Price of Coal
SYDNEY, Thursday.—From information gleaned in political and coal trade circles it may be stated that any immediate reduction in the price of coal is impossible…
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Mining & the mines, 1923
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Miners' Strike. Development Forecasted
SYDNEY, Friday.—There was no substantial change yesterday in the position of the northern coalfields. Five mines resumed, but five others were…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Forty-seven thousand Rondda Valley miners obeyed the call to strike with the object of forcing 5000 non-mionists and members of the banned…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.--Mr. A. C. Willis, general secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, is not much concerned at the suggestion that the coal…
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LONDON, Wednesday.--In the Rhondda Valley, 47,000 miners have obeyed the call to strike with the object of forcing 5000 non-unionists, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Buried Gold. Haiders Ransack a Coffin
LONDON, Wednesday.—A raiding party dug up the grave of Joseph Griffiths, buried 62 years ago, in Scothouse cemetery, because it was rumoured the coffin contained…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Expensive Protest Miners Cease Work. Great Industry Hung up
WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--Because Mr. Crane, P.M., passed through the Maitland coal field to reach the Wollombi police court to-day all the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germans First Englishmen Refused Coal. Foreigners Pocket the Profits
LONDON, Wednesday.--Many of the Grimsby trawlers are laid up owing to the owners' inability to obtain coal, because the merchants can obtain an extra…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Collieries. Eleven of the Largest Idle. 5000 Miners Affected
SYDNEY, Friday. -- The position on the Maitland coal fields is still critical. Four more mines were idle yesterday, but five others resumed work. Eleven…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Collieries. Excuse for a Strike
SYDNEY, Friday.—Theexcuse given by the miners that they will cease operations whenever Major Crane presides at a local police court is regarded. as a very lame…
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Some remarkable experiments recently made by a British professor in the treatment of coal with acid suggess that we are on the eve of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Stocks. Government' S Reserves
SYDNEY, Friday.—In view of possible trouble on the northern coalfields, the State Government has been paying attention to its coal stocks. After the 1017 strike the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ingush Strikes. Railways, Farms, and Mines
LONDON, Thursday.—The National Union. of Railwaymen are renewing the threat of a general strike if the companies persist, in the proposed abolition of the remaining…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tired of Strike. Wonthaggi Coal Crisis
SYDNEY, Friday.—A Melbourne message says it is believed at Wonthaggai that the Railway Commissioners are displeased by the dispute between owners and miners at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Price Advance. the Tribunal Blamed. Case Toe the Owners
SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. McDonald, seeretary to the northern coal owners, replying to the statement of Mr. Clifton Love, of the Chamber of Manufactures, that the price of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Welsh Coal Miners. Rhondda Valley Strike. German Orders Lost
LONDON, Saturday.—Owing to the Rhondda, Valley miners' strike, orders for a million tons of coal for Germany and Italy have already been diverted to America…
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LONDON, Saturday.--Owing to the strike of the Rhondda Valley miners, orders for 1,000,000 tons of coal for Germany and Italy have already been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Herrin Massacre. Six Miners Acquitted
NEW YORK, Saturday.—A message from Marion ([?]linois), states that a jury has acquitted six miners charged with, participation in the Herrin massacre. Some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Maitland Coalfield. aberdare miners resume
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The coal proprietors have called a special meeting for Monday. It is rumoured that four of the Aberdare mines resumed work yesterday, leaving only seven…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold in Westralia. Rich Crushing Announced
PERTH, Saturday.—The West Australian Minister for Mines has received a telegram from the mines inspector reporting that prospectors on the Murray lease at Mottetof…
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