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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1920

214 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 11

Drums Mistaken for Mines

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 2

It is believed that floating objects, thought to be mines, on the South Coast were drums used in connection with the floating of the steamer…

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CABLEGRAMS. London, Monday. Miners' Strile. Protest Against Methods

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 4

Fifteen thousand miners in the Rhyney Valley struck work in support of the miners who struck, and put an embargo on a colliery as a protest…

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Mt. Barney Molybdenite Mine

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 2

The management of the Mt. Barney Molybdenite Mine report that the expert, Mr. Smiles, who had to arrange the site for the plant and tram line,…

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Holding Gold Coins

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday.—A further limit has been placed on the amount of gold coin travellers leaving Australia might take with them,£20 worth being the…

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Broken Hill. Miners' Disease There

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 4

The Coal and Shale Employees' Federation has issued an official statement in reference to the miners' disease at Broken Hill…

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Strike Position in Sydney. Question of Black Coal

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 June 1920 · page 4

"Dark clouds are looming on the industrial horizon." "Anything may happen within the next day or two, but union officials are doing all in their…

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Emmaville Echoes Miners' Institute

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 17 June 1920 · page 2

The regular monthly meeting of the Miners' Institute take place on Tuesday evening last. Owing to the absence of the president, the chair was…

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Local Mining Dispute

The Inverell Times · Friday 18 June 1920 · page 4

At the Warden's Court on Tuesday, before Mr. W. I. Perry (Warden) an application by J. R. Gardener for cancallation of a storm-water right and…

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Oil Instead of Coal

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 4

The Cunard liner Aqualania has been converted into an oil burner at a cost of £500,000. She has fuel storage for two voyages…

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Rumors of New Gold Field

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 3

Reports have lately been published of a find of gold at a place known as Nukeninda, in the Brisbane Valley, but there was nothing seemingly to…

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Increase Refused. Colliery Employers' Decision

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 June 1920 · page 4

At a conference yesterday, the colliery employers refused a claim for increased wages for the lower paid employees…

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Emmaville Echoes Mining

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 1

Our town is now resuming its normal appearance. The shrill whistles and throbbing engines proclaim that active work has quickly followed the…

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Miners' Eye Disease

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 3

The southern district miners' union officials report that nystagmus (miners' eye complaint) is spreading to an alarming extent in that district, and medical opinion is that…

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Tin Mining

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 4

The recent rains have enlivened proceedings in the Emmaville district, Y. Water, Great Britain, Bourke's Hill, and numerous smaller dredging plants…

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Telegraphic. Sydney, Friday. Colliery Deadlock

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 4

All reasonable hope of ending the deadlock between the colliery proprietors and the employees will end today…

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Broken Hill Mine

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 4

The N.S. Wales Labour Council has decided to approach the Government and request that it should take over the control of the Broken Hill Mine…

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Socialisation of Mines

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 1 July 1920 · page 2

Speakers at some miners mass meeting yesterday stated that nothing less than the socialisation of mine. would satisfy the miners. One speaker…

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Coal Seams

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1920 · page 10

The syndicate that has been operating at the Saxa coalmine, about three miles from the Mur[?]ng siding, on the Dubbo-Werris Creek line, has been…

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The Miners' Strike

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1920 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday.—In the aggregate, meetings of the Northern and Southern coal miners have endorsed the action of the Federation's…

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Coal Miners' Claims. Social Ownership Wanted

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 July 1920 · page 4

The coal-miners urge the appointment of a tribunal to discuss their claims. It is stated their object is social…

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