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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

196 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 10

Newcastle Mines Newcastle

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 1

An aggregate meeting of members of the Coal Employeers' Federation was held to-day, but was poorly attended. The speakers expressed…

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British Coal Trouble. London, May 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 23

The Scottish deck labourers have appealed to the executive of the Transport Workers' Federation to convene immediately a conference of delegates of the…

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The Coal Crisis. An Optimistic Feeling. Miners' Demonstration at Wigan. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 2

There is a growing feeling that the week will bring a fresh effort to end the coal deadlock. The miners' leaders appear to be convinced that…

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The Coal Strike. The Position Most Acute. Transport Workers and Railway Men Refusing to Handle Imported Coal. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 2

The position with respect to the coal strike is most acute. Imported coal is coming in, but the railway men are refusing to handle it, and it…

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Government Not Lacking Help. Abundant Foreign Coal Supplies. A Demonstration Against Thomas. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 2

Desperate efforts are being made by the extremist to plunge the country into a general strike, but the transporters' move in that direction…

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The British Coal Strike. Transporters and Railwaymen More Reasonable

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 2

The transporters and railwaymen are reasserting commonsense methods, recognising that public opinion is strongly against them regarding the…

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Coorabin Coal

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 2

Mr. Stead, manager of the Coorabin coalfield, took advantage of the Minister for Mines, Hon. S. Barnes, to Yarrawonga to demonstrate the…

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Miners' Petty Strikes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 25

A statement was made on behalf of the mineowners on Wednesday that the loss of coal output at Maitland and Newcastle during tho first four months of this year…

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Export of Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 32

At a recent meeting in London of the Bank of Australasia, the chairman, the Earl of Midleton, speaking on the exchange question as it affects trade between…

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British Coal Strike. London. May 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 45

Unofficial conversations between responsible leaders of both owners and miners and representatives of the Government have given rise to an optimistic feeling…

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The British Coal Strike. Scenes at Glasgow. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 2

Behind gates, guarded by marines and police, volunteer dockers are striving to keep the port of Glasgow open. Machine guns, mounted on the…

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Coorabin Coal Mine. and Its Relationship to Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 4

The following in an interesting paper read at the last meeting of the Wahgunyah Progress Association by Mr. W. H. Langdon:--…

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Diamond Mining at Inverell

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 23

There is a strong feeling among miners of Copeton that the Federal Government should at once amend the existing Customs tariff by imposing a tax on imported…

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The Coal Crisis. The Government's Scheme

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 31 May 1921 · page 2

The first district meeting of miners in Lancashire rejected the Government scheme. Not a single vote was cast in favor of arbitration…

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Coal-mining Industry

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 44

The coal production of the Northern district last year is announced from Newcastle as being 7,320,510 tons, compared with 5,629,253 tons in 1919, an increase of…

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Sandy Falls Cold Mine, Gundacai

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 32

The Sandy Falls gold mine, situated) about three miles from Coolac, is attracting a good deal of attention, as it is situated on a auriferous belt of…

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Gold Not Worth Taking

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 1

Leave the Souther [?] Railway at Yuma—a town in Arizone in the United States—follow the wagon-road sixty miles north, and…

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An Underground River. Riverina to the Sea Containing Gold

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 3

Mr. W. H. Langdon recently read a remarkable paper before, the Wahgunyah Progress Association, which was published in the Corowa…

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Treasures of the Goodwins. Many Millions in Gold and Silver

The Independent · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 4

"Millions and millions of treasure are sunk below." The speaker was an old boatman of Deal and we were standing on the…

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The Mooratunka Gold Dredging Co. Operations Discontinued. Plant to Be Sold

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 2

The Mooratanka Gold Dredging Co., which took up a lease of the Cropper's Lagoon reserve some few years ago and erected machinery, ctc. for the…

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