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Mining & the mines, 1921

3,752 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 188

Coal Tribunal

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

The Engine-drivers' and Firemen's (Coal Industry) Tribunal will continue its sittings in Sydney next week respecting the demands of the Federated Engine-drivers'…

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Coal for Callao

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 4

Quite a fleet of sailing vessels have completed loading coal at Newcastle for Callao, in South America. The vessels are the Stella with 902 tons,…

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Coal Stoppages. Case for the Miners. Mr. Willis Gives Assurances No Movement to Force Disaster

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 11

Mr. A. C. Willis, general secretary of the mining department of the Workers' Industrial Union, last night referred to the coal position, and replied to the statements of the…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 4

Barrier stocks were again the centre of attraction at the Sydney. Stock Exchange yesterday. B.H. Proprietary, which fell 2/3 to 42/ on…

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The Miners. Irritation Strikes. Union Denial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 13

A communication was received by the Sydney office of the Northern Coal Proprietors' Association yesterday to the effect that the miners employed at the Hebburn Colliery…

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Unionism Not Attacked. Employers and Extremists. Shipping Issue Clarified. Seamen Disclaim a Boycott. the Case for the Coal-miners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 11

The shipowners and other employers make it clear that the present dispute, so far as they are concerned, is in no sense an attack on trade unionism. Mr. Walsh claims, on behalf of the seamen, that the…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 15

Dull conditions prevailed in the mining share market yesterday, and, exclusive of business in Broken [?] stocks, the turnover was very small. B.H. Proprietary again assumed a…

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More Beer Than Coal Laborer Fined £30

The Sun · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 6

James Boyle, aged 39, a laborer, was fined £30, in default three months hard labor, at the Central Police Court this morning, on a charge of selling beer…

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Another Sixpence More Beer Than Coal High Cost of Birth Certificates Woolloomooloo's Sly-Grog Storage

Evening News · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 6

The State Supera[?]tion Board had [?] printed [?] contributors to the fund that documentary proof of age must be supplied, and in the case of James Boyle, [?] pleaded [?] it the Certral Police Court to-day to selling six bottles of best to a constable yesterday for 12s, be not being the…

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Ready Money Confidence in Melbourne -- The Brewery Purchase -- East Greta Coal -- Wholesale Soft Goods Cheerful Tone in Melbourne Market

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 9

It is gratifying to find from personal observation that the tone of the investment marked in Melbourne is cheerful. It is generally conceded that after the…

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Mining

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 February 1921 · page 12

An announcement that the B.H. Proprietary' Co.'s steel works would close down in the near future has caused fairly heavy selling of that undertaking's shares…

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FACTION-FIGHTING. "Old Coalies" v. "Loyalists". Outcome of the Strike of 1917. Two Returned-Soldier Coal Lumpers Sent to Prison

Truth · Sunday 13 February 1921 · page 7

The story of on affray between "old coalies" and "loyalists" at the burean in Kent-street was related to Acting judge Mocatta and a jury at the Darlinghurst…

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Colliery Stoppages. Miners Impose Fines. Union Must Be Consulted

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Sunday.--The miners on the Maitland field have decided by a large majority, with a view to discouraging sectional stoppages at collieries, that a fine of £1 be imposed on each member causing a stoppage…

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Gold Producers' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 9

The Gold Producers' Association reports that during January it sold 19.448oz of standard gold, at an estimated average net price of £4/18/8 per ounce (equal to £5/7/7 per ounce fine). Local sales for the…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 9

The Gold Producers' Association reports the price of fine gold in London on Friday at 105/6 per ounce, a fall of 1/…

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Industrial Unrest New Slogan in Melbourne "Mines to Miners, Ships to Seamen" Meeting of Leaders Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 5

Both the Victorian branch of the Seamen's Union and the Victorian branch of the Stewards' Union held meetings this afternoon, when the…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 9

A depressed market ruled for mining scrip on the Stock Exchange on Saturday. Business was very limited, and quotations were lower. Copper stocks were quoted at slightly…

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Helping Berlin English Coal Sent More Work Now London, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 1

The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Chron[?]" says that arrangements are being [?] exp[?] coat, which will be [?] at…

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Coal Mines. Two More Strikes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 8

A report received by the Sydney office of the Northern Coal Proprictors Association yesterday afternoon stated that strikes had occurred at the Abermain No. 2 mine and the…

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Miners' Losses. Wonthaggi Coal Dispute. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 9

Work at the Wonthaggi State coalmine 1s now in full swing. During the eleven weeks in which the mine was closed, £65,000 in wages was lost by the men, who collected in…

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