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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

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Unrest in Newcastle. a General Hold-up of Mining Possible

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 2

A Newcastle, message says that a general hold up in the mining indus try is inevitable unless some intervention, takes place by the chairman of…

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Albury and District Coorabin Coal Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 22

The contract for the sinking of the shaft at the Coorabin coal mine has been secured by Mr. Geo. Hare, of Rutherglen, the price being, it is…

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Coal Miners' Wages

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 35

The sitting of the Coal Tribunal to consider the owners' claim for a reduction of one-third in wages, which filed in June last year, was…

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Rumoured Mining Stoppage. Ridiculed by Mr Baddeley

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 2

Mr. Baddeley characterises as ridiulous the rumors of a general stoppage of work on the Northern milling field. He says they are prejudicial to…

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Goal Miners Wages. Not to be Reduced

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 2

Contrary to expectation?, the Chairman of the Coal Tribunal, Mr Hibble, has issued his award for the coalminers' wages, at the existing rate of 16s…

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Coorabin Coal Fields. Albury Will Be a Industrial Eldorado. Mr. A. Brodie's Forecast

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 3

At last week's meeting at the Albury Town Hall, with reference to linking up of the Coorsbin coalfields with the Victorian railway system, via…

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No Reduction in Coal Miners' Wages

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 5

Mr. Hibble, Chairman of the Coal Tribunal, rejected the whole of tho claims by the coal owners for the reduction of miners' wages, and notably…

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Miners' Threat of Strike Ridiculed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 38

A conference of delegates from the combined lodges of the Newcastle and Maitland coalfields was held at the Newcastle Trades Hall recently. The…

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Mining for Health

The Independent · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 4

Radium, so much sought after by the medical profession, is being successfully rained to-day in Cornwall. Not only is the precious metal being…

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Riverina Collieries Ltd., Coorabin. Goal Seam to Be Opened in June

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 3

The Riverina colliery is situated between Coorabin and Oaklands, on The Rock to Oaklands railway line, N.S.W., and embraces the Coorabin coalfield…

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The Coal Owners Meet. Prices to Remain as at Present

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 3

At a meeting of coal owners, it was agreed that coal must remain at its present price. They place the responsibility of postponing any reduction…

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Irish Outraces. Land Mine in Dublin. Picture Hall Wrecked. London, March 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 20

A land mine wrecked a moving picture hall in M'Donnell-street, Dublin, the explosion arousing the city. Two men laid and fired the mine soon after…

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Trafficking in Gold a Huge French Organisation. Several Arrests Made

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 1

A Paris correspondent states that a huge organisation, trafficking in gold, hoarded by French peasants, has been discovered in Marseilles, following…

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Strikes at 12 Collieries

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 28

Miners at eleven large collieries on the Maitland field and at one pit in the Newcastle district, were on strike his week. The collieries involved…

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The Maitland Coalfield. Eleven Collieries Idle

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 3

The position at the Maitland coalfields is still critical. Four more mines were idle yesterday, but five others resumed. Eleven of the largest…

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No Reduction in Coal Prices

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 34

The coal owners no longer need be expected to take any steps to bring the present price of coal under review at an early date. At a representative…

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The Miners' Wage Decision. The Union Unperturbed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 2

Mr. Willis, the general secretary of the Miner's Federation is unperturbed over the attitude of the coal owners in their threat to test the legality of the…

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The Coal Mines Disputes. Maitland Miners Resume

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 2

All the coal mines on the Maitland fled, except those originally idle, resumed work to-day. The mine owners met at Newcastle to-day to consider…

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Coal Mining Dispute in Britain. The Rhondda Strike Settled

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 3

The Rhondda Valley strike of minors has been settled. The strike resulted in doubling the membership of the Miners' Federation…

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Hunting for Gold Mines. the Searcher Must Never Tire of Trying

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 4

Of the many who read in their morning paper of "a revival in Kaffirs" or of "a miniature gold rush in Nigeria," few realize how the…

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