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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

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Colliery Explosion

Northern Star · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 7

BRISBANE, Thursday.—Au explosion occurred at Cardiff colliery, Ipswich, to-day. The manager and two men below were res[?], but all were severely burned…

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Ipswich Colliery Explosion

Northern Star · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.—Two victims of the colliery explosion at Ipswich, Jones (manager) and Evans, died yesterday…

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N.z. Colliery Trouble

Northern Star · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 5

WELLINGTON, N.Z. Friday.—If is reported that the c[?]iery trouble at Blackall has been settled, and work will be resumed forthwith under normal conditions…

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Gold Discovery

Northern Star · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday.—There was great excitement at Temera to-day, when two pieces [?]f stone thickly studded with large nuggets [?]f gold were exhibited. One piece, about…

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The Coal Industry

Northern Star · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Willis, secretary of the Australasian coal and shale employees, asked whether he would make an official statement regarding the likelihood of an…

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Labor Affairs. Coal Employees' Attitude

Northern Star · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—A further meeting of the council of the Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation was held yesterday. At the conclusion it…

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The Coal Owners' Views. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 4

Mr. McDonald, Secretary of the Coal Owners' Association, this afternoon said that if the miners strike then we will have to face it as we have faced other…

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Anticipated Coal Strike. Developments Being Anxiously Watched SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 4

The "Evening News" states that there is likely to be a great coal strike next month. Confident tipsters in the coal trade anticipate the reason that the…

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Gold Yield

Northern Star · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday,—The New Golden Fleece mine at Bendigo milled 360 tons of quartz, out of which there was procured 192 ounces of gold…

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Mine Sweeper Sinks. (Reutor.)

Northern Star · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.—The Admiralty announces that the twin screw 800 ton mine sweeper Penarth struck a wino and sank off the Yorkshire coast on February 4 Forty…

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Labor Affairs. the Coal Industry

Northern Star · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—In anticipation of coal trouble in New South Wales the Victorian Railway Commissioners have a large quantity stored, while the common wealth…

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Meeting of Miners' Federation. London

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 3

The Miners' Federation meets at Southport next week to receive the Government's reply to their demands for a 30 per cent, increase in wages and a…

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Fatal Mine Accident. Man Buried in a Fall of Earth. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 2

William Boucher was buried by a fall of earth at the North Junction Mine, Broken Hill, yesterday, and was rescued after an hour but he died later from…

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The Coal Industry

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY Monday.—Mr. Baddeley, President of (the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation said to-day that there was no foundation for the prediction of a coal…

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Telegrams Rumoured Coal Strike. Union President's Denial. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 2

According to Mr. Baddeley, President of the Coal and Shale Employees' Union there is no foundation in the statement that a great coal strike is to occur in…

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Coal Miners' Demands. Federal Government Approached

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 4

At the conclusion of a further meeting of the council of the Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation it was stated that the council had…

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Floating Mine Explodes. Great Destruction of Property. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 3

A large floating mine exploded on the rocks at Ramsgate, causing great destruction to property…

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Big Diamond. Light From African Mines. a Jagersfontein Find

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 4

A sensation has been caused at the Jagersfontein mine at Kimberley (South Africa) by the discovery of a magnificent blue-white diamond weighing 288…

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Colliery Explosion

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 6

Another serious colliery disaster occurred at Ipswich, resulting in three men being so seriously burned that two died and' little hope is…

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Miners Reject Terms. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The executive of the Miners' Federation has rejected the Government's terms…

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