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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

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Coal Industry. the Wonthaggi Dispute

Northern Star · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—At the Coal Tribunal to-day, after the minors' representatives had given an assurance that the only object of their trip to Victoria was to settle the…

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"To Settle a Strike." Coal Tribunal, Adjourns

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.--The miners' officials, Messrs. Baddeley and Willis, have obtained leave from the coal tribunal for ten days to go to Melbourne…

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The Chronic Strike Wheelers Out This Time. 800 Miners Thrown Idle

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Before the coal tribunal rose to-day the spokesman, for the mine owners, Mr. McDonald, said that he had just been informed that the…

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Mine Explosion Twenty One Bodies Recovered. Many Miners Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 3

VANCOUVER, Saturday. --Eighteen miners are dead and many injured as the result of an explosion in a mine at Cumberland, Vancouver Island…

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Turks Sowing Mines

Northern Star · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 5

CONSTANTINOPLE, Sunday.—The Turks have placed fresh mines in the Smyrna canal, and the British authorities are warning, merchant vessels of the danger of putting into…

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Coal From Ruhr

Northern Star · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—Dusseldorf reports, state that the French authorities stopped German Customs officials exacting duties for the second time on goods conveyed from the…

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Terrible Mine Explosion. Many Killed and Injured

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday.—Twenty-five miners are dead and many injured as the result of an explosion in a mine at Cumberland, Vancouver Island. It…

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Queensland's Gold Yield. Big Increase Last Month

Northern Star · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 4

BRISBANE, Sunday.—The Queensland gold output during January was 4799 fine oz., valued at £20,384, compared with 448oz., valued at £1094, for January of last year…

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Explosion in a Mine. Many Men Killed. Rescue Work Proceeding

Northern Star · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 5

VANCOUVER, Saturday.—An explosion in a mine at Cumberland, Vancouver Island, caused the death of aboat thirty men. Many others were injured…

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Price of Coal Keeping Up Fares and Freights. State Government Seeking Relief

Tweed Daily · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 3

SYDNEY, Saturday. --Unless the price of coal is soon reduced the State Government will probably seek some means of relief from the price it now…

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Failure of Coal Supplies. France Receives 70,000 tons in Place of 2,000,000 tons

Tweed Daily · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 3

The correspondent of the "Daily Chronical" at Dusseldorf says that if the French had not occupied the Ruhr they would have received more than…

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The Gold Standard

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1923 · page 4

A return to "'honest money" is urged by Mr. P. A. O'Farrell, an expert on the question of international finance, in an interview given in the London…

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Queensland Coal. Order Prom Naval Authorities

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 February 1923 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.—The Minister for Mines states that as a result of the teat, by the Australian navy of coal from the State mine on the Styx River, which was highly…

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Broken Hill Mines. Move to Reduce Wages

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 February 1923 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Broken Hill Proprietary Co. applied to Mr. Justice Powers to-day for a variation of the basic wage from £3 19s 6d to £3 18s 6d on the ground…

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Tutankhamen's Tomb. Another Gold Chariot Found

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 February 1923 · page 5

[?] (Egypt), Monday.—A third [?] covered with beaten gold has been brought out of Tutankhamen's tomb. Evidently it was Pharaoh's own. It has…

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Coal Owners' Claim. No Reduction in Price

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 February 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Coal owners claim that while coal is being freely sold, there should be no reduction in the price…

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Nicholson's Blind Eye. Turks' Signal Not Heeded. "Halt, Danger, Mines."

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 February 1923 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The "Daily Express" Athens correspondent says a steamer from Smyrna brings a dramatic account of Rear-Admiral Nicholson's refusal to observe the…

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Chariots of Gold Work in Pharaoh's Tomb. Relics of International Trade

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 13 February 1923 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday.--It is announced in a message from Luxor that a chariot has been discovered. It in ornamented with beaten gold, which was beaten out…

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Newcastle Collieries. Adjusting Irregular Working

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Northern Miners' Federation proposes to take early steps towards adjusting the irregular working of the Newcastle collieries…

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Mine Trouble Expected

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 2

MAITLAND, Tuesday. -- Serious trouble is expected at the Maitland coalfields arising out of the Kalingo colliery dispute…

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