Mining at Hillgrove. Slump in Scheelite. HILLGROVE
The scheelite mining industry has received a severe set back since the Government ceased pur[?]asing the ore, the ruling price of which was about £180…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1920
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Broken Kill Miners Dissatisfied
The miners representatives on the broken Hill tribunal are dissatisfied with Judge Edmunds' award. They consider the hours are unsatisfactory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Selling Price of Coal
It has been decided to make between 200,000 and 300,000 tons of coal in the stocks at Newcastle available for the inter-State market. The Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.Z. MINERS. Strike Entails Much Hardship. SYDNEY
An Auckland message says people [?] still walking, and the trains are not likely to resume for ten days. The gas supply will be cut off to-morrow night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fixing Coal Prices Melting of Commission SYDNEY
A Formal sitting of the commission appointed by the Federal Government to inquire into and fix the price of coal was held in Sydney to-day. It was decided…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Coal Crisis. Settlement Not Yet-reached. But Position Hopeful. LONDON
Contrary to hopes and expectations the joint conference of mine owners, and men has not arrived at a settlement despite its long sitting. Much depends…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Engine Drivers in Mines. Special Tribunal. Demand for Increased Wages. SYDNEY
The engine drivers and firemen employed in connection with the coal mines throughout the Commonwealth have framed a long schedule of claims…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Deadlock. Another Conference Mines Showing Big Profit LONDON
It is officially announced to-night that a conference of the coal owners, miners executive, and representative of the Government has been arranged at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fixing Coal Prices
Mr. Hibble, chairman of the coal tribunal, has been empowered by the Federal Government to fix the price of coal for export…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Employees. Claims for Minimum Wage. Refused by Tribunal. SYDNEY
The claims of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation for a minimum wage ranging from 22/6 to 27/6 a day have been refused by the special coal tribunal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welsh Miners Return. LONDON
Ten thousand miners, who struck in Wales, being dissatisfied with the slox progress of the negotiations in London have returned to work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Problem. Great Strike Averted. Owners' Offer. Increased Wages on Increased Outputs. The "Four Dogs." LONDON
The suspension of the coal crisis was followed by a dramatic few minutes at Downing Street, when each side declared there was a deadlock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Strike Ballot. Delay Exasperates Miners. London Mo[?]
The "Daily Herald", correspondents report that the new ballot has been received with divided opinions in the principal areas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold at Nundle. Continuation of Mt. Pleasant Lead. Mining Syndicate Started
Cold prospectors who have been working at Hanging Rock, Nundle, for about two months, have struck what is bell[?]d to be a payable lead. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Sweeper Ashore. But Floated Off. SYDNEY, Monda
The Navy Department has received word that the mine-sweeper Geranium struck a rock, and grounded on the north-west coast of Australia. It…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold for Notes. New Arrivals Robbed. SYDNEY
William Johnson and William Moxhani, who arrived from London by the Or-monde to-day, were leaning over the rail of the vessel just before disembarking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Miners' Wages Raised. Sydney
Mr. Hibble, sitting as President of the Special Coal Board, granted the coal workers an increase of 3/ a day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Miners' Ballot. LONDON
The text issued with the miners' ballot form men asked for a vote either for or against the mine owners' offer, as cabled on October 1…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Telegrams. Bolsheviks on Goldfields "Diggers" Sound a Warning Sydney
The Returned Soldiers' Conference at Perth, carried a resolution requesting the Government to amend the Licensing Act to prevent other than natural born…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold at Nundle
Gold projectors who have been working at Hanging Rock, Nundle, for about two months, have struck what is believed to be a payable lead. They…
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