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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

252 stories in Murray's papers · page 11 of 13

The Southern Collieries. Miners and Owners in Conflict

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 September 1923 · page 1

The miners and owners of the Southern collieries are in conflict, and a general strike may be declared. Jt is stated that the owners will probably…

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New Zealand Coal Mines. Reqorted Labor Crisis

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 September 1923 · page 2

A critical position is reported in connection with the West Coast, New Zealand, coal mines, in consequence of the miners' go slow tactics. Several…

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The Coal Disputes. Resumption at Richmond Main

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 September 1923 · page 2

Work was resumed in the Richmond Main Colliery yesterday, a settlement having been reached in the dispute. The Mount Keira and Clifton mines…

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Idle Collieries

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 19 September 1923 · page 2

Two collieries in the Southern district. Mount Kieru and South Clifton, are still idle. Hebburn No. 2 and Duckenfield…

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Bellbird Colliery

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 19 September 1923 · page 2

The Bellbird Colliery's new shaft is now down 20ft., and it is expected that the erection of fans will be completed in about five weeks…

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Sheep Breeding a Gold Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 16

During the sessions of the Science Congress in Sydney Professor Barker, who occupies the chair of textile industries at Leeds University, dealt…

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The Bellbird Colliery Disaster

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 40

A deputation waited on the Premier at Parliament House, and requested that a royal commission should be appointed to inquire into the Bellbird…

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Another Colliery on Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 5

A section of the Aberdare Extended Mine took fire on "Saturday, and portions had to be sealed up. The outbreak is not serious…

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The Coal Industry

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 2

Eight collieries were idle in the State yesterday, involving 2800 men…

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Famous Salt Mines

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 4

[?] salt mines of Wi[?] seven miles south-east of Cracow, Poland, have been worked since the early part of the eleventh century. They extend over a space of about…

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Coal Train Runs Away

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 44

A coal train of 40 waggons from the Aberdare Extended Mine. Cessnock, was proceeding up an incline, when one of the couplings broke, and…

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A Flooded Colliery. Men Rescued After Ten Days. Judged Time by the Growth of Beards LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 2

Ten days' unremitting toil resulted in the rescue of five miners, who with 35 others, were trapped by a sudden rush of water from the old workings…

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Entombed Miners. Misery in Darkness. London, October 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1923 · page 20

The special representative of the "Daily Chronicle" at Falkirk gives the following account of miners who were rescued after having been entombed…

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Mountain Collieries. Men Want Increases

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 October 1923 · page 2

The miners at the Invincible Colliery, Cullen Bullen, and the Vale of Clwydd, Lithgow, have given notice, to cease work on Friday, unless…

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Latest Telegrams. Miners' Narrow Escape. Five Hundred Just Miss a Fall of Coal. SYDNEY, Monday Evening

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 October 1923 · page 2

Six hundred miners were preparing to go into the Abermain No. 1 Colliery early this morning, when a deafening noise was heard, and the earth…

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Miners Escape Death

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 3

Six hundred miners at Abermain No. 1 Colliery escaped death by a narrow margin on Monday. At 6.55 a.m. the shift had assembled at the pit…

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Another Coal Strike Feared

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 28

The resolution of a mass meeting of miners at Cessnock, which demanded that the miners' council should put into operation a claim for a 40-hour week…

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Coal Miners' Disputes

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 November 1923 · page 1

Owing to the number of small disputes, at various coal mines, the owners are being called together again to discuss the whole position…

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Coorabin Coal Mine

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 November 1923 · page 5

Mr. Rod Laugdon has entered into a contract with the management of the mine to convey over 100 tons of machinery from the Wahgunyah railway…

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