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Mining & the mines, 1919

4,299 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 215

Stanford-merthyr Dispute. Miners to Consider

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 11

A compulsory conference, convened by the industrial Registrar (Mr. J.B. Holme), between the employers and employees of the Stanford-Merthyr colliery, was held yesterday…

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Goledale Colliery Men Vote for Stoppage Against Officers' Advice WOLLONGONG

Evening News · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 3

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New Burragorang Silver Mining Co

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 21

The annual report and statement of accounts of the New Burragorang Silver Mining Company disclose a loss of £541 for the year ended November 30 last. The credit to profit…

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Great Cobar. 400 Men Paid Off. Mining Manager Going to Singapore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 19

Yesterday afternoon Mr. Fletcher, general manager and receiver o[?] The Great Cobar, Limited, informed a "Herald" reporter that this morning over 400 men would be paid off…

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Saving the Soldier Senator Millen's Proposals Mining As Health Tonic Perth

The Sun · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 8

Senator Millen (Minister for Repatriation) spent all day and most of, last night conferring with returned soldiers' representatives on general subjects…

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Coal Trouble Miners Insist on Reference to Tribunal

The Mirror · Sunday 16 March 1919 · page 2

There have not been any fresh development in connection with the coal-mining dispute. The Under-Secretary for Labor and Industry is hopeful that…

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Miners' Secretary Says Men Will Strike Unless Mines Nationalised London

The Mirror · Sunday 16 March 1919 · page 1

Giving evidence before the Coal Commission, Mr. W. Straker, secretary of the Northumberland Miners' Association, said it would be useless to ask the men…

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Coal Position Still Doubtful Labor Department Hopeful, but Miners Want Federal Court

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 March 1919 · page 2

There have not been any fresh developments in connection with the coal mining dispute. The Under Secretary for Labor and Industry is hopeful that…

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Desert Gold Postponed

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 March 1919 · page 22

The screening of Beaumont Smith's film, Desert Gold, which was to have taken place this week at the Globe and Lyric Theatres, has been deferred to a…

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British Miners Ask for Joint Control With Power to Open and Work Mines and Sell Product LONDON

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 March 1919 · page 1

Giving evidence before the Coal Commission, W. Straker, secretary of the Northumberland Miners' Association, said it would be useless to ask the men…

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News in Brief Coal Barge Swamped

The Sun · Sunday 16 March 1919 · page 4

During Friday's squall a barge laden with 25 tons of coal, which was moored at the wharf at Tom Ugly's Point, was swamped by the waves and sunk…

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Broken Hill Miners Again Restive Agreement Expires in June, and Trouble is Expected Broken Hill

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 March 1919 · page 4

The makings of a serious industrial trouble, in Broken Hill, seem to be in the witches cauldron. Meetings of unions are being held almost every night, and…

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Share Market Busy Day on Change Big Money for Inter-State Strong Rise in Mining

The Sun · Sunday 16 March 1919 · page 4

The Sydney share market yesterday was lively. The turnover for a Saturday morning was the largest for several weeks. There was no shortage of…

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Britain's Miners. Appalling Housing Conditions. London, March 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 9

Mr. Robertson, chairman of the Scottish Union of Mine Workers, told the Coal Commission that mining was more deadly than other work. There were 1240 fatalities in the…

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The "Darg." Abandonment, Likely. Helensburgh Miners Resume Melensburgh

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 8

A meeting of Holenasburgh miners, attended by Messrs. Parsons and Sweeny, district offcers, was held on the reserve to-day. It was pointed out very plainly that the…

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MINERS [?] South Coast Position Working of the Darg WOLLOGONG

Evening News · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 4

Owing to the stoppage at Coledale about 410 men are unemployed The prospect of working the [?] with loyalist labor, even if it won available is…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 March 1919 · page 6

Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging return for the first fortnight of March was 284 hours, 46,000 yards [?] tons, realised £1630. Cable advice states that No. 1 dredge was stopped for ten days during the fortnight…

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Mine-sweeping

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1919 · page 7

The Admiralty is establishing a voluntary force of 1300 men to be exclusively engaged in mine-sweeping. The work will occupy many months…

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