in England. Mining and Transport Work Ers' Demands. London, March 16
The South Wales coal owners have is[?]ed a statement that the granting of the [?]iners' new demand of an extra 3/ per[?] would mean the taking away of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oaklands-Yarrawonga Railway to Open Up Coal Seam. Melbourne
Mr. Barnes, Minister for Railways, visited Oaklands. New South Wales, this week, to discuss with the Progress Association and the settlers interested a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Price of Gold Raised
Owing to the increased price of gold abroad arrangements have been made by the Commonwealth Treasury to charge manufacturing jewellers, dentists and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coorabin Coal Suitability for Railways
There are indications [?] covery of coal at Coorabin may be of value to the Victorian railways. The Minister for Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coorabin Coal Mine
Says the "Age" in a loading article: "There are indications that the discovery of coal at Oaklands, in the southern extremity of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Price of Coal
The officers of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employes' Federation are pondering as to whether, in order to get another rise in wages, the federation would be justified…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Dearer Gold. Surcharge of £1 Per Ounce. Action by Government
The Royal Mint, Sydney, acting under instructions from the Commonwealth Government, has placed a surcharge of 20- per ounce on the price…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Miners' Demands What Is Wanted Now. Sydney
The miners on the Maitland coal fields are restless, the more extreme elements advocating a five day week of shifts of six hour's each, and —Reuter. per day, with,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Threatened Coal Strike. Increase of 3/ Per Shift London, March 24
An official announcement has been made on behalf of the miners of the unanimous rejection of the Government's offer of an increase of 1/6 a day for all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coorabin Coal Mine
Says the "Age" in leading article: There are indications that the discovery of coal at Oaklands, in the southern extremity of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Analysed
Tests made by the Victorian Geological Survey Department from the samples of coal received from the Oaklands coal field, do not indicate that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Theft of Gold Sum of £14,000 Involved
An astonishing story concerning a] sum of £14,000 in gold was told in the Adelaide police court on Monday. Henry Smithson, 45, who arrived at the outer…
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