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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

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The Coal Miners Threat to Strike. The Men Talk About the Profits in the Industry

Tweed Daily · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday. --At the sitting of the coal miners tribunal to-day Mr. Baddeley, president of the Northern Miners' Association, said:…

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Railway Coal Contracts. Dispute with Proprietors

Northern Star · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Negotiations are still in progress between the colliery proprictoms land railway department concerning coal contracts, the holding up of which…

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Germans Giving In. Some are Supplying the Coal

Tweed Daily · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 3

PARIS, Tuesday. --Advices from Berlin show that the prohibition against the execution or the coal requisition is not being generally observed, as some of…

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Coal Tribunal. High Cost of Production. Dismissal Op Employees

Northern Star · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.-A't the Goal Tribunal to-day Mr. Morgan, representing the southern owners, referred to the Victorian State mine…

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Idle Mines

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Goverment will not take over the idle mines on the South Coast to supply coal to the railways…

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The Coal Tribunal Application for Lower Pay. Miners Have a Case to Answer

Tweed Daily · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.--Mr. Hibble, chairman of the coal-tribunal yesterday, declined to dismiss the application made by the representatives of the miners for…

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Miners Indignant. British Intervention Sought

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday—Reuter's Berlin correspondent 'States that the owners and workers representative at Ruhr had more conferences with the…

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Wages in Coal Industry. Sitting of Tribunal "Something More Than Work."

Northern Star · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—At the Coal Tribunal to-day it was stated by Mr. McDonald, on behalf of the employers, that the export trade from Newcastle had been killed by…

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Won't Obey Decision of the Germans. Government, Mine Owners and Unionists in Agreement

Tweed Daily · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 3

BERLIN, Wednesday.--The "Lokal Anzeiger" says that the conference of representatives of the Government, the mine directors and…

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The Latest News. International. Germany Adamant. Will Not Deliver Coal. French Occupy Dortmund

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.—The conference between the Allied Generals and German industrialist ended abruptly with the Germans' absolute refusal to…

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Idle Coal Mines. Government Inaction

Northern Star · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Government was not take over the idle mines on the [?] coast to supply coal to the railways…

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The Coal Mines. Claim for Wage Reduction. Address in Reply

Northern Star · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—At the tribunal to-day Mr. Baddely, miners' representative, rose to continue his address in reply to the owners' claim for a wage reduction, when…

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British Coal Booms

Tweed Daily · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- It is reported from Glasgow that all the available coal for export for January has been booked for immediate shipments to Germany…

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Arrest of Mine Directors

Northern Star · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—A message from Berlin says the French ordered the Lord Maytir of Mannheim to arrest Herr Thysson and other directors and take them to French…

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New Gold Field

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.--In connection with the gold find at Dark Corner, the reef is said to be two feet wide, with a vein of gold quartz ten to twelve…

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France and Germany. Mine-owners Between Two Fires

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.--The Berlin Government has instructed the mine-owners not to give the French any coal without payment, disobedience to…

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Big Decline N.S.W. Gold Yield

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 3

The New South Wales Under Secretary for Mines (Mr. R. H. Camba has furnished a return showing the gold returns in New South Wales for 1922…

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The Poor Coal Owners. They Go to Gaol Whatever They Do

Tweed Daily · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

BERLIN, Thursday. -- The German Government has instructed the mine owners not to deliver coal to the French authorities with or without payment…

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Firm Measures Further Sanctions Imposed. France Requisitions the Ruhr Mines and Various Utilities

Tweed Daily · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

BERLIN, Thursday. -- The correspondent of the "Lokal Anzieger" in Essen says that further sanctions will be imposed to-day, including…

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British Coal

Northern Star · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—It is expected that the present demand for British coal wil raise the miners' wages from an average of 36s, weekly to 65s…

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