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Mining & the mines, 1921

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Australian Gold Shipments to America. New York, June 23

The Daily Express · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 5

The National City Bank announces that 3,500,000 dollars in gold is expected to arrive from Australia at the and of next month…

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Settled No General Strike Miners Coming Round. London, June 24

The Daily Express · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 1

The engineers and transport workers have declined to participate in a conference regarding a general strike. which is now doomed to failure…

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Gold Ore. Splendid Specimens at Gundagai. Gundagai

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 2

The manager of the Gundagai Long Tunnel gold mine arrived in Gundagai With some splendid specimens of ore which have been lodged with the bank…

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Miners Will Confer Meeting with Owners To-day. London, June 25

The Daily Express · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 1

Owing to their complete failure to secure support for a general strike, on anything beyond vague expressions of sympathy from other trade unions,…

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Long Tunnel Mine. Another Rich Find

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1921 · page 3

ON Saturday last the manager of the famous Long Tunnel mine brought to town some nice speci-mens of gold, taken from new ground at the north .of the 250 foot level. The specimens were of good ftire and were smothered with gold…

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Settled at Last The Coal Strike Resuming Work on Monday LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 June 1921 · page 1

The coal strike is settled. There will be a resumption of work on Monday, subject to the Government's finanfinancial aid…

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Pleasure's Gold Brick. Half-million From Amusements. Picture-goers Pay Most

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 28 June 1921 · page 4

If asked what is the most popular form of amusement in Australia most people would probably say horseracing, but according to the report of the…

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Imported Coal London, June 27

The Daily Express · Wednesday 29 June 1921 · page 1

In the House of Commons, Mr, W. C. Bridgeman stated that coal imported into Britain since April 1 from America was 335,000 tons, from…

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From a Welsh Mining Valley

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1921 · page 2

Many people are struck and perplexed by the apparent difficulty of getting reliable information regarding the issues at stake in the present industrial…

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Agreed Miners and Owners Wage Difficulty Ended. London, June 7

The Daily Express · Wednesday 29 June 1921 · page 1

The miners and mine owners have arrived at an agreement regarding wages and the question of enabling a resumption of work to be made on…

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Coal Strike Over. Miners Resume on Monday Next. Wages Boards and Profit Sharing. Government Subsidy of £10,000,000 LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 June 1921 · page 2

The coal strike has been settled, and there will be resumption on Monday next. At the Coal Conference the miners executive provisionally…

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Burra Quartz Mine

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 2

The rumor that was current lately to the effect that an effort was being made to float the Burra quartz mine into a larger company shows…

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Miners Agreeable. the Maximum Reached. London. June 29

The Daily Express · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 1

The miners’ executive has circularised members urging them to accept the settlement which the executive has provisionally agreed to. The…

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Coal Strike Terms of Settlement Approval in the Commons London, June 29

The Daily Express · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 1

The House of Commons was crowded when Mr. Lloyd George announced the terms of the settlement of the coal strike…

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Coal Strike Issue Still in Doubt London, June 30

The Daily Express · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 1

Six thousand miners in the Wigan district have rejected the settlement proposals, having been instructed by their delegates to vote against an…

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Important Decisions. at Miners' Conference. Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 4

Important decisions were arrived ot on Saturday by a conference of miners' lodge delegates at Newcastle. The conference decided that arrangements…

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Miners Resume. in Limited Numbers. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 2

Reports from the coalfields indicate that the miners generally have resumed work, though only a limited number of coal getters are able to start owing to…

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Miners Killed At Wonthaggi A Fall of Stone MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 4

Two men were killed in the Victorian State Coal Mine at Wonthaggi. The victims' names are George Beamland and J. McClur…

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Coal Dispute Not Yet Finished Trouble at Various Pits. Miners' Executive Protesting London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 3

The Government apparently has not yet finished with the disputes in the coal fields. The miners at Preston Grange, Scotland, protested that the…

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Two Men Killed. in Victorian State Mine. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 3

Two men were killed in the Victorian State coal mine Wonthaggi The victims, names are George, Beanland and J. M'Clure It is understood that while…

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