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Mining & the mines, 1920

3,666 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 184

Trainload of Gold Red Money for Sweden Warning From France LONDON, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 5 June 1920 · page 1

The correspondent of "The Times" at Stockholm states that a trainload of bar gold from Petrograd, worth £850,000, has been sent to Reval, and…

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Coal Rationing Ceases To-morrow

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 June 1920 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.— The official rationing of household coal is to cease on Monday. Pithead prices will be controlled as hitherto, but control of the…

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Coal Lumpers' Institute To Be Restored to Union

The Sun · Sunday 6 June 1920 · page 2

The Coal Lumpers' Institute, at Miller's Point, is to be restored to the Cool Lumpers' Union. An intimation to this offset was made…

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With the Prince Miner and Sportsman Incidents of the Country Tour—Down a Mine in Bendigo. With the Fair Dancing Partners of Melbourne. An Afternoon at Flemington

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 June 1920 · page 1

The following messages from our special stall in Melbourne give picturesque details of the doings of the Prince in Melbourne yesterday, of his country trips during the week, and of points of interest in the excited social swither into which the coming of the Heir to…

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Mine Managers' Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 9

White Crystal Company, N.L., report, dated June 2:— "Main shaft, No. 2 level, the winze shows a strong body of high-grade ore going down. The west drive, off winze, below tunnel level, carries a full face of…

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Coal From Westport

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 4

The Union Steamship Company's cargo steamer Kanna is due at Sydney to-day from Westport with a cargo of coal for the navy…

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Mining Notes

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 3

Kampong Kamunting return for the month of May was 52 tons of tin oxide.. They ran 1204 hours, and treated 168,300 cubic yards. The total gross…

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Yechigo Maru for Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 4

The Japanese steamer Yechigo Maru, which recently took a cargo of coal from Newcastle to Java, returned to the coal port yesterday for…

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Control of Coal. London, June 4

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 5

It is officially announced that the rationing of household coal will cease on June 7. While pit-head prices will be controlled as hitherto, the control of wholesale and retail prices…

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British Coal Control. London. June 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 7

It is officially stated that, the rationing of household coal will cease on June 7, while prices at the pithead will be controlled as hitherto…

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Broken Hill Mines. Unremunerative Decade. London, June 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 7

At the British Broken Hill Company's meeting Mr. Woodhead, the chairman, referring to industrial troubles, pointed out that the company in the first 10 years of its…

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British Broken Hill. Miners and Output. London, June 4

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 5

At a meeting of the British Broken Hill Company, Mr. Woodhead, the chairman, referring to the Industrial troubles, pointed out that the company, during the first ten years of its…

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Red Wharf Mine. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter XII.--(Continued.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 3

"I don't know what you mean, Miss Cossop," said Isa, surprised by the girl's manner, yet now beginning to guess something of its cause. "Mr. Grey has always spoken…

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White and Gold P[?]que Frocking at Pymble Wedding

Evening News · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 7

At the picturesque little Church of St. Swi[?] Pymble, on Saturday afternoon, Yvonne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. G. Oswald, "The Knoll." Pymble, was…

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Havre Short of Coal. Tug Champion Sent to Her Assistance

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 4

The oil-tanker Havre, which left Dunedin on May 27 to load coal for Singapore, sent a wireless message o Saturday stating that the she had run…

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Notice to Quit. Miller's Point Institute. Restored to Coal-lumpers' Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 6

The Coal-lumpers Institute at Miller's Point is to be restored to the Sydney Coallumpers Union. The present occupants have been given 14 days notice to quit. This…

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Short of Coal. Plight of a Cargo Steamer. Tug Sent to Her Assistance

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 4

A wireless message was received from the steamer Havre on Saturday, stating that the vessel was short of coal in the Tasman Sea, and asking for assistance…

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Coal Export

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 1

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during last week for places beyond the Stale was 103,848 tons, of which 78.164 tons represented…

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Smuggling Gold

Evening News · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 4

fast[?] officials dealing with [?] St. Albans which leaves Sydney this evening for china and japan, prevented a Chinese passengers taking…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 3

The market for mining shares was very dull yesterday upon the Sydney Exchange. Both the Adelaide and Melbourne Exchange were closed in…

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