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Mining & the mines, 1921

3,752 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 188

Coal Exports. Control of the Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 14

Considerable discussion has taken place lately concerning the question of the control of the coal export trade, and the council or the New castle Chamber of Commerce referred…

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Mining Strikes Over LITHGOW

Evening News · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 2

The disputes which have been progress at Morton Main and Kandos [?] collieries have been [?] and the men have agreed to resume work…

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Pound Steeling. Gold Fluctuations. Effect on Wages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 12

Sir Joseph Carruthers, M.L.C., in the course of his presidential address at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Agriculture yesterday, said prices inevitably must fall, but…

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Sllver-lead Mine. Government Takes Over Lease. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 13

Questioned this morning as to the reports of the Government taking over the Giroffa silver-lead mine at Mungana, the Minister for Minos (Mr. Jones) said the property was a…

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Miners' Strikes. Record Week. 116 Stoppages in Three Months

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 13

Twelve strikes occurred in the coalmines in the Newcastle district during the week, constituting a record for any one week this year. 116 stoppages' on the part of the…

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Germany's Rebels Note to Bavaria Communists Stop Mines LONDON

Evening News · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 1

[?] says the Imperial [?]…

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Miners Trapped German Communists' Crime Thrashed by Wives London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 1

A horrible crime is attributed to the Communists in Saxony. They wantonly extinguished the furnaces supplying power to the mine…

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British Labour Crisis. Miners' Strike. Railway and Transport Workers Affected. Leaders Fear Wage Reductions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 13

The present labour crisis is regarded as most serious. Leaders of the railwaymen's and transport workers' organisations state that it affects them as much as it does the miners. They describe it as the first engagement in the prolonged struggle for a…

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In Full Swing British Mining Strike Scotsmen Not Eager London, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 1

The strike [?]…

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State Coal Mine Skilled Labor Wanted

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 April 1921 · page 3

LITHGOW. Saturday—The statement that men from the State coal mine at Lithgow had been dismissed and men j from Cockatoo put on in their place is…

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Strikes and Suck Times Two Coal Records Coal Board and Miners

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 April 1921 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—After a meeting of the executive of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation this afternoon, the president, Mr. Baddeley, seated…

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Northern Collieries Fortnight's Working Time NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Sunday 3 April 1921 · page 9

According to information made available by the Newcastle colliery agents this morning, 22 of the 42 working collieries, in Newcastle and Maitland…

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Mining

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 April 1921 · page 12

Particularly dull conditions continue in the mining market. Uncertainty prevails as regards tile future, and operators evince little inclination to embark upon…

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Compleat Prospector the Search for Gold Mrs. Jane Louis at Work

The Sun · Sunday 3 April 1921 · page 12

Mrs. Jane Louis, who holds copper and gold claims at Bleury Hills, near Rockley, in the Bathurst district, is believed to be the only genuine woman…

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Hopes of Conference Coal Mining Crisis Government May Take Steps LONDON

The Sun · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 5

The hopes of the country for a settlement of the coal strike are centred on the Government taking pacific action to form a conference of the…

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Britain's Coal Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 9

The coal exports of Great Britain during 1920, exclusive of b[?]nkers, coke, and patent fuel, were valued at £99,627,146. That sum was £16,500,000 greater than the value of…

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British Coal Crisis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 6

Of the recurrent crises with which the coal industry in Britain has been faced during the last few years the present one is the most serious. The mines are idle;…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 9

The Gold Producers' Association reports the price of gold in London on Friday at 104/10 per oz fine. Our London correspondent cables that on…

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Gold Producers Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 9

In moving the adoption of the report and statement of accounts at the annual meeting of the, Gold Producers' Association, Ltd., the chairman, Mr. E. C. Dyason, said that during…

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Mining Notes

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 4

The following is a copy of a radio telegram, dated 29th inst., which has just been received from the general manager of Block 10 Misima Gold…

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