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Riverina · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

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Miners’ Methods Silencing Opposition Maitland

The Daily Express · Monday 5 March 1923 · page 1

The Richmond Main Colliery is likely to remain idle tor some time owing to the employees’ decision not to work while some of their…

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Coal Tax French Intentions Drastic Regulations London, March 4

The Daily Express · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 1

The “Daily Telegraph’s” Duseeldorf correspondent says the French have made all administrative arrangements for collecting the 40 percent…

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The World's Gold

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 2

By her position as the "honest broker" taking pay from both sides, America in the early stages of the war. raked together more gold than…

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Coal Tribunal. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 2

William Barnes, miner's cheek weightman at Lithgow Valley, giving evidence before the Coal Tribunal, said if plaints for reduction of wages were…

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Winning Coal by Acids

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 3

Some remarkable experiments recently made by a British professor in the treatment of coal with acid suggest that we are on the eve of…

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Gold You Can See Through

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 2

Gold is an extremely interesting substance in many ways. It can be beaten so thin that a quarter of a million leaves of it piled…

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An Interesting Mining Case

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 2

At the Mining Warden's Court on Tuesday last, before Mr. Walter Scott, acting-warden, the conflicting applications for forfeited gold lease…

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Trouble in Coal Industry. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 4

A Newcastle message says a general hold-up in the mining industry is inevitable unless some intervention takes place by the chairman of the Coal…

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Out for Gold the Pericles Wreck [?]Mantle

The Daily Express · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 2

A syndicate has been formed to try to [?]vage the wrecked steamer Pericles which sank 13 years age with £1,000,000 worth of bullion and…

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Coal Export Tax Germans Will Not Pay London, March 9

The Daily Express · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 1

The “Dally Express” Essen correspondent says owners of foundries and coal mines in the Ruhr are determined not to pay the 10 per cent,…

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Gold Yield Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 1

The Under Secretary for Min[?] has [?]urnished a return showing that the gold yield for February was [?] of [?] at [?] which was…

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Mining Warden's Court

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 2

Yesterday, before the P.M., Norman McLeod applied for permission to mine on certain lands at Cullinga. The owner of the property, Wesley…

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Seizure of Coal Miners Act Promptly. Paris, March 1[?]

The Daily Express · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 1

The French have made the first direct seizure of coal actually in the mine at the State Mine at Westerholt. The Germans immediately struck…

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Coal Tribunal. the Strike at Abermain. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 2

At the Coal Tribunal to-day Mr. M'Donald (Northern Mincowners) asked that something should be done towards a settlement of the strike at…

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Coal Cartage

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 2

The works committee of the municipal council reported to last evening's meeting of the full council that nine tenders had been received for carting…

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New Gibraltar Mine

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 4

New Gibraltar, Adelong, a resurrection of the once English-owned Gibraltar Mines, has not fulfilled expectations, which ran high only a…

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No Reduction Coal Miners’ Wages Employers Claims . Rejected Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 1

Mr. Hibble, Chairman of the Coal Tribunal, to-day rejected the whole of the claims by the coal owners for the reduction of miners’ wages,…

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Idle Shipping Colliery Troubles Melbourne

The Daily Express · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 4

Owing to miners in several of the Newcastle district [?] having refused to work of a protest gainst reduction in wages, six steamers which…

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Miners Jubilant. Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 March 1923 · page 2

Workers are jubilant over the victory on the question of wages. The position in the mining industry is now as of yore. It is contended that if…

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Long Tunnel Mine Reconstruction Scheme

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 26 March 1923 · page 2

It is proposed to sell the assets and liabilities of the Gundagai Long Tunnel Mine (no liability) to a new company to be…

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