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Mining & the mines, 1923

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Coal Crisis. Nothing to Say Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 1

Mr Macdonald' [?]etary of the Northern Coal Owners, said to-day that the position is absolutely unchanged and he refused to commend…

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The Coal Crisis

The Daily Express · Saturday 19 May 1923 · page 2

The best news in regard to the deadlock between coal mine proprietors and the miners in the Maitland Greta district is that published this…

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Coal Strike. Levy on the Miners. Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 2

A levy of 3/ in the £ imposed by the Coalminers' Union for the support of the Maitland miners who are on strike is causing a great deal of…

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Coal Strike Aggregate Meetings Miners Feeling the Pinch Newcastle

The Daily Express · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 1

The Northern ceil miners are holding aggregate, meetings to-day, when a policy for the future will be laid down…

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The Coal Strike. Miners Standing Firm. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 2

Aggregate meetings of miners were held yesterday and were well attended and there is no doubt as to the unanimity of the miners in their decision…

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Coal Crisis Levy at Broken Hi to Help Miners Broken Hill, Mo

The Daily Express · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 2

The Barrier Miners at Bro[?] have struck a 15 per cent. the Maitland miners. Bell[?] expressed at [?]ils meeting…

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Leeton District Rugby League Football Club 1923 Gold Medal Competition

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 3

The Leeton Rubyites are to congratulate themselves on their decision to run a competition among their players this year. It was first…

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COAL "Position Unchanged." SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 1

[?] secretary of the Nor[?] Association, remarked [?] far as we are concerned, [?] on the Maitland field is…

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Coal Crisis Owners Obdurate Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 1

The Coalowners intend, to prevent the resumption of Work by Maitland and Greta miners until their terms are complied with…

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Coal Strike. No Serious Disturbances Thousands of Unemployed. NEWCASTLE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 2

Reports regarding riots at Whitten colliery lack confirmation. A contractor took his men to Whitton to load small coal, which he had bought, but…

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Coal Crisis Owner Will Sit Sight Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 1

Mr. M’Donald, Secretary of the Northern Goal Owners, stated to-day that the coal position, is unchanged He denied that the owners would…

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Coal Strike. Demonstration at Greta. Owners' Position Unchanged. Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 2

Seventy miners from West Maitland made a demonstration against free laborers at South Great Colliery this morning, but returned home on the…

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Southern Mines Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 2

The Southern Coalowners met the men’s representatives to-day and agreed to grant, increases of pay for certain classes of work…

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Coal Crisis Fighting the Strike Federal Stocks Available Melbourne

The Daily Express · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 2

Owing to the coal strike in New South Wales, the Prime Minister has decided to make available to the States the large stocks of [?] which…

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Synthetic Coal

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 1

Alchemy has yet to succeed in transmuting base metals into gold, but it appears that German science, having failed to achieve synthetic gold, has…

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The Wind Up. Coal Miners Worried Financial Help Insufficient Newcastle

The Daily Express · Monday 28 May 1923 · page 1

Maitland coalminers are feeling the pipch. The supply of money th[?]ough the Union levy is insufficient to meet…

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Mining

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 2

I cannot touch on the raining outlook, for this industry is still tying dormant. Mr. Wm. O'Dwyer, who is well-known in Gundagal,…

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Coal [?] Position [?] New[?]

The Daily Express · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 1

Des[?] connection with[?] unaltered[?] any move[?]…

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The Mines. Reply to Williesisms. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 1

Mr McDonald, secretary of the Northern Coal Owners' Association, replaying to is Mr Willis to-day, said, "The present is not the time to discuss…

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Big Ben Development Gold Nine. Visitors Impressed

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 2

On Friday a party of business men (accompanied by a representative of this paper) visited the Big Ben Development Gold Mine, and were…

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