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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

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New England's Idle Tin Mines

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1921 · page 4

New England tin ventures are experiencing a difficult time. Last year, when tin was well over £300, hundreds of men and scores of dredging plants…

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Mining Disaster. the Loss of Life

Northern Star · Saturday 12 March 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Further particulars of the mining disaster at Cadia show that nine men lost their lives. Many men had miraculous escapes. The proprietors of the [?]…

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The Mining Disaster. Burial of the Victims

Northern Star · Monday 14 March 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The victims of the Cadia disaster were buried yesterday. Large crowds attended the funerals, and there were scenes of indescribable grief at the…

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Miners' Officials Resign

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 March 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Three of the officials of Hebbern Collery Miners' Lodge say they have exhausted every method of preventing sectional strikes and have resigned…

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Coal at Woodburn

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 March 1921 · page 4

Mr. Geo. Nesbitt, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Under Secretary, Department of Mines:—With reference to your representations in the…

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Amending the Mining Act

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 March 1921 · page 7

SYDNEY, Monday.—A request is to be made for an amendment of the Mining Act so as to bring quarries such as the Cadia under the control of the department…

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Australian Cricket Eleven. Exchanging Notes for Gold. Enthusiastic Send-off at Melbourne. Melbourne

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 March 1921 · page 3

Members of the Australian Cricket XI visited the Federal Treasury to-day where they exchanged £20 in notes for gold as permitted by the regulations…

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Search for Coal Miners

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 16 March 1921 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The Broken Hill local industrial inspector, acting on instructions from the Department of Labor and industry, is trying to get…

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Always Striking. Miners' Officers Resign. Position at Maitland

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 16 March 1921 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The miners' officers and the committee of the Hebburn colliery, Maitland, have resigned in a body as a protest against constant…

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Miners for the Coastal Districts. Broken Hill

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 March 1921 · page 3

The local Industrial Inspector, acting on instructions from the Department of Labor is trying to get three hundred miners with coal mining experience for…

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Distress Among Miners. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The distress among the miners in Monmouthshire is such that, the Education Committee of Abertillery is arranging to feed 4000. The threat is made…

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Overseas Labor. Miners Selling Their Furniture. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The distress consequent upon the unemployment of 36,000 miners at Rhondda Valley is driving them to sell their furniture for food. There is such…

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Woodburn Coal Measures

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 4

With reference to representations in regard to the request by the Chamber of Commerce at Lismore and Coraki to have a bore put down to test…

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Coal Lumpers' Union

Northern Star · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. O'Connor, secretary of the Coal Lumpers' Union, announced this afternoon that, the union had been granted registration…

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Ewingsdale Coal Seam

Northern Star · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 4

Messrs. Neskitt and Perdriau, M's.L.A. have forwarded the following official notification regarding the Ewingsdale coal seam:—"Representations were recently…

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Looking for Coal

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 2

Mr. Perdrian, M.L.A., is informed as follows by the Mines Department "With reference to your representations in regard to the…

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Russia. Big Coal Contract. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday.—The signing of the Anglo Russian trade agreement was speed ily followed by a Moscow wireless message announcing that the contract for a big…

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Labor Affairs. Coal Position Critical

Northern Star · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—The coal position is, rapidly becoming critical. There is a great shortage, and supplies are obtainable only with difficulty. There are 23 vessels held…

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Notes and News Richmond River Coal Seams

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 6

The Department of Mines, writing to Mr. R. S. Perdriau, M.L.A., in regard to the request by the Chambers of Commerce at Lismore and Coraki…

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The Coal Mines. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—In the House of Commons the third reading of the Bill deeontrol ling the coal [?] was carried by 31 to 3 after unsuccessful Labor efforts to get the…

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