General Cable News. Nationalisation of Mines. Lloyd George Opposed. Motion in Commons Defeated. LONDON
Daily Observer · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 2
In the House of Commons Mr. Brace moved a Labor amendment to the Address-in-Reply. He said he regretted the absence of a proposal to nationalise the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shale Miners' Strike. Settled at Last. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 2
After dragging on for many months, the Newnes strike was settled yesterday. The men will resume to-morrow at the same rated as at the time of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Disputes. Big Strike Inevitable. Government Preparing. LONDON
Daily Observer · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 2
The "Westminster Gazetten Cardiff correspondent stated that the real owners and leading unionists in South Wales agree that an early strike for the purpose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Telegrams. I in the Roaring Days. Goldfield Story. Party that Never Returned. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 2
A story reminiscent of the Ballarat gold fever was related in the Probate Court to-day, when an applicant, Alfred Tinson, asked leave to swear to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Live Mine Washed Up. Sydney
Daily Observer · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 2
The Navigation Department has received a report from the pilot at Camden Haven suiting that a live mine has been found on the beach about a mile…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germany's Coal Output to Be Increased London
The North Western Courier · Monday 23 February 1920 · page 2
It is stated in Berlin that owing to the housing difficulty rural homes for 150 new men must be provided out of the profits of the mines. Meanwhile…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boom in Mining Stock. Sydney
Daily Observer · Tuesday 24 February 1920 · page 2
Bath Adelaide and Melbourne Stock Exchanges were excited today. According to private advices, them was a remarkable boom in practically all new…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What the Miners Want. Share in Management and Profits SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Tuesday 24 February 1920 · page 2
A witness, giving evidence before the Commission of Inquiry into the coal trade of New South Wales, said the miners wanted a share in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rich Gold Find. Sydney
Daily Observer · Wednesday 25 February 1920 · page 2
Valuable specimens of oxidised and arsenical pyritis ore are being secured from the Cockshot lease, Coolgardie. Portion of the stone obtained is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unlucky Gambler's Gold. Should Have Won the Newmarket. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 1
It transpires that Gambler's Gold was seriously interfered with in the New market when Haud was bumped near the finish. Cetigne also had a very…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Coal. Unsatisfactory Answer to France. LONDON
Daily Observer · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 2
Reuter's Berlin correspondent says it is semi-officially announced that the German Government. has replied to France's Note on the coal question…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Inquiry. Proprietor Takes Gloomy View. Men Getting Lazy. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Wednesday 3 March 1920 · page 2
John Fell, giving evidence before the Coal Commission, referring to the coal trade, said, "The outlook is not promising, as we are threatened with a demand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gambler's Gold Sold
Daily Observer · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 2
Gambler's Gold, who finished second to Red Dome in the Newmarket Handicap, and Gossine Hatan, winner of the Victorian Sires' Produce Stakes, have, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Applications
Daily Observer · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 3
George Webb, miner, Dungowan, applied at the Warden's Court, at Tamworth, yesterday for authority to enter portions 51 and 71, parish of Gill, county…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold and Silver Bars. London, Sunday Night
Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 2
Over half a ton of gold and silver bars, alleged to have been made from coinage, has been seized in White-chapel at a jeweller's shop. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Problem of Coal Mines. Private Enterprise a Failure. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 2
Professor Irvine, giving evidence before the Coal Commission, said it seemed likely that in the near future most of the basic industries would be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming and Mining Inventions
Daily Observer · Thursday 11 March 1920 · page 3
The following applications for patents connected with the farming and mining industries have been lodged at the Commonwealth Office:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nationalisation. Another Miners Strike. London
Daily Observer · Friday 12 March 1920 · page 2
The miners conference declared in favor of a strike in support of the nationalisation of mines by 524,000 to 346,000 votes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nationalisation of Mines. Crisis Unlikely. London
Daily Observer · Friday 12 March 1920 · page 2
The miners' vote is not expected to bring a crisis. The vote means that miners delegates at to-morrow's important trades union congress will vote for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nationalising Mines. No Prospect of General Strike. LONDON, Thursday. I Cilician Situation Serious. London, Thursday. I
Daily Observer · Saturday 13 March 1920 · page 1
A special meeting of the Trades Union Congress was held to consider action to compel the adoption of nationalisation of mines, 7770 delegates being present On a card vote, the Policy of direct action was rejected by 3,870,000 to 1,050,000 votes. It was subsequently decided by The situation in Cilicai is becoming more serious. A state of war exists between the French and Turkish Nationalists…
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