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

Mining & the mines, 1920

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Colliery Fatality. Crushed between Revolving Drums. MAITLAND

Daily Observer · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 1

David Leroy Whitehead, aged 25, was fatally injured at East Greta colliery on…

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Britain's Coal. Still Need for Some Caution. LONDON

Daily Observer · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 2

The official rationing of household coal ceases on June 7. While [?]head prices…

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British Miners. Big Increases Demanded. London

Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 2

The Nationalist Minors' Conference will meet in London on June 10 to dis­cuss the wages question. The South. Wales, Lancashire, and Cheshire…

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Farming & Mining Inventions

Daily Observer · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 1

The following applications for patents connected with the Farming and Mining Industries have been lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office:—…

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Miners on Strike. Fifteen Thousand Idle. LONDON

Daily Observer · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 2

Fifteen thousand miners in the Rhyney Valley struck work in support of the miners who struck at Borgoed colliery as a protest against the practice of…

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Harry Lauder Used Jo Goal Mine and Could Do It Now

Manilla Express · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 5

The brawny frame of Harry Lander was developed, it seems, by digging goal. "Sir Harry Lauder" he is now, and the war has tried and changed him through the death of…

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Coal Industry Conference. Dispute Referred to Mr. Hughes. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 2

At the conference between the Coal and Shale Miners' Federation and the coal owners, the miners asked, among other things, for increases in the wages…

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Rich Gold Ore. Perth

Daily Observer · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 2

Charles Bartlow crushed at Cue, West Australia, yesterday, 2401bs of stone for 1218 ounces of gold. Last week he crushed seventeen tons for 507 ounces…

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Latest News of the North Tingha Mining

Daily Observer · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 1

Our Inverell correspondent writes:—Star Gully, Tingha, is taking over Cox's section of 20 acres, which…

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British Miners' Demands. LONDON

Daily Observer · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 2

The National Conference of Miners has decided to formulate a demand for additional wages. The amount was not fixed. Three to five shillings a day was…

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"Broke Their Word." Broken Hill Miners' Plaint. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 2

The Miners' Federation has circularised all the unions in Australia, declaring that the Broken Hill mine owners, at the conference before his Honor Judge…

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General Cable News Trade with Russia Sweden's Action. Claims on Gold at Stockholm. LONDON

Daily Observer · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 2

The "Times" Stockholm correspondent wires: Herr Palmsterian, the Foreign Minister, explains that while desirous of re-opening legitimate trade…

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Coal Dust Nuisance

Daily Observer · Thursday 17 June 1920 · page 1

The secretary to the Railway Commissioners, writing to the Tamworth Municipal Council with respect to the nuisance caused by coal dust, states that it was due…

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The "Burning Mountain." Is It Coal or Petroleum? Interesting Statement

Daily Observer · Thursday 17 June 1920 · page 1

In reply to a communication regarding the possibiility that it may be petroleum, or petroleum gas that is burning at the "Burning Mountain," Wingen, the…

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Gold Find. "Rush" Setting En for Brisbane Valley

Daily Observer · Friday 18 June 1920 · page 1

Reports have lately been published of a find of gold at a place known as Nukeninda, in the Brisbane Valley, mid-way between Toowoomba and Nanango…

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Tin Mining Revival. Glen Innes

Daily Observer · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 1

Despite the heavy falls in the price of [?]in, mining operations are being revived. As a result of the recent rain, almost all the dredges would once more be able to…

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Blow at Mining

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 2

The news that the Great Cobar Copper mine has been closed down, thus throwing 700 men out of employment, will be heard with regret…

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International Gold Storage. LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 2

Reuter's Paris correspondent says the International Cold Storage Conference has opened. It was attended and by representatives of 42 States and Dominions…

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Coal and Coke. No Alteration in Prices. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 2

A statement concerning the alleged high profits made by retailers of coal and coke was made by the chairman not the Necessary Commodities Commission,…

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Farming & Mining Inventions

Daily Observer · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 7

The following applications for patents connected with the farming and pastoral industries have been lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office Melbourne:—…

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