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Mining & the mines, 1921

3,752 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 188

Trivial Stoppages. Miners to Take Action

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 10

BULLI, Friday.--Coal Cliff, Scarborough Tunnel, North Built, Bulli, and South Bulli Collieries worked nine days each, Excelsior seven days, and Bulli cokeworks six days during the…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 15

A healthier tendency affected operations in mining scrip on Change yesterday, and the hopes of a settlement of the British industrial trouble coupled with a general recovery…

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British Crisis. Railwaymen Support Miners. London, April 7

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 11

Following a meeting of the Miners' Federation Mr. Hodges issued a statement that the minors had always been ready to meet the owners, with Government representatives…

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View of Darlinghurst Coal from the Air

Evening News · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 4

The military authorities had [?] of the old gaol during [?] their occupations damage to the extent of thousands of pounds will have to be made good. The [?] Department bus just [?] over the building, but heavy expenditure will be [?] before it can be used for a technical school, as proposed…

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Reservists Called Up Crisis in British Mining Position Triple Alliance Decides to Strike Extraordinary Demonstrations by Bands of Miners London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 1

The full Triple Alliance will strike in sympathy with the miners on Thursday night. The miners refuse to confer with the owners except unconditionally. The King has declared a state of national emergency, and army reservists have…

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All Gold And No Dross a Promising Stayer

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 5

All Gold, winner of the Mile Nursery at Randwick, on Saturday, had shown himself a good galloper on the tracks, but until Saturday's victory he had…

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Mt. Morgan Mine Conference Reaches Deadlock Union's Counter Proposal BRISBANE

The Sun · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 5

There is no immediate prospect of the resumption of operations at the Mount Morgan mine. The company recently submitted to employees as an…

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Off to America. How the Passport System Works. Gold Supply Anomaly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 7

It is not so easy to go to America as most people imagine. First of all, Uncle Sam stipulates that you must have a passport. When you apply for…

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Miners Obstinate. Conference Fails. Loco. Men's Attitude. Pumpers Will Not Resume. London. April 7

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 11

The meeting to-day between the Prime Minister and the Miners' Federation executive proved abortive. The miners declined to order the…

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Late Cable News. Coal Crisis. Further Efforts by Mr. Lloyd George. London, April 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 13

At a late hour the Prime Minister made a further effort to re-open negotiations iwth the miners. In the course of a speech, on a motion for…

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The Gold Rush Road Two Bullockies and a Singer of the Roaring Fifties

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 17

ALTHOUGH Podge Bender was on his way to the diggings--to a rush--he did not hurry. Seated astride a scraggy pony, he let the reins hang…

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New Thrilling Crime and Mystery Stories. No. 2.—The Crime of Want. Maddened By Lack of Money. A new study, from fresh evidence, of Perey Mapleton, alias Lefroy, the murderor of Mr. Gold in a railway carriage. (Published by Special Arrangement.)

The World's News · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 11

FEW murderers have attained to greater notoriety than Percy Mapleton, more generally known as Lefroy. He has been universally execrated as a cold-blooded…

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A Breakaway Development in Coal Strike Midland Miners' Decision Agree to Return to Pits London, April 8

The Sun · Sunday 10 April 1921 · page 2

Most important news has been received from the coalfields. The colliery deputies in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and Staffordshire have decided to return to the pits. This marks a definite breakaway from the Minors' Federation, and is possibly…

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DEADLOCK! Mt. Morgan Mine BRISBANE

The Sun · Sunday 10 April 1921 · page 5

There is no immediate prospect of the resumption of operations at the Mount Morgan mine. The company recently submitted to employees as an…

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Motor Collisions Mining Engineer Injured

The Sun · Sunday 10 April 1921 · page 2

A motor cycle, in the side car attached to which was Richard Alexander Rolfe, aged 61, a mining engineer, of Bellevue-street, North Sydney,…

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Trucks Wanted Effect on Lithgow Mines LITHGOW

The Sun · Sunday 10 April 1921 · page 5

If the Government could find amongst the unemployed a few score of truck builders, and set them to work building coal trucks, the minters and…

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Australian Patriots Mr. Mutch's Gold Medal "Signal Service" Rendered

The Sun · Sunday 10 April 1921 · page 2

The Dalley branch of the Australasian Society of Patriots has presented to Mr. Mutch. Minister for Education, a gold medal of the Society…

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British Coal Strike. Miners and Owners to Meet. Triple Alliance. Executive's Strike Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 7

The Government has arranged for negotiations between the miners and the colliery proprietors to be resumed on Monday. The Triple Alliance decided on Friday that in the event of negotiations not being reopened the railwaymen and transport workers should strike…

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Richmond Main Colliery. Men and Manager Differ

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 7

KURRI KUKRI, Saturday.--Richmond Main Colliery has only worked one day since Easter. There were vacancies on the coal, and some shift men employed considered they were…

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The Miners and the Revolution

The Sun · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 4

The British nation, fortunately, is difficult to stampede. The difficulty of the task is now apparent to the miners. A strike lost is as futile a thing as an alibi not established, it leaves the offender in a worse position than ever, and the men's loaders, seeing the people busily preparing to…

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