The Ruhr France Asks for Money. Failure of Coal Supplies
PARIS, Monday.--The Cabinet is asking the Chamber of Deputies for 115,000,000 francs to cover the expenditure in the Ruhr for January and February,…
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Mining & the mines, 1923
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Robinson's Hill Coal Mine. Report by Geological Surveyor. an Encouraging Opinion
Aid. L. P. Benaud, as Chairman of tho Richmond River County Council, has been interesting himself lately in the matter of utilising Robinson's Hill coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Pay of Miners
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Before the Coal Tribunal yesterday it was claimed that numbers of miners would be unable to exist if the wages were reduced, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wealth in Brown Coal
Geologists say that brown coal is largely the result of an accumulation of vegetable matter, of trees and whatnot, brought down by some great river and…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Giving evidence at the Coal Tribunal in opposition to the proposed reduction of wages, John Thomas County Jones, secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners Wages. Reduction in Wages Feared
SYDNEY, Friday.—Before the coal tribunal yesterday it was stated that a reduction of wages would mean that miners would be treated like pit horses…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Falling Off in Production of Coal
The total production of coal in New South Wales for 1922 was 10,183,133 tons, or over 600,000 tons less than last year's production. The decline was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Black Gold
Barry Gale, a Californian rancher is in love with Maida, only daughter of Jared Drace, a multi-millionaire. Maida's father has brought…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Veiled Threat Miners and Their Pay
NEWCASTLE, Friday.—Referring to the intermittency of the work on the coalfield, Mr. Hoare, president of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation,…
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ADELONG, Friday.--A reef, eighteen inches wide and showing gold freely was discovered by Benjamin Purcell, but owing to a misunderstanding in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Reef Found. Finders Dispossessed of Holdings
ADELONG, Friday.—A reef 18 inches wide and showing gold freely has been discovered foy Benjamin Purcell. Owing to a misunderstanding in lodging…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lithgow Coal Mine. 1000 Tons Output a Day
SYDNEY, Saturday.—The railway coal mine at Lithgow this week achieved an output, of 1000 tons of coal a day…
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LONDON, Sunday.—"Le Matin" quotes "H Messagero" as having stated an economic pact is pending between France and Italy whereby…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Tribunal. Man Full of Stone Dust
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. McDonald, of the 'northern collieries, referred at the coal, tribunal yesterday to the trouble at Whitburn colliery. It had…
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BERLIN, Tuesday. --The coal controller denies the report from Paris that Germany has only one month's supply of coal, and says that the unoccupied parts…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. --At the sitting of the coal tribunal yesterday, Mr. McDonald, a representative of the northern colliery owners, stated that he had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrests at Essen. Rmany's Coal Supply. Says She Has Plenty
PARIS, Tuesday.—The "Echo de Paris" says that during a round-up at Essen a quantity of arms and documents were found and 150 German agents provocateurs were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Half Bucket of Coal Dust. Extracted From Miner. Working Conditions of Industry
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. McDonald, representing the northern collieries, referred at the coal tribunal to the trouble at the Whitburn colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Miners' Conditions
LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. Herbert Smith, president, of the Miners' Federation, leading a deputation to Mr. Bonar Law demanding an inquiry into the miners' pay and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Saturday Work. Lithgow Miners' Threat
SYDNEY, Friday.—Lithgow miners decided not to work back on Saturdays. The chairman of the Coal Tribunal informed the minors that the threat to…
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