Northern Miners on Strike. Sydney
The northern colliery proprietors have been notified that the miners in the northern c[?]leries have struck work, and about 600 men are involved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1920
429 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 1 of 22
Across the Border. State Coal Areas
The Minister for Mines announced on Monday that owing to the unsatisfactory result from the use of coal from Baralaba State coal area in the Dawson…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bankruptcies for 1919. Laborers, Miners, Farmers, Builders. SYDNEY
The total number of bankruptcy petitions during the year was 316. Laborers, miners, and builders in the order mentioned were the most numerous persons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Leases Cancelled
It in notified in the Government Gazette of December 24 last that His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has cancelled the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clearing Up Mines. British Operations Completed. Vancouver
The operations allocated to the British for the clearance of all moored mines in home waters, and in the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Midwinter Horrors. Japan Will War on Reds. Fate of Koltchak's Gold. Premier's Threat. LONDON
Koitchak's midwinter retreat across Siberia furnishes a terrible story of indescribable sufferings, equalling in horror anything known in war. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Telegrams. "Social Ownership." New Doctrine of Coal Miners. SYDNEY
Mi1. Willis, secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, said the motion for social ownership with democratic control of mines on the basis of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kalgoorlie Mines Reopening. Sydney
News from Kalgoorlie indicates the only resumption of work in the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Austrian Coal Famine. Passenger Trains All Stopped. London
The coal situation in Austria is un-precedently critical. All passenger trains have stopped for the past ten days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HOSKlNS' CLOSURE. Iron Miners Out of Work. SYDNEY
The Minister for Railways explained to-day that the Government had not sanctioned the large freight increases upon the Lithgow Iron Works by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suspected Floating Mine. Sydney
The Commodore in charge at Garden Island has received a message stating that an object considered to be a floating mine was sighted in the shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germany's Internal Condition Acute Coal Shortage. Further Industrial Trouble Threatened. LONDON
Reuter's Berlin correspondent says the lack of coal, due to the freezing of the rivers and shortage of rolling stock, has resulted in closing down…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New England Mining. Hillgrove
For the twelve months ended December 31, 1919, Mr. Thomas Snow; ore-buyer and-representative of Dalgety and Co., purchased 78 tons of scheelite,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Railway Dispute. Prolonged Conference Expected. Miners Also Restive. LONDON
Indications promise a prolonged railways, conference. It is now regarded as practically certain that the Government's offer will be referred back to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Italian Boat Strikes Mine. Reported Loss. LONDON
Genoa reports that the steamer Princess Mafalda, from America, struck a floating mine, and was lost. The report is unconfirmed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Destruction. No Coal from Lens Mines Yet. LONDON
A Paris correspondent says it is not expected that a ton of coal will be removed from the Lens mines in 1920, as it will take a whole year to clear the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Coal Field. Sydney
Satisfactory developments are being made with the new coal field at Westward. In the Albury district. Requests are being made for a Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Storms. Channel Packet Fatalities. Mine Sweeper Missing. LONDON
It is feared the mine-sweeper Leooarl, and crow of nine, have been lost on the Scottish coast. The mail packet disaster was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners on Strike. Mob Storm Town Hall. LONDON
Reuter's Berlin correspondent says a strike of miners in the Kanborn district of the Ruhr region for a six-hour day and better food supplies led to day-long…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways Idle. Coal Shortage Closing Factories. LONDON
Owing to the railway strike, half a million tons of coal for Berln are held up. The interruption of coal production threatens to paralise the entire Rheinish…
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