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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

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Tasmania's Isolation. Coal Supplies Diminishing. Hobart

Tweed Daily · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 3

No further action is to be taken by the Chamber of Commerce regarding steamer communication with the mainland pending a settlement of the strike…

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British Coal Crisis. Drop in Export Prices. London

Tweed Daily · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 3

There is a crisis in the coal industry owing to the fall in the export prices, which have tumbled from 87 in September to 55 to 60 in January. Coal…

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Coal Owners and Engine Drivers. Compulsory Conference Held

Northern Star · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A compulsory conference under the Industrial Peace Act was held in Sydney to-day in connection with the dispute, between the coal owners and…

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Romance of the Goldfields

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 2

A [?] of the gold[?] was invalved in the history of a little an[?] which was [?] wound up in Adelaide, On June 1, 1803, the…

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Remarkable Rise. Increased Coal Export Trade. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—Remarkable statisties disclose the advance in the British coal export trade. Last year the quantity was £28,563.000 tons valued at £120,319,000…

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Coal Prices. the Buyers' Revolt. London

Tweed Daily · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 5

The "Morning Post" says that the buyers' revolt against the high prices of English coal has been completely successful. French buyers say that if…

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Australian Credits. Senator Millen on Trading Operations. The Gold Reserve and Note Issue. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 5

Senator Millen, replying to recent references to Australian credits, says it bad been sought to make it appear that the Australian Government was in some…

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Broken Hill Mining Companies

Northern Star · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Fraser, of Broker Hill Association of Smelters, says compaing the market capital value of Broken Hill mining companies at the end of 1920 with…

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A Miners' Trouble Settled

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 3

SYDNEY, Saturday.—The trouble at the Invincible colliery at Cullen Boilen, as the result of which the mine has been idle for nearly three weeks, has been settled and…

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State Coal Mine

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 2
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SIDNEY, Tuesday. -- The Cabinet considered the report of the Minister for Mines on the question of the State coal mine, at Lithgow. It considered…

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International Miners' Federation. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 5

LONDON, Monday—Reports read at a congress of the International Miners' Federation in London showed that trade depression was universal, and short time was being…

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Inspection of Mining Districts

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Mines (Mr. Cann) left Sydney to-day on a four of inspection of the mining districts ground Armidale, Inverell, Tingha and…

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Coal Punt Founders

Northern Star · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 4

On Friday night last, late, apunt used for the storage of coal in connection with the dredge, was being loaded with a carge of coal from one of the North Coast Coy's…

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Accumulations Op Coal. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The International Miners' Conference has concluded. The conference passed a resolution noting the statement of the German dolegates that stocks…

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Overseas Labor. International Miners' Federation. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 5

LONDCXN, Tuesday.—The Miners' International Federation Committee resumed its sitting in London. A report was read which pointed out the sole exception to the short…

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Note Issue and Gold Reserve

Northern Star · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The note issue department of the Commonwealth Bank reports that the paper currency unredeemed, on December 27th was £57,657,000…

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Labor Affairs. Miners Do Not Go Slow

Northern Star · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Air. Willi, addressing the coal tribunal, challenged anyone to say that there had been a deliberate go slow policy by the miners. He declared…

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Silver Mining at Indooroopilly

Northern Star · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 4

The sale of the mineral right of certain property at Indooroopilly for £5215, reported in the "Courier" on Saturday, has occasioned considerable comment in the city…

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Tin Mine Shutting Down

Northern Star · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—It is announced that the directors of the Carpathia Tin Mine Co., Ardlethan, have decided to close down…

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