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Mining & the mines, 1921

3,752 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 188

'Perjured Themselves' Evidence Questioned Coal-lumpers Sentenced

The Sun · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 8

At the Darlinghurst Sessions today Acting Judge Mocatta passed a sentence of six months imprisonment upon Frederick Goss and Henry Robert…

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Northern Mines. Three More Idle. Irritation Strikes Denied

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 8

Three more mines in the northern coalfields of New South Wales were rendered idle yesterday in consequence of the employees having ceased work…

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Hampden Cloncurry Mines. Reduced Railway Freight Asked. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 10

"Should there be a reasonable reduction in railway freights, and should the price of copper rise high enough, we may be tempted to reopen the mines," said Mr. Earle Huntley, general manager of the…

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Tin Industry. Smelters to Carry On. More Mines Closing Down

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 8

It was feared a fortnight ago by some producers of tin that the tin smelters would be forced to close down on account of the small amount of tin offering. At the time the…

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Industrial Crisis. Employers' Attack on Extremists. Sane Industrialism Wanted, Amazing Condition of Mining Industry

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 5

The general public does not appear to realise that there is now proceeding what is perhaps one of the bitterest industrial struggles in the history of Australia. Only a part of the fight is in the open…

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More Collieries Idle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 5

It was stated at the office of the Northern Collieries Association yesterday that the Lymington and Cardiff Borehole collieries had closed down that day. The stoppage at…

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Work in the Coal Mines. One Month's Record

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 3

Official figures of the working of the coal mines of the States for November, which have just been published, show that during the month…

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British Trade Coal, Sugar and Gold LONDON, February 9

The Sun · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 1

The Board of Trade returns show that the export of coal was 1,700,000 tons, valued at £9,555,000, compared with 3,358,000 tons, valued at…

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Serious Outlook Threat to Extend Strike Coal Miners May Join Conference of Unionists Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 7

It was ascertained this morning that the possibility of a direct extension of the shipping dispute, involving the coal miners, was being discussed in union circles. NO HOPE OF INTERVENTION…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 4

The fall in B.H. Proprietary was the principal alteration in mining shares, on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Opening at 43/6, a fall of 9d,…

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Rand Miners' Strike. Capetown, February 10

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 5

The Transvaal Chamber of Mines has decided to notify the miners on strike that if they are not buck at work on Friday they will be discharged…

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N.s.w. Gold Yield

Evening News · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 4

The Under-Secretary for Mines, Mr. [?]. H. Cambage, has furnished a return showing that the State gold yield for the month of January, 1921, amounted to [?]101…

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Barrier Mines. One May Be Closed Down

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Thursday.--Mr. J. Hebbard, manager of the Central Mine, was asked today if there was any foundation for the report circulated in union circles that the Central…

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Tin-mining Industry. a Depressing Outlook

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 3

It is stated that owning to the Further serious fall in the price of tin on the London market, a number of mines throughout Australia will be forced to…

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Broken Hill Mines. Central May Close Down. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 9

Mr. J. Hebbard, manager of the Central mine, was asked to-day if there was any foundation for the report circulated in union circles that the Central mine was to close…

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South African Strike Miners at Variance Employers' Fiat Capetown, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 1

The Rand mine strikers passed a vote of [?] in the [?] of the [?] but other miners are [?] the strikers…

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Buried Beneath Burning Coal Three Hours in a Ship's Bunker

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 4

The chief refrigerating engineer of the steamer Cornwall, Alfred J. Lewis, had a terrible experience on Saturday last, while the vessel was lying in…

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Idle Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 11

It was reported yesterday that at the Habburn Colliery the men that morning had started, but had again knocked off, giving as their reason that the cost of explosives was…

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Block 10 Misima Gold Mines No Liability

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 3

The following radio telegram has just been received from Mr. Williams: "Assays incomplete owing erecting assay furnace. Smelting room…

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Our Coal Mines. the Making of a Miner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 7

In order to clearly understand the min[?]r's viewpoint we must look at him in the making. He has inherited the prejudices of generations, as we have already seen. The…

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