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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1920

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Farming & Mining Inventions

Daily Observer · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 1

The following applications for patents connected with farming and mining industries have been lodged at the Commonwealth Patent office:-…

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At Glen Innes. Great New England Gathering Prince Learns of New State. Presented with Gold-mounted Button. Glen Innes

Daily Observer · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 2

The railway station was gay with bunting, and golden wattle and palms met the Prince's eye on his arrival in Glen Innes this afternoon. A crowd of…

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Molybdenite Mines Close. Glen Innes

Daily Observer · Saturday 7 August 1920 · page 1

On account of the poor prices obtaining or molybdenite the Kingsgate mines have decided to closedown until conditions brighten. Work has now…

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Late Telegrams. Coal Miners Want Fight. Big Upheaval Likely. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 9 August 1920 · page 2

A West Maitland message states that events on the coal fields sire hastening towards a bis upheaval. The more ex­perienced militant unionists are…

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Miners' Congress. International Friendship. Nationalisation to be Enforced. LONDON

Daily Observer · Monday 9 August 1920 · page 2

Reuter's Geneva correspondent wired on Saturday: The International Miners' Congress, over which Mr Smillie has been presiding, concluded amid demonstra­tions…

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Soldiers Protest. Against Miners' Threatened Boycott. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 11 August 1920 · page 2

A meeting of the Imperial Service Men's Association carried a resolution vigorously protesting against a resolution recently passod by the Sydney branch of…

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Dog Eats Dog. Miners' Strike Will Hit Other Workers SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 11 August 1920 · page 1

Union officials in Melbourne are anxiously awaiting the outcome of the conference to take place to-morrow between the Prime Minister and the officials of…

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What the Miners Want. Five Days of Six Hours Each. Special Tribunal Sitting. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 12 August 1920 · page 1

The tribunal appointed by the Federal and New South Wales Governments to endeavor to bring about a settlement of the Broken Hill strike, opened its…

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Federal Parliament. Sir Samuel Griffith's Death. Motion of Regret. Conference on Coal Shortage. MELBOURNE

Daily Observer · Thursday 12 August 1920 · page 2

In the House of Representatives Mr. Hughes sympathetically moved a resolution of regret, upon the death of Sir Samuel Griffith and sympathy with his…

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British Mining Crisis. London

Daily Observer · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 1

Following the Government's refusal of further concesssions the Miners Federation has ordered a ballot on the question of a general strike, with a view…

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Commonwealth Meteorology.! Fine and Gold, with Frosts.SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 2

The south-cast movement of the "high" resulted in the centre assuming a ver­tical trend, and becoming situated be­tween South-West Quenlsand and…

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Broken Hill Conference. Offers to Miners. Expected Wages Too High. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 2

The Broken Hill conference was con­tinued to-day. Reference was made to the result if the men took over the mines…

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Maitland Coal Strike

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 16 August 1920 · page 2

The threatened strike at the Maitland collieries has been averted by the action of the Callories Employees' federation…

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South Wales Miners. Amazing Prosperity. London

Daily Observer · Monday 16 August 1920 · page 2

A Globe commissioner, travelling in South Wales, amazingly depicts the miner's hectic prosperity. Many are naming £20 weekly and motoring to…

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Miners' Demands. Grave British Crisis Feared. London

Daily Observer · Monday 16 August 1920 · page 2

The "Pall Mall Gazette," discussing the miners' demands, slates that the Government takes the gravest view of the industrial outlook and fears the country…

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Serious Coal Shortage. Industries May Close Down. Federal Inquiry. Export Through Dummy Buyers. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 16 August 1920 · page 2

The seriousness of the shortage of coal as it affects Victoria and South Australia was responsible for the arrival in Sydney yesterday of the Federal…

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Mining Application

Daily Observer · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 1

At the Warden's Court, Tamworth, yesterday, before Mr. Warden A. Orinonde Butler, Albert George Follington applied for authority to eater portion…

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Coal Crisis. Mr. Hughes to Meet Conference. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 1

Mr. Hughes will be in Sydney tomorrow, and will meet the coal owners and miners in conference. It is hoped this will avert the threatened trouble in the…

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Late Telegrams. Shortage of Coal. Caused by Reduced Output. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 2

At the inquiry into sea carriage Mr. Foster, M.H.R., acting chairman, pointed out that eleven Commonwealth ships were being put on to assist private…

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Coal Conference. Mr. Hughes Arrives in Sydney. Western Miners Optimistic. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 18 August 1920 · page 2

Mr. Hughes arrived in Sydney this morning to preside at the conference between the colliery owners and the coal miners, which has been convened to…

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