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Mining & the mines, 1920

3,666 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 184

Collie Coal Fields. Manufacture of High-grade Fuel

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 4

In the course of conversation with a "West Australian" reporter recently, Mr. John Ewing, M.L.C., afforded some interesting details concerning a new…

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Mining

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 April 1920 · page 12

When the Stock Exchange reopened on Thursday last (after the Easter recess), Broken Hill stocks were promptly taken at firm rates, and strength in this…

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Labor's Demands Miners and Railwaymen LONDON, April 9

The Sun · Sunday 11 April 1920 · page 1

The strike ballot indications are that the Welsh miners will vote in favor of a strike, while the miners in Northumberland and Doncaster will…

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Blown-up by Mine Loss of a Trawler LONDON, April 9

The Sun · Sunday 11 April 1920 · page 1

The trawler Taranaki was blown up by a mine off Scarborough and sank. One member of the crow was killed. The vessel was valued at £16,000…

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Coal-mining at Lithgow

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 6

LITHGOW, Saturday.--The portion of the State coalmine property in Mort's Gully, Lithgow, which has been transferred to Messrs. G. and C. Hoskins and Co, is to be…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 9

A moderate volume of business was transacted in mining scrip on Saturday. The market for Barriers continued unmistakably firm. Norths and Souths provided some exchange at…

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Shall We Strike ? British Miners Want to Know Progress of Ballot London

Evening News · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 1

The ballot returns from English districts to date show that there are majorities against the miners' strike. Scotland, Laucashire, and Cheshire…

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Coal Export

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 4

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during last week for places beyond the State was 62,686 tons, of which 53,450 tons was for…

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Mining Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 5

The following were the closing quotations for Mining Shares upon the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday:— Copper.— Budgery, s lOd; C.S.A.,…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 5

Transactions in Mining Shares were again active on the Sydney Exchange yesterday. Tin issues provided the bulk of the business…

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Mining Notes

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 5

The Austral Malay Rubber Co., Ltd. were yesterday added to the official list of the Sydney Stock Exchange. The company has an authorised…

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Miners' Strike Ballot. London, April 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 9

The ballot returns from the English districts to date show majorities against the miners' strike. Scotland, Lancashire, and Cheshire are expected to favour the strike…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 11

An animated market was in evidence for mining scrip yesterday, and local enterprises were dealt in largely at enhanced rates. The reports of badly-needed rains in country…

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Miners' Ballot. Question of Strike. London, April 11

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 5

The ballot returns from English mining districts to date show majorities against the minors' strike. Minora in Scotland, Lancashire, and Cheshire are expected to return…

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Mining. the Austral-malay Group

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 5

Extraordinary general meetings of shareholders in Austral-Malay Tin, Limited, and also in Asam Kumbung Tin Dredging, Limited, were held yesterday in Sydney, and resolutions passed authorising the sale of the whole…

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Smuggling a Tank. Concealed in Bunker Coal. London, April 12

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 5

From Edinburgh comes a sensational story of German and Russian attempts to import tanks, ammunition, and arms into ireland. It is alleged that two vessels are under Admiralty…

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Trentham Gold Cup Scratching of Sasanof Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 5

The much discussed meeting of Sasanof and Amythas in the Trentham Gold Cup at Wellington Will not take place. Owing to the death of Mr,…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 10

The Elsmore Tin Sluicing Company report that sufficient rain has fallen for two or three weeks' work, and that sluicing has been resumed. The report of the Bourke's Hill Tia Sluicing Company,…

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Where Trouble Brews Mine Manager's Plaint Young Miners on Special Train

Evening News · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 4

James JOhnsdo, manager of the Richmond Main Colliery,giving evidence before the Coal Commission to-day, said that the majority of the 440 employees…

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The Coal Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 8

The sittings of the Coal Commission will be resumed at 10 o'clock this morning in the Public Works Committee Room, Parliament House…

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