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Mining & the mines, 1919

4,299 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 215

New Coal Controller London, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 1

The Press Bureau announces that Mr. Evan Jones, M.P., has been appointed Coal Controller…

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British Trade Unions and the Government. Miners' Strike Postponed

The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 7

Latest information concerning the industrial position in Great Britain represents the outlook to be "brighter," which of course, means that Capitalism has now…

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Money in Coal How the War Paid LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 1

Surrounded by enormous masses of reports and figures, the Coal Commission began to-day its race against time. It is pledged to complete in 16…

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Will There Be a Coal Strike. Mr. Watt Refuses to Intervene

The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 7

Sometime ago the Australasian Coal, and Shale Employees' Federation, following the refusal of the Coal Owners' Association to deal with the Federation's…

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Don't Favor Strike Miners on South Coast All Pits Working WOLLONGONG Th[?]

Evening News · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 3

[?] South [?]…

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Case for the Coal Owners. Will Accept Federal Arbitration. Inquiry Into Profits

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

A conference between the representatives of the northern minera and the Northern Proprietors Association was held in Sydney yesterday afternoon…

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Coal Dispute. Owners' Vigorous Reply. Union Officials to Blame. Ulterior Motives Suggested

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 5

The coal-mining trouble was reviewed yesterday by the secretary of the Northern Colheries Association (Mr. C. M. M'Donald), who replied to the utterances of Messrs. Baddeley…

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Export of Gold. "Financially Unsound." a Victorian Minister's Opinion. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 7

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Barnes) believes it is economically and financially unsound to export gold won in Victoria to the East and other countries, as is now being…

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Profits From Coal Great Increase in Five Years How Wages Have Risen London, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 1

Giving evidence at the first sitting of the Coal Commission under the presidency of Mr Justice Sankey. Mr Dickinson, financial adviser to the Coal…

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Mine Flooded. Miners' Narrow Escape. Drake

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 7

Exceptionally heavy rain on Monday washed away the timbering of the Kyloe copper mine. The miners working underground escaped just in time to see the surface collapse, and…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 7

On the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday British (old) were quoted buyers 436. sellers 446, and Hampdens at buyers 31, sellers 33…

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Coal Prospecting

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Before Mr. C. F. Butter, mining warden, to-day, George Williams applied, under the Amended Mining Act of 1918, for authority to enter lands in the…

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Profiteering Careless Officialdom Price-Fixing Disclosures Coal Mining Profits London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 1

The disclosure at the first sitting of the Coal Commission of the haphazard methods of price-fixing is regarded as virtually equivalent to official sanction…

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New Coal Controller

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 7

The Press Bureau announces that Sir Evan Jones, M.P., has been appointed Coal Con[?]…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 5

[?] at first and second [?] transactions took [?] Eastern [?]…

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British Coal Commission London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 5

At the first sitting of Mr. Justice Sankey's Coal Commission, Mr. Dickinson, the coal controller's financial adviser, stated that a 30 per cent. Increase in wages and a six-hour day…

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Financial. Does Gold Export Benefit?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 8

The views of the Victorian Minister for Mines that no gold should be exported, but that it should all be kept in the country in order that the Commonwealth Government…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 8

Rather quiet conditions prevailed in mining shares on the Stock Exchange yesterday, but no general movement was manifest. Barriers sold mostly at firm prices, the only weakness…

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Discontented Miners. Threat of a General Strike

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 5

There is a possibility of a general strike of miners throughout New South Wales within the near future. The refusal of the proprietors to grant…

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"The Darg" Operation at Another Mine. WOLLONGONG

Evening News · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 6

The "darg" is now in operations at Mount Keira Colliery, making the seventh [?] on the South Coast to adopt this [?]. It is probable that the other…

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