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Mining & the mines, 1919

4,299 stories in Sydney's papers · page 77 of 215

The Coal Settlement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 6

Higher rates of pay for employees and increases in the fixed selling price of coal will become operative in the colliery industry throughout New South Wales…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 3

Transactions in mining script wer fairly brisk. Barriers provided a fai amount of attention, but quotation showed a downward tendency…

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Miners' Wages Claims for Commonwealth

The Sun · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 7

"The increases given to the coalminers of New South Wales will certainly have to apply to the coalmines throughout the Commonwealth," said…

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Tars Coal Their Own Ships

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 2

PERTH. Sunday.--The Labor Ferderation seretary complains that the sailors of the Japaneses warships now in port Fremantle transferred coal from the trucks to their ships, and…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 9

Business in mining shares was rather quiet on Saturday, though a fair turnover was recorded in Broken Hill stocks. A large proportion of cash sales was noted, and most…

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Victorian Railways' Coal Bill. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 7

Mr. E. B. Jones, one of the Victorian Railway Commissioners, on Saturday pointed out that the new Federal coal regulations would add about £70,000 to the coal bill of the…

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Lack of Trade Lost Time in Mines

Evening News · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 5

The Royal Commissioner Mr. J. L. Campbell, K. C. appointed by the State Government to inquire into [?] industry of New South Wales, [?]…

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Coal Trade. Commonwealth in Control. Preparatory Measures

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 4

Mr. C. M. M'Donald (Northern Collieries), Mr. E. G. Weyland (Southern), and Mr. J. Bragg (Western) are expected to act under the direction of the Controller of Shipping as the…

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Southern Miners. May Day. Alleged Breach of Faith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 6

To-day the collieries on the South Coast will be idle. May Day is to be observed as a holiday by the miners. It is pointed out by the executive officers that this is one of the…

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Coal Contracts Suspended, Not Cancelled MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 7

It was explained by the Prime Minister's Department to-day, in connection with the stops taken to obtain control of the coal supplies of…

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Coal Discovery. Extensive Field in N.z

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 4

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Sunday.--Prospecting the Nine Mile, near Greymouth, disclosed tho existence of an extensive now coalfield of the best quality. it is estimated that there are at…

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Coal Industry Commonwealth Control Entered Upon To-day

Evening News · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 5

Headquarters of the Commonwealth Coal Administrations in this State artist the offices of the Northern Colliery Proprietors Association, 4 O'Connell-street…

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The Proclamation. All N.s.w. Coal Affected

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--A special Commonwealth "Gazette" was issued to-day, containing a proclamation under the signature of the Acting-Prime Minister, authorising the…

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Racing Budget Awapuni Gold Cup Last Year's Sensation

The Sun · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 4

The outcry against the connections of Biplane, following upon his scratching for the Awapuni Gold Cup last year in New Zealand, is recalled by the fact…

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Coal Trade Advanced Prices and Increased Wages. in Force To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 7

The increased wages to the miners and the increased price of coal will come into operation to-day. Under the Federal Government's…

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Coal Problem Nationalisation Urged Profit-Making on Its Trial LONDON, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 1

[?] with the well-known [?]…

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Miners Want Hot Bath More Trouble at Cessnock 600 Men Return Home Cessnock

The Sun · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 7

The question of bathing accommodation at the mines for men in the quarantine camp caused trouble among the miners this morning, and about 600…

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Kaiser's Gift to Master Mariner Gold Watch For Saving Germans Sunk Submarines When War Came Price Then Set on His Head Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 5

Though a royal gift is generally highly esteemed by the recipient, the gold watch presented by the former Kaiser to Captain Benjamin Dowse, of…

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