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Mining & the mines, 1919

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 3
Also in The Sun

Transactions in mining script were again quiet yesterday, and only a meagre volume of business was done. Silver-lead were the chief attractions…

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W.a. Gold Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 10

PERTH, Tuesday.--The West Australian gold output for February was 67,043 fine ounces, valued at £284,783. This is 10.760 ounces less than the yield for February, 1918…

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Hampden Consols Mine to Close. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 14

In Townsville on Monday it was reported that the Mount Elliott Company had given miners in the Hampden Consols mine a month's notice, owing to the price of copper…

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South Coast Collieries. Non-unionists and "Darg" System. Likely Settlement at North Bulli

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 9

WOLLONGONG. Tuesday.--The trouble at the North Bulli Colliery continues, but there is good prospects of a settlement. The police journeyed out with the workmen…

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Topics of the Week German Mines in Australian Waters

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 3

While the Australian Steamship Company's steamer Aeon was passing Cape Everard, Victoria, on the voyage from Sydney to Adelaide on February…

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Not "Pink-eyes" Indignant Miners a Proposal Turned Down WOLLONGONG

The Sun · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 8

Considerable indignation has been caused amongst the members of what is termed the new union in the Illawarra district at constant reference…

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Southern Miners "Darg" Preferred to Strike Holding Up the Pits Wollongong

Evening News · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 4

Coakllf coillery is id[?] to-day ofer [?]ircustances that hings upon the working of the darg system it was at this coll[?] that the "darg" was fist…

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Coal Trouble Owners' Viewpoint Reply to Mr. Willis Conference Regarding Wages

Evening News · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 4

Mr. M'Donald secretary of the Northern Cl[?] Proprletor[?] Association, this at [?] made a rejoinder to the statement of Mr. A.C. Willis. secretary…

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Fancied Desert Gold Lost £1000 at Races Bookmaker's Clerk Bankrupt

The Sun · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 9

Richard James Morris, bookmaker's clerk, was to-day examined in the Bankruptcy Court before the Registrar (Mr. Salusbury)…

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The Miners. Men Assaulted on South Coast. Darg System in Vogue. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 12

Since the riots on the workmen's train on Saturday afternoon, between Coledale and Wollongong, in which members of the new miners' union received a rough handling by some of…

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"Hard" Fires Ship and Basement Troubles When Coal Burns for Weeks Methods of Extinction

The Sun · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 4

To a firelighter on apparently ordinary fire may at any time turn out a veritable "box of tricks." Some fires which look easy to…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 7

After protracted negotiations, an option of purchase has been accrued by the Tongkah Compound over the Pagnga property, staned on the Siamese mainland, opposite the island of Tongkah. The property, which…

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Coal Trouble Mr. Wills' Challenge Why Miners Refuse State Court

Evening News · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 5

Mr. A. C. Wille, sec[?] and Shale Employees Federation [?] morning challenged Mr. M'Donald [?] of the Northern [?]…

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Our Coal Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 6

An extended period of peace in coalmining seems almost impossible in New South Wales. Yet strikes at individual pits and rumours of general upheavals are so…

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Tungsten Mines, N.l

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 8

The prospectus of Tungsten Mines, N.L. has been issued. The capital of the company is —30,000, in 12,000 fully paid vendors' shares of —1, and 18,000 contributing shares on which,…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 3

Transactions in mining script were quiet again yesterday, tin again being the attraction. Tongkali Compound advanced Cd to 14/3, Trong for terms…

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Miners' President States Their Position

Evening News · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 5

Mr. J. Baddeley, president [?] and Shale Employers' [?] to-day to the [?] M'Donald, secretary in the [?]…

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Maximum Wage. Coalcliff Colliery Idle. North Bulli Quiet

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.--The Coalcliff colliery was Idle to-day. When the men arrived at the mine this morning a meeting was held, when the decision arrived at by the…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 8

The firmness of mining shares on Tuesday was not maintained in yesterday's operations on the Stock Exchange, A source of weakness was the lead given by the Muloourne…

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