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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

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Coal and Cancer

Tweed Daily · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 2

The view that cancer is most likely to occur where the fuel contains a high proportion of sulphur is expressed in a work on the cancer problem by Dr. C. E…

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N. Broken Hill Mine

Northern Star · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—The North Broken [?] mine made a net profit of £161,000 for the half-year ended December…

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A Modern Amazon. Girl Who Laid Mines. Enlisted as a Man

Tweed Daily · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 7

Nothing,of course, is sacred to the sapper, and Sapper Dorothy Lawrence, the only English woman who has served as a soldier in the war, naturally…

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Coal Mining Dispute

Northern Star · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—There are no fresh developments in connection with the coal mining dispute, but the Under-Secretary for Labor and Industry is hopeful that the…

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Mining Casualties. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 3

Mr. Robertson, chairman of the Scottish Union of Mine Workers, told the Coal Commission that mining was more deadly than war; 1240 fatalities had…

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State Coal Position. a Somewhat Serious Outlook. "Darg" System Reported a Failure. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 2

The coal position is still looming somewhat seriously. The Coal and Shale Employees' Federation insists on an advance of 25 per…

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The Coal Trouble

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 March 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—It was stated to-day that although the probability of a strike had by no means passed it was not likely to occur if at all before Easter. The East…

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State Coal Position. Matters Slightly Easier. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 18 March 1919 · page 3

The coal situation was easier this morning. It was stated authoritatively that although the possibility of a strike has not passed there will be no strike…

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"Richaro Ashleigh; or, a Son of the Mine," All Rights Reserved. Chapter 11.—(Continued.)

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1919 · page 4

In the gathering dust he [?] color rush to net [?]…

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Labor Affairs. Great Cobar Mine

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 March 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Operations at the Great Cobar Mine ceased on Sunday night. A Government relief depot has been opened in the town…

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Telegrams Great Cobar Mine Closed Down Sydney

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 19 March 1919 · page 3

The operations of the Great Cobar Mine ceased yesterday…

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The Coal Position. An Abortive Conference. Outlook Generally Murky. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 19 March 1919 · page 3

The compulsory conference of the Cole-dale miners and employers, fixed for yesterday, did not occur, the owners' representatives not putting in an…

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Coal Mining Trouble

Northern Star · Thursday 20 March 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Wayland, secretary of the Southern Colliery Owners' Association, emphatically denies the statement of Mr. Davies, M.L.A., that the ownors…

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Miners' Programme. (Published in the "Times.")

Northern Star · Thursday 20 March 1919 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The "Times," commenting on the miners' progra[?]me, states that it is impossible for a hasty commission to make a pronouncement worth having on an…

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Overseas Labor Troubles. Nationalisation of Mines. (Published in the "Times")

Northern Star · Thursday 20 March 1919 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—"The Government must accept the nationalisation principle and not delay otherwise unless to ask for a withdrawal of the strike notices," said a…

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British Labor Crisis. Forecast of Coal Commission Finding. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Thursday 20 March 1919 · page 3

The "Daily Chronicle's" forecast of the Coal Commission recommends national control, an eight hour day, bank to bank working, and probably, a 10 per…

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The "Darg" System. Reducing the Coal Output. A Statement Denied. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Thursday 20 March 1919 · page 3

It is stated that as the result of the operations of the "darg" system in the southern coal mines, five mines, from which the Railway Commissioners draw…

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Mine Wheelers' Bate

Northern Star · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Stanford-Merthyr Miners' Lodge has decided to accept the offer of the management to pay an increased rate of 3d per ton to wheelers…

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Labor Affairs. Out of Work Miners

Northern Star · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday—The mine proprietors at Broken Hill state that miners out of work eannot expect to find employment there until industrial conditions in respect of the…

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German Gold Reserve. (United Service, Ltd.)

Northern Star · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.—The German delegates informed Admiral Wemyss that the German gold reserve stands at the surprising fignre of a hundred millions sterling…

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