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Mining & the mines, 1920

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Silver and Gold. Prices Still Increase. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1920 · page 2

Silver is now quoted at 7[?] and gold at £6 [?] an ounce…

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Wheat From Victoria. Difficulties with Trucks and Coal. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1920 · page 2

Victoria is having some difficulty in fulfilling the agreement to supply 5,000 tons of wheat weekly to this State…

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Going Slow Stopped. New Zealand Miners. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 2

The New Zealand miners have ceased their go-slow tactics, and the men will receive a substantial increase in wages, while the consumers will be…

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Delivery of Coal. Germany's Failure

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Copenhagen says that it is semi-officially stated in Berlin that M. Millerand, Premier of France, has handed the…

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Nationalisation. Miners Demands Opposed. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 2

The moderate Labor members in the House of Commons are using "yards" of newspaper space to disavow the miners' talk of coercing the…

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Free Gold Market. Australian Proposal. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 2

The correspondent of the "Times" at Delhi says that the chairman of the Australian Gold Producers Association, who is visiting India, has urged the…

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Down a Gold Mine

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 5

Gold and gold-rushes did more to open up Australia in the early days than anything else could have done in the same period of time…

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Big Mining Move Proposed Sale of Long Tunnel. Company with £150,000

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 2

An extraordinary general meeting of Gundagai Long Tunnel Gold Mine, No Liability, is to be held in Sydney on Thursday,…

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Gold and Silver. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 2

Silver is 7/0 1/4 an ounce and gold £6 2/…

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Live Mine Found. Report to Department. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 7

The Navigation Department has received a report from the pilot at Camden Haven stating that a live mine has been found on the beach about a…

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Miners' Conditions. As Bad As Germany. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1920 · page 2

A witness giving evidence before the Commission of Inquiry into the coal trade in New South Wales, said that the miners wanted to share in…

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West Australian Gold Excitement on Change. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1920 · page 4

Both Adelaide and Melbourne Stock Exchanges were excited to-day. According to private advices there was a remarkable boom in…

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Coolgardie Mine. Rich Assay Yield. 600 Ounces to Ton. Perth

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 February 1920 · page 3

A valuable specimen of oxidised and arsenical pyritic ore has been secured from the Cockshot lease, Coolgardie. Portion of the stone obtained from…

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The Coal Industry. Upheaval Expected. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 February 1920 · page 2

It is reported that there is a strong probability of another upheaval in the coal industry in October next, when the existing agreement between the…

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District Court Yesterday. Before Judge Bevan. The Accident to Gold Coat

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 2

Thomas Piper v Stephen Loiterton; and Leslie Sanderson v same. The former claimed £200 for the destruction of the racehorse Goldcoat,…

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The Color Bar. Miners Refuse Work. Objectionable Leaflet. Johannesburg

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 2

An interesting dispute has arisen in the Crown mines, where members of the Mine Workers' Union, employed in number one shaft, refuse to work with…

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Motor v. Racehorse the Accident to Gold Coat

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 2

At Cootamundra District Court on Thursday, before Judge Bevan, Thomas Piper sued Stephen Loiterton and' Leslie Sanderson v…

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South Africa. Mining Trouble Settled. Unionists Cannot Victimise a Man. Cape Town

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 1

The mines trouble is settled. The workers in the union, it was decided, could not victimise anyone because of his politics…

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Political Beliefs. No Victimisation. Miners' Decision. Johannesburg

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 2

The trouble at the Crown mine has been settled. The Mineworkers' Union decided that it would not victimise a man…

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Miners' Demands. Thirty-hour Week. Gloomy Outlook. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1920 · page 2

Mr. John Fell, giving evidence before the Coal Commission to-day, said that the outlook for the coal trade is not promising. as we are…

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