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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
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LONDON, Friday.—The extremist sections of the miners continue their agitation, believing that, the Government will make further, concessions. Delegate conferences of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday.—A recurrence of the coal crisis is feared. The men's leaders now anttcipate that the ballot returnable on April 14 will largely favor rejection of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Monday.—A Newcastle message stales that the Northern Delegate Board of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation has decided to decline to give evidene before the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is reported that two coal mines in the Ruhr Valley were blown up. An inspired message from Berlin represents that the despatch of troops was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dawson -Yukon Development League is petitioning the Canadian Government to abolish the royalty on gold because the mining industry is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Willis, secretary of the Coal and Shale Miners' Federation, left Sydney to-night to attend a conference in Melbourne between the owners and men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prospecting on Craven Plateau, near Gloucester, where gold was recently reported, has so far borne out early anticipations. Several parties are sinking on the reef, the prospects…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The president of the Durham miners, a prominent official of the Miners' Federation, addressing the former, declared that strikes were always speculative…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minnehaha has arrived from London with 17 tons of gold bullion, consigned to a New York firm…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Last year's collection in low grade mines is expected to show a big rise in gold. Values have revived owing to the sudden drop in the gold premium. With…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →During the war the Germans found time [?] build an electric light and power plant of exceptional interest, for it is situated [?]ght in the heart of the Golpa brown coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The naval authorities desire to warn the public of the danger of tampering with derelict imines which may wash ashore on the east and north-east coasts…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SYDNEY, Friday.—The Customs authorities are taking special precautious against the smuggling of gold, gold coin and bullion out of the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some idea of the inexhaustible character of the brown coal resources of Victoria may be gleaned from the fact that a drill, now boring at Upper Flynn,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The gold yield in March is valued at £29,619, as against £48,000 for the corresponding month of last year. At a sale at Coramba last week a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PARIS, Thursday.—General De Gout in an interview declared that in consequence of the German invasion of Ruhr not a single ton of coal had been sent to France, whereas before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday.—The miners are unlikely to secure the two-thirds majority necessary to strike, though South Wales Lancashire, and Cheshire are in favor. Much…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday.—The biggest gold nugget in-the world, over 121b., has been received in London for sale on behalf of the Belgian Government. The nugget was found in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The South Bulli colliery employing 500 men, was idle to-day owing to alleged deficient payments…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The ballot returns from the English districts to date show majorities against the miners strike. Scotland, Lancashire and Cheshire are expected to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →