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Mining & the mines, 1922

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Mining Dispute. Stoppage at Pelaw Main. New Machinery Objected to. NEWCASTLE

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 2

Serious trouble has arisen at Pelew Main colliery where the machine men operating the new turbine coal cutting machines are dissatisfied with…

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THE S.A. MINES The Color Bar Ratio of Whites and Blacks. JOHANNESBURG

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 1

A conference has been held on the coat mine question. Mr. Buckle affirmed that the Chamber never had any idea of removing the…

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Irish Fren State. Text of the Mining Street Assembly Distoric Document to End Trouble. Terms Upon Which Ireland Becomes a British Dominion

The Daily Express · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 2

Among the vast number of documents filed in the official records of the British Government none is likely to rank higher in interest and…

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Miners Hours and Wages

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 5

The Newcastle proposal to limit colliery working days to nine per fortnight has been most emphatically rejected. An important move has…

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Australian Gold. Landed at San Francisco Sonoma's Exciting Voyage. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 2

A message from San Francisco states that the Sonoma arrived with Australian gold worth 2,000,000 dollars intact. The officers say that naval…

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Mining News

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 4

A report from the Clark-Wesley, dated January 21, stated that the mine commenced work on January 9. A certain amount of…

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Coal and Shale Last Year’s Production. Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 1

The Under Secretary for M[?]s has furnished a return to the Minister showing that the output of coal in New South Wales for [?]1, amounted…

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Price of Coal Union Leader’s Views Advocates Lower Wages. Newcastle

The Daily Express · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 1

In a statement concerning the coal market, Mr. Lewis, district treasurer of the Miners’ Federation, said to-day that local miners would have to be…

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Notes for Gold. Remanded Trickster Escapes. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 2

James Francis Casey was charged at the Police Court to-day under a provisional warrant with having obtained by means of a trick £825 from Arthur…

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South African Strike Serious Development Miners’ Armed Organisation. Johannesburg, Feb. 3

The Daily Express · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 1

The railway stores on the Witbank [?]ne were dynamited last night. Commandoes of strikers me parading the roof, many appeared with…

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Strike in Berlin City Bare of Coal Municipal Services Stopped LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 1

A strike of the municipal employees in Berlin broke out on Sunday morning, completely paralysing the gas, water and electricity supply. The tramway…

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The Mining Industry Consider Both Sides Profits and Wages SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 1

The district treasurer of the Northern Miners Federation says that before any reduction in miners' wages could be discussed there should be information…

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Victorian Coal Mine Work to Resume Strike Leader Dismissed. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 1

Unless something unforeseen occurs the State cool mine will be in full swing tomorrow. The trouble caused by the wheeled…

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Colliery Wages and Owner’s Profits. Newcastle

The Daily Express · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 2

Mr. Lewis, district treasurer of the Miners’ Federation says that before miners’ wages are discussed the owners’ profits should be made known…

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Adelong Splashes Mining Accident

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 4

It is some time since Adelong had to record a mining accident, chiefly, probably, on account of such little mining going on, though some…

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Wages and Profits. Miners Want Information Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 2

The district treasurer of the northern Miners' Federation, says before any reduction in miners wages could be discussed, there should be…

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Power and Uses of Coal

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 5

The energy contained in coal is enormous. A pound of coal—that is to say, a piece about as big as a man's fist—in combining with oxygen,…

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S. A. Strike. Position at Jo[?]burg Pumping the Mines. Johannesburg, Feb. 8

The Daily Express · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 2

Following a warning issued by the police, [?]our arrest have been made on charges of inciting to violence Fires have been lighted at the New…

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Gleam of Hope. Reef Miners Want to Resume Federal Against General Strike. J Johannesburg

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 2

The mass meeting held by the federation to explain the conference with the Prime Minister concluded amid wild scenes. a [?]solution for a general…

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Industrial Crisis Alarming Reports From Newcastle. Prospect of Increasing Unemployment. Coal Market "Gone to Blazes." Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 2

An Intimation lias been received from Melbourne that the steel works Trill , close when the present orders are completed, and until the cost of coal,…

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