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Mining & the mines, 1919

4,299 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 215

Coal Controller Dead London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 1

The death is announced of Sir Guy Calthorpe, the Coal Controller…

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Strike Favored Ballot of Miners Nationalisation Advocated [?]

Evening News · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 1

[?] For a strike [?]…

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Export of Gold. Detrimental to Commonwealth

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 4

Mr. Barnes, Victorian Minister for Mines and Railways, said on Friday that if the Commonwealth intended to supplement the assistance given by the…

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Conspiracy Charges. South Coast Miners Fined. Helensburgh

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 7

What is alleged to be a prevailing practice in some coal mines resulted in three employees of the Metropolitan Coal Company being proceeded against on Thursday, at the…

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Miners' Wages. Two Companies Grant Increases. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 6

In connection with the claim by the Colliery Employees' Federation for a 20 per cent. increase in the wages of what is known as "off hands labour," Mr. J. M. Baddeley…

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Coal Trimmers Cease Work. Demand for Extra Pay

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 5

Following upon the refusal of the members of the Coal Trimmers' Union to trim the coal on board the steamer Atua on Tuesday unless paid extra,…

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Miners' Threat. Strike Chances. Majority in Favor. Government's Efforts. London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 5

The ballot of minors at Southwall resulted:-- In favor of strike 32,903 Against 7,990 All the colliery district returns hitherto…

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Hlll End Gold. Rich Specimens at Bathurst. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 6

Rich specimens of the ore Just broken in the mica vein on the Hill End field by the Amalgamated Company, which is working under a limited tribute from the Marshall…

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Strike Menace Ballot Favours Strife Cabinet Anxious Militant Miners. London, Feb. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 7

All the colliery district returns available up to the present show an overwhelming majority in favour of a strike. The Premier conferred with the executive to-day. He…

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N.S.W. Gold Yield. a Falling-off for January

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 5

The gold yield recorded in New South Wales for the month of January was 4,220-ounces crude, equal to 4,120-ounces fine, valued at £17,499, as…

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Doctors' Union M.D.'s to Organise the Miners' Threat Early Reply Demanded LONDON, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 1

A meeting of the medical profession in London carried a resolution by 207 votes to 30 in favor of organising the profession on a trade union…

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"The Street of Gold" a Story of Noble Men and Heartless Women. a Parasitic Sex Class

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 8

"The Street of Gold," by May Edginton, is like most other novels, in that it depicts the clash between two men seeking to possess one woman,…

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State Coal Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 6

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Minister for Mines is enthusiastic in regard to the prospects of the State colliery at Baralaba. in the Central District. A seam from 7th. to 10ft. in thickness…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 11

The Central Mine, Broken Hill (Sulphide Corporation), milled 2217 tons of are during the week ended February be the 'concentrates produced were 001 tons. They assayed: Silver 46.2oz., lead 61.5 per cent., and zinc 9.6…

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Junction North Mine

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 3

The Junction North Broken Hill mine (N.L.) has declared a dividend at the rate of is per share on the whole of the shares issued. This…

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Shortage of Coal

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 4

The Broken Hill mines have at most only two weeks' supply of coat on hand. If the threatened trouble in the N.S.W. coal mines materialises, or the coal…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 3

Transactions in mining script were decidedly firmer on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday, silver mines being the attraction…

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Victoria Short of Coal

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 12

The Victorian coal supplies, as a result of the recent shipping hold-up, have fallen dangerously. The Shipping Controller has issued instructions that,…

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Hill End. Mining

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 14

The discovery of rich gold in that part of the Mica Vein in the Marshall's Hill End Company's leases, being worked under tribute by the Amalgamated Hill…

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Gold Near Singleton. Singleton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 12

A small but rich specimen of gold-bearing stone has been found on the property of Mr. W. J. Reynolds, at Townhead. The stone, which is a dark composite, apparently of…

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