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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

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"Gold" Find Rewards

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 2

The recent find, hidden in a stone fence of £184 in gold coins by the two little girls McKewen and Morgan, has now been distributed by the Curator…

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Communists' Crime. Miners Entombed. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—A horrible crime is attributed to Communists in Saxony. They wantonly extinguished the furnaces providing power for the mine machinery, and…

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Overseas Labor. Miners Cease Work. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 7

LONDON, Friday.—All the men on the North Wales and Warrickshire coal fields ceased work to-day…

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Coal Supplies to Be Reduced. London

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 3

Despite the efforts of the officials an a few volunteers the flooding of the mines continues involving the permanent ruin of six mines in Staffordshire…

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German Communists. Mining Machinery Stopped. Berlin

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 3

The Imperial Cabinet has sent a note to Bavaria requesting the Government to disarm the Einwohnerwehr in accordance with the Peace Treaty…

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Labor Affairs. Newcastle Coal Mines

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 7

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Miners' Federation is asking the Federal Government to appoint a representative of the Federation on this Newcastle Coal Board of Control, in…

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Overseas Labor. Coal Mining Trouble. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—At meetings of the transport workers and railway men at London and other centres to-day the speakers Strongly favored action to support the…

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Coal Tribunal

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—In the High Court argument was heard on the application of the Broken Hill Proprietary Co. for a writ of prohibition to restrain Beclares Hibble…

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National Hold-up Threatening in England. Coal Strike in Full Swing. Miners' Appeal to Triple Alliance. London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 3

The coal deadlock continues. Mass meetings were held throughout the country, the object being to instruct delegates to the London…

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Communist Movement. Propaganda Among Miners. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The "Times" Brus sels correspondent states that Communists gathered at Reheinhausen collieries and endeavored to induce the miners to strike. The…

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Grave Development. Railwaymen Support Miners. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The hopes of the country are centred in the Government taking pacific action in the form of a conference between the Government, owners and…

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Queensland News. Mt. Morgan Gold Mine

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—In the Arbitration Court to-day mention was made of the proposed application by the Mt. Morgan Gold Mining Coy. for a reduction of 20 per cent,…

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Broken Hill Mines. Mining Industry Tottering

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Speaking at a conTerence of bodies contributing to the Broken Hall Hospital Mr. Fairweather, superintendent of the South mine, said the…

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Gold Fluctnations

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 4

Sir Joseph Carruthers, M.L.C., in the course of his presidential address at the annual meeting of the Chamber of. Agriculture in Sydney, said. prices…

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The Coal Strike

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.—In connection with the coal strike a series of drastic regulations of a most exten-sive scope is published. The…

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Flooding of Mines Averted

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 3

Officials and volunteers have averted the immediate danger of flooding the mines in South Wales. Many ex-service men and naval engineers are…

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Gathering Stop. Strike Situation Developing. Support for Coal Miners. Will There Be a General Strike? London

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 3

At a miners' meeting at Wrexham a speaker' proposed that the Federation should arm all miners who were ex-soldiers…

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Miners Obdurate

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 3

Mr Hartshorn the miners leader stated that there would be no meeting with the owners on the conditions the Premier had laid down…

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Miners' Leaders Disappointed. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. — The miners' leaders are disappointed with the Prime Minister's speech. Mr. Hartshorn declared: "Lloyd George has shut the door on…

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Chinese and Gold

Northern Star · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A number of Chinese who booked passages by the steamer Victoria for China made a cunning attempt to smuggle gold out. A Customs…

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