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Mining & the mines, 1919

4,299 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 215

Mining

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 April 1919 · page 10

On Wednesday last the manager of the Gundagai Long Tunnel Co. reported a Crushing of 340 tons for 403 ouncee of gold, exclusive of concentrates and…

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Sweeping the Mines

The Mirror · Sunday 13 April 1919 · page 2

The London Dally Express says that, by the employment of a new device for diminishing hawser strain, the Admiralty will utilise airships to sweep for mines…

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Threatened Coal Famine in Victoria. MELBOURNE

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 April 1919 · page 2

The prospect of a coal famine is causing grave concern here, and it is believed that the Coal Board will shortly put into effect restrictions to curtail the…

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Airships to Sweep for Mines LONDON, April 7

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 April 1919 · page 1

The Daily Express says that by the employment of a new device for diminishing hawser strain, the Admiralty will utilise airships to sweep for mines. These…

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Desert Gold. Referee Picture on May 7

The Mirror · Sunday 13 April 1919 · page 6

Book orders early for the special Referee Supplement picture of the great racing celebrity. Desert Gold. Orders for the issue are rolling in, and copies…

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Coal Trouble State Action Disfavored Negotiations Going on Wollongong

The Sun · Sunday 13 April 1919 · page 8

The probability of the State Government stepping in and taking a hand in the negotiations among the coal miners, the colliery proprietors, and…

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Coal Strike Probable State Government Acts Mr. J. L. Campbell, K.C., Appointed Royal Commissioner to Investigate Profits Proprietors are Already Making and Whether Miners are Getting Fair Wages

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 April 1919 · page 2

The State Government has intervened in the proposed settlement arranged by the Acting Prime Minister, of the demands of the coalminers upon the proprietors. A corollary of the grant of the increase in wages to the men was a n advance in the price of coal. The…

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Coal Bombshell Slate Government to Investigate Increase of Price Royal Commission Appointed

The Mirror · Sunday 13 April 1919 · page 2

The State Government has decided to intervent in the dispute in the coal industry, and to appoint a Royal Commission to ascertain if any interests in price…

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Romance of the Cobar Copper Mines Discovered by a Party of Three Well-sinkers 50 Years Ago

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 April 1919 · page 25

The closing down of the copper mines of Cobar is a tragedy in the history of production in Australia. It is all the more deplorable in that the closing is not…

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What the Men Will Do Possibilities of a Strike. Miners' Delegates Hoped to Settle Trouble by Next

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 April 1919 · page 2

The intervention of the State Government has completely upset the negotiations between the coal owners and the men. At the conference between…

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Share Market Big Run on War Loan Higher Values Quoted Mining Scrip Inactive

The Sun · Sunday 13 April 1919 · page 4

The feature of yesterday's share market Was the big improvement in the demand for the various issues of the Commonwealth War Loan. There was…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 April 1919 · page 2

The sixth ordinary general meeting of shareholder To in Learnt Tin Dredging, Will be held this afternoon in Sydney, and, once again the directors are to be one gratulated upon the report which they have to present…

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The Coal Mines Nationalisation Looms LONDON, April 10

The Sun · Monday 14 April 1919 · page 1

In South Wales the ballots taken show a sweeping majority in favor of Mr. Justice Sankey's report, despite the bitter opposition of the men's…

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Colliery Owners to Meet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1919 · page 8

A meeting of the colliery proprietors has been convened to discuss the State Government's action. Mr. M'Donald (secretary to the Northern Proprietors' Association) stated…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 14 April 1919 · page 3

Transactions in mining script continued to be fairly lively. Tin issues provided most of the business, and most showed a weakening tendency…

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Colliery Trouble Settled. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1919 · page 7

The trouble at Millerton coalmine is settled, and work will be resumed on Monday…

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Northern Miners Meet Newcastle

The Sun · Monday 14 April 1919 · page 5

The Northern Miners' Delegate Board met to-day at the Trades Hall to discuss the report presented by Mr. Baddciey concerning the conference in…

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Victorian Gold Yields. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1919 · page 9

Mining yields include:—New Langi Logan, fortnight, 64oz from wash drives; New Chum Goldfields, 272 tons, 61oz; Oswald, 290 tons, 65oz; ditto, cyanide, 930 tons, 84oz; Chiltern…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1919 · page 9

There was even less than the usual weekend business in mining scrip on the Sydney Stock Exchange on Saturday, and only gold and tin were touched. Tin was firm, and…

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Stop-press Coal Dispute Newcastle

The Sun · Monday 14 April 1919 · page 1

A 15 per cent. increase in wagers and 2s 7d a day for wages men, are the terms arrived at by the Melbourne Coal Conference. These…

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