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Mining & the mines, 1921

3,752 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 188

South Australia. Distress in Mining Towns

The Australian Worker · Thursday 17 February 1921 · page 5

When conditions are satisfactory, the mining towns of Wallaroo, Moonta, and Kadina and the smelting town of Port Pirie provide employment directly and…

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Voice of Gold His Humble Beginnings Highest Paid Male Star

The Sun · Thursday 17 February 1921 · page 1

Enrico Ca[?]so, the world [?] tenor, who has the distinction of being the highest paid male star in the grand opera world, sprang from humble…

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Hungry Miners Problem of the Barrier Queues Waiting for Food Broken Hill

The Sun · Thursday 17 February 1921 · page 11

Mr. Kavanagh, Assistant Minister, and Mr. Payne, Under-Secretary for Labor and Industry, are having an extremely busy time In connection with…

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Russian Gold Seized at NAPLES Found in a Cabin LONDON

The Sun · Thursday 17 February 1921 · page 1

A message from Rome states that the police at Naples, have seized 160,000 gold roubles aboard the Italian ship Ancora, which arrived from a…

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Morwell Coal Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1921 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Victoria Attorney-General (Mr. Robinson) stated to-day that 50 men were now at work on the Morwell brown coal field…

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Supposed Mine at Coogee

Evening News · Friday 18 February 1921 · page 4

A resident of Coogee reported to the local police to-day that he saw an object near the women's baths that appeared to him to be a floating mine, The…

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Mining Notes

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 18 February 1921 · page 5

During the last fortnight Kampong Kamuntung worked 410 hours, treating 66,000 cubic yards, for a return of 22½ tons, which realised £2680. Each…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 18 February 1921 · page 5

A poor turnover was again recorded in mining shares on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. The absence of metal prices tended to quieten…

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New Demands. Miners in New Zealand

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1921 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.). Thursday.-- Important demands have been made on the coal mine owners by the miners federation. The men demanded a six-hour day, bank to…

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Mines and Smelters. Port Pirie's Plight. Deputation to Premier

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1921 · page 5

ADELAIDE. Thursday.--The Premier (Mr. Harwell) informed a deputation from Port Plrie to-day, that he would do everything possible to bring about a conference of representatives of…

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Coal Industry. Effect of Labour Unrest. Lost Opportunities. I.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1921 · page 7

"There are to-day, and have been for some time past, recurrent manifestations of industrial unrest and disorder that have produced on the popular mind an Impression that…

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The Same Old Story Gold for Notes. a Queensland Farmer Duped

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1921 · page 10

A Queensland farmer, named George Pearson, was the victim of the same old confidence trick that has been worked successfully on so many visitors to…

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Confusion Worse Confounded International Labor Three Distinct Schools of Opinion British Mining Deadlock London, February 16

The Sun · Friday 18 February 1921 · page 1

Confusion is likely to be worse confounded as regards the international Labor movement in the event of the success of the conference which…

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Our Coal Mines. the Leaders of the Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 7

We have now get so far upon the journey with the coal miner that we begin to understand him a little, in some phases of his character, at any rate. And one thing is…

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Lost Gold Mines

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 17

LONG before Captain Cook visited our shores a party of Portuguese fishermen, driven from Timor by a north-west monsoon, landed on the…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 12

Mr. J. Whear presided at an extraordinary meeting of shareholders in the Associated Extended Tin Alines, held in Sydney yesterday. Alterations had previously been made in the company's articles of…

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Newcastle Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle for places beyond the State during the week was 90,005 tons, of which 52,240 tons were for Commonwealth and New…

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Associated Extended Tin Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 15

A special meeting of shareholders of Associated Extended Tin Mines, N.L., was held yesterday, Mr. J. Whean Roberts, managing director, presiding. Certain alterations in the articles of association were…

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Price of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Gold Producers' Association reports the price of fine gold February 16 at. £5 5s 1d per oz…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 5

A quiet tone continued to pervade operations in mining scrip on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Silver-lead stocks again provided the bulk…

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