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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

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Couth Coast Colliery Closing

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 2 August 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Fourteen days notice to cease work has been given by the management of the North Bulli colliery at Coledale to the employees…

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Notice to Cease Work. Little Demand for Coke. North Bulli Colliery

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 August 1922 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Fourteen days notice to cease work has been given by the management of the North Billi colliery to the employees on the ground that there is little…

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State Coal Contracts. Trawling Inquiry. Evidence As to Commission

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 August 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The trawling inquiry was continued to-day. Joseph H. Newby, consulting engineer, said he had been paid 1s per ton on all coal…

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Lucky Mr. Newby £3750 From State Trawlers. Commission for introducing Principals in Coal Contract. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 August 1922 · page 2

The inquiry into the State Trawling Industry was resumed to-day. Joseph H. Newby, consulting engineer, said that he had been paid 1 a ton on all…

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Plan for Settlement. American Coal Strike. Conference of Mine Operators

Northern Star · Thursday 3 August 1922 · page 5

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday.—Mr. Lewis, president of the mine workers, has called a conference of the operators of the mines at Cleveland for Monday. It is believed that…

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Gold Belt Discovered. in the Transvaal. Excitement Amongst Farmers

Northern Star · Thursday 3 August 1922 · page 5

CAPETOWN, Tuesday.—Reports have reached Johannesburg of the discovery of a gold belt in the Transvaal extending from the Bechuanaland border to Nylstroom, a…

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Coal for the Trawlers What the Engineer Found. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 August 1922 · page 3

The inquiry into the State trawlers was continued to-day. Albert King, employed as engineer on one of the trawlers, said that the coal…

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Not Yet Settled the Strikes in America. Conference of Owners and Miners Called for Monday. New York

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 August 1922 · page 3

Mr. Lewis, president of the Mine Workers' Union, has called a conference of owners of the miners at Cleayeland on Monday…

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The Garden of Gold. Further Stories in Court. And Incidentally a Demonstration is Given of the Revivifying Powers of Water. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 August 1922 · page 3

In the Equity Court to-day further extraordinary evidence was heard in the case in which Mary Scales, a clairvoyant and widow of George Scales, of…

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The Coal Contract Evidence From Lithgow. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 3

The inquiry into the State trawling industry was continued to-day. James Bragg, secretary of the Lithgow Coal Association, gave evidence that at…

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Coal Contract. the Statet Trawlers. "Good for the Contractors."

Northern Star · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A coal trade expert told the commissioner inquiring into the Trawling industry to-day that at the time the trawlers made the five year's coal…

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Bolshie Treasure Lost 40,000,000 Gold Roubles. London

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 3

The Stockholm "Afor Blad" states that 40,000,000 gold roubles have been stolen from the Russian church treasure. The treasure was sent to London and…

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The Coal Miners. a New Organisation

Northern Star · Saturday 5 August 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—A movement is on foot to form an organisation in the Coal Miners' Union to be known as "The Plebs League." It is proposed that the…

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"The Forum." Should the Miners Control the Mines?

Northern Star · Saturday 5 August 1922 · page 10

The outstanding feature of the current (sixth) issue of The Forum is the debate in the Open Platform between Mr. A. C. Willis, the Secretary of the Coal and Shale…

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Miners' Federation Are Not Red Enough

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 August 1922 · page 5

A movement is afoot within the coal and Shale Employees' Federation to form an organisation known at the Plebs League…

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South Wales Mines. Rush of Labour

Northern Star · Saturday 5 August 1922 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The South Wales coal boom has attracted a big inrush of unemployed from all parts of the country. The newcomers have mostly been disappointed, as…

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Welsh Coal Boom Rush of Unemployed. London

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 August 1922 · page 5

The South Wales coal boom has attracted a big inrush of unemployed from all parts of the country. The newcomers are mostly disappointed…

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Call to the Mines. U.s. Strikes. Position Slightly Improved

Northern Star · Saturday 5 August 1922 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday.—A few miners responded in Indiana to the call to work in the mines. The Pittsburgh coal region is reported to have slightly increased its…

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Violent Strikers Men Killed and Injured. President may Operate Railways and Mines if Strike Continues. New York

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 August 1922 · page 5

Disorders arising out of the railway and coal strikes are reported, from various centres. Scores of people were injured in a riot…

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Runaway Trucks. Two Miners Killed

Northern Star · Monday 7 August 1922 · page 5

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Saturday.—Runaway trucks at the Kikurangi coal mine dashed into miners who were proceeding to work, killing two of them. Others had narrow…

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