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Mining & the mines, 1920

3,666 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 184

MINING Drop in Barriers

Evening News · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 6

Another fall in Barrier shares was recorded to-day. Local tis proportions had [?] concerns being slightly [?] A good many sales of Marshalls [?]…

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Aeroplanes for £150. Machines Which Will Be Kept in the Coal Shed

The World's News · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 18

MR. HANDLEY PAGE believes that it will be possible to build cheap, fast aeroplanes that can be bought by the man in the street and housed in the back yard. He told London…

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Mining

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 May 1920 · page 15

The failure, of the Melbourne conference to settle the Broken Hill strike has led to a marked decline in Barriers, and this weakness seems to be reflected more…

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Miners Meet Talk of Stop Work Conference With Other Onions

The Sun · Sunday 2 May 1920 · page 5

Delegates to the Federal Council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, which is sitting in Sydney, stated last night that…

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Miners Making Big Money Lack of Shipping Prevents Greater Trade

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 May 1920 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—The miners on the Newcastle and Maitland fields are at present making more money than has been the case for many a long day…

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Gold Premium Result of Reduction LONDON, April 29

The Sun · Sunday 2 May 1920 · page 2

The City editor of "The Times" couples the statement issued by the Ivanhoe mines with the condition existing at the low-grade Rand mines,…

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The Long Strike Broken Hill Mines Fight to Go on Broken Hill

The Sun · Sunday 2 May 1920 · page 4

At an A.M.A. meeting yesterday afternoon the report of the delegates -- Messrs. O'Reilly and Barnett -- who met the mi[?]e owners in conference in…

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Novel Show Prizes First Exhibit of Coal BATHURST 50 Years Ago Bathurst

The Sun · Sunday 2 May 1920 · page 3

The annual Bathurst Show, which has just attracted visitors from all parts of the State, has celebrated its diamond jubilee, the first carnival…

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Miners' Grievances. Suggested Conference. Coal Commission Ignored

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 5

A statement was made on Saturday evening by Mr. Baddeley, president of the Australian Coal and Shale Workers' Federation that of forts had been made by the council of the…

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Miners' Health

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 5

BROKEN HILL, Sunday. — Mr. Lindsay Thompson, Registrar of the Mines Health Commission, states that the commission intends examining as many members of unions…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 5

A small amount of business was also recorded in Mining Shares upon the local Exchange on Saturday last. Gold stocks, however, provided attention…

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Wollongong Miners Annual Gala Day WOLLONGONG

Evening News · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 4

To-day is the miners' annual gala day and all of the south coast pits are idle. In pro-war years it was customary to…

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Mount Monoer Gold Field. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 9

The Mayor of Kalgoorlie has sent the following telegram to the Premier:—"Two representatives of the principal leases at Mount Monger have waited on me, and offered every…

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Miners' Council. New Demands. Threat of Stop-work Meetings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 7

The federal council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation concluded its sittings in Sydney on Saturday. It was decided that, in view of the…

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Labour in Britain. Miners Not to Strike. London, April 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 7

The South Wales miners' conference has revised the decision to strike on Monday. Negotiations to settle the cotton industry dispute, in connection with which a strike…

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Gold for Notes Confidence Trick Succeeds MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 5

Discovering too late that he and his brother Frederick had been entertaining a magsman unawares, Percy Sayers, builder, of Sydney, complained at…

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Coal-mining Deductions. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 11

At the District Court to-day, before Judge Bevan, an important ruling was given which affects the whole of the coal-mining industry. Two miners named Tyrer and Gibbons, of…

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Southern Coal Mines. Deficiency Question. Position of Proprietors

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 5

Mr. E. G. Weyland, secretary of the Southern Colliery Proprietors' Association, referring to Mr. Baddeley's statement to the effect that the Australasian Coal and Shale Federation had…

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Coal Company Fined Deductions from Miners' Pay WOLLONGONG

Evening News · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 1

At the local District Court, before Judge Bevan, two coat miners, named Tyrer and Gibbons, employed at the, Metropolitan Colliery, Helensburgh, [?]…

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Coal Industries' Welcome

The Sun · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 5

The arch which the coal industries propose to erect in honor of the Prince visit to Sydney,…

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