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Mining & the mines, 1920

3,666 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 184

Mining Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 5

The closing quotations for Mining Shares upon the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday were as follows:— Copper.— Budgery, s 9d, C.S.A.,…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 5

Transactions in Mining Shares upon the Sydney Exchange were fairly active yesterday. Tin issues again provided attention at former levels. In…

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Mining Notes

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 5

A telegram received from the Adelaide Exchange states that a wire was received from the manager of Mutooroo Syndicate of Hampton Plains,…

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Stopping Useless Coal Leaks

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 9

Windows and doors are pretty essential things in a factory. It would be hard to get along without them, but at the same time some…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 12

Further general rains in the Ardlethan district and a rise of about £12 per ton in the London price of tin led to a further advance in Ardlethan tin stocks yesterday…

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Miners and Baths Three Out of 100

The Sun · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 5

"Baths have been provided at the mine for about two months now," George Durie, manager of the Pacific Colliery, near Teralba, told the Coal…

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Dearer Coal. Effect of Increased Ship Freights

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Official schedules setting forth the new scale of freights on the main inter-State steamship routes were in the hands of the various companies to-day…

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The Miners' Beer Miss the Long Sleevers Wollongong

Evening News · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 1

Local minors are Indignant at the Increased cost of bear which has [?] since Thursday last. The main object to the reduction in the…

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Export Manifests New South Wales. 1920. CONQUEROR, bqtne. For Honolulu. Sailed Newcastle April, 1920. Seaham Coal Co., Agents. HONOLULU

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 2

Seaham Coal Co., 2095 tons coal (Complete.) CANADIAN IMPORTER, s. For Vancouver, via ports…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 6

The Tongkah Harbor monthly return stated that 27[?] hours were worked and 23,150 cubic yards treated for 89 tons of tin oxide. The last week's return was 20 tons. The Mount Lyell M. and R. Company's report stated…

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Elderly Miners Want Better Conditions South Bulli Colliery Idle WOLLONGONG

Evening News · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 1

The smith Bulli Colliery, the largest on the South Coast, has not yet made a start this week. The trouble is over allotment of…

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Are Miners Honest? Testing Deficient Places Must Sweat to Get Coal

Evening News · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 5

J. C. Jones, a south Coast collery manager, told the Coal Commission at parliament House to-day that the men were not willing to have alleged deficient…

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Coal Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 4

The commission will sit in the Public Works Committee room, Parliament House, at 10 o'clock…

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Seizure of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A number of Russians embarked on the steamer Victoria last Friday, with the intention of proceeding to Vladivostock…

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Colliery's Tenant Can't Collect—Nor Evict

Evening News · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 4

A South Coast collery company has a tenant it cannot evist, and from whom it cannot collect rent. The circumstances were related to the…

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Hobart. Coal Lumpers' Dispute

The Catholic Press · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 33

The coal Jumpers' dispute has been settled. The men would not unload the boats at the rate of 1s 2½d per ton, and the Shipping Controller increased the rate to 1s 9d…

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Miners' Pleasures "Shying Stones and Smashing Windows"

Evening News · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 4

"A remarkable thing about these mining villages is that it a cottage is standing empty and has no one living close to it is smashed within a week,"…

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Inefficient Miners "Don't Seem to Care"

The Sun · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 7

Giving evidence before the Coal Commission to-day, the manager of the Mount Keira and Coaleliff collieries (Mr. J. C. Jones) referred to inefficient…

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Coal Problems. What Six-hour Day Means

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 5

An inquiry into existing and potential conditions in the coal industry in New South Wales was resumed at Parliament House yesterday by Mr. Campbell, K.C., commissioner…

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Miners Won't Learn "Inefficient Work" Manager's Regrets

Evening News · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 5

"Every blow from a miner should tell," said J.C. Jones, manager of the Mount Kiera and Coalcliff Collieries in giving evidence before the Coal commission at…

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