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Mining & the mines, 1919

4,299 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 215

Withdraw Troops Miners' Demand British in Russia VANCOUVER

The Sun · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 7

The Miners' Conference has asked the Government immediately to withdraw British troops from Russia…

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Mining Shares Copper Cheaper: Tin Dearer

Evening News · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 7

Business in the [?] section was depressed with [?] quotations for some shares in each section up to 2.15 p.m. on Change…

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Food for Germany. Payment in Gold. London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 5

A German wireless message announces that the Government is sending gold to Brussels on March 26 in payment for food, of which it is reported that ₤7,000,000 worth of American and…

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Metal Crisis. No Help for Cobar Mines. State Refuses Control. Black Outlook for the Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 6

"The outloock not only for copper but for other metals is dismal in the extreme." "Copper cannot be produced in New South Wales at the present market price, and the…

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Caledonian Collieries. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 8

The meeting of shareholders in Caledonian Collieries, Limited, was held to-day. Mr. H. B. Howard Smith, who presided, stated that, although the financial result last year…

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Coledale Colliery Miners Still Idle Refusal to Take a Ballot WOLLONGONG

Evening News · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 8

The trouble at Coledale Colliery over the refusal of a few employes to join the Miners' Federation, ans which has already been responsible for a fortnight's…

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Labor for Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Owing to several base metal mines in New South Wales and Queensland closing down, a better position is stated to now exist in regard to adequatoly…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 3

Still another dull market prevailed for mining script yesterday, and most shares showed a weakening tendency. North Broken Hill declined lO½d for…

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Coal Shortage. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 7

The serious position in South Australia owing to the coal shortage was impreased upon the South Australian Federal mombers by representatives of the railways, Electrical…

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Coal Shortage in Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The general traffic manager of the railways said the position in regard to coal supplies was serious. There was not sufficient coal in sight…

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Coal Shortage in Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--While all industries are more or less affected through the shipping shortage and delay the position of the coal trade, with all its dependent activities is…

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Copper Slump. Another Mine Closing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 6

Next week the Abercromble mine and the Eskbank refinery, near Lithgow, both of which are controlled by an English company, of which Mr. Sydney Smith is the Sydney…

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Gold Find in Tasmania

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 6

ZEEHAN (Tas.), Thursday. -- Deegan and Hadfield have discovered payable alluvial gold in a creek near Lake Margret power station. The entire length of the creek, which is small…

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Coal Trouble. Conference in Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Acting Prime Minister stated to-night, that all parties concerned had accepted his invitation to attend a conference convened for to-morrow afternoon…

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Miners on Strike. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 6

The miners employed at Millerton and Granlty struck to-day, and the mines are quite idle. The dispute is over the question of whether the miners should be paid for…

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Miners and Sankey Report. Acceptance Recommended. Vancouver

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 5

A message from London states that it is officially announced that the Miners Conference has decided to recommend the acceptance of the Government's terms. A ballot will be…

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The Miners. Melbourne Conference. Serious Position at Mount Pleasant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 6

Captain F. G. Waley, Messrs. E. G. Weyland and T. R. Morgan, representing the Southern Colliery Proprietors' Association, left Sydney by the Melbourne express last…

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British Miners. Demand Withdrawal From Russia. London, March 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 7

The Government on Tuesday declined to make modifications in Mr. Justice Sankey's report. The miners asked that a six-hour day should be enforced a year earlier, and a…

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Mines in N.Z. WATERS. Fifteen Not Yet Discovered

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 2

When Germany signed the [?] their naval representatives stated that the raider Wolf had laid sixty mines in New Zealand waters. Of these…

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Trading Experiments. a Mining Company as Butcher

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 3

The Mount Lyell Company has embarked upon an interesting trading experiment in taking over the butchers' shops at Gormanston and Linda (Tas.)…

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