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Mining & the mines, 1921

3,752 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 188

Notes for Gold. Police Warning to Travellers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 4

In view of the many cases that have occurred recently in which travellers have been induced to hand over banknotes to be exchanged for gold, only…

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Coal Strike. Scottish Pits Damaged. London, April 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 9

A Scottish mining expert is of the opinion that 50 pits in Scotland will never be pumped dry, and that those saved will be dangerous for months. The owners are convinced that…

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Coal Strike. Settlement Nearer Government Subsidy. London, April 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 9

At the conference of miners and coalowners Sir Robert Horne, on behalf of the Government, offered a contribution of £500,000 monthly during the transition period, so that…

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Mining. Broken Hill Petering Out. Problems of Industry

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 4

An authoritative statement with reference to the condition of mining in this country was submitted this week by Mr. W. H. Wainwright, general manager of the Broken Hill South…

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The Coal Crisis Government Offer Rejected " We Want Peace and Prosperity " LONDON, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 1

Negotiations brought the difference between the parties to 2a 64. The Government offered to…

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News of the Day From the Four Quarters Foreign Cables the Coal Strike Settlement Prospects

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 4

The latest messages from London indicate that the prospects of a speedy termination of the coal strike are decidedly favorable. Conferences and…

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Germany's Reparations Debt 132,000,000,000 Gold Marks 'Mailed Fist of French Premier' LONDON

Evening News · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 1

An Lloyd George, in the House of [?] said he had seen the German proposals Submitted to the Untilled States but regretted to say they were…

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REJECTED Miners and Government's Offer "A Starvation Wage" Subsidy of £10,000,000 Mentioned London, Thursday, 6.40 p.m

The Sun · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 1

A series of critical coal conferences, occurred to-day, the miners and owners meeting in separate rooms at the Board of Trade, and Government emissaries going anxiously back and forth. The miners, declaring that the offer was inadequate and…

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Slump in Coal Trade Miners Forced to Go Slew LITHGOW

Evening News · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 4

Owing to a falling off in order the district coal trade has not been very brisk during the week. Broken time has been experienced by the miners in practically…

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Kalgurli Mine Closing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 15

Our Kalgoorlie correspondent telegraphs that it is reported that the Kalgurll mine will be closed down permanently on Thursday next owing to depletion of ore reserves. A cablegram received from the London…

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Mining Notes

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 5

The general manager of Block 10 Misima Gold Mines, N.Y., in a report from the mine dated April 22, states: "Western crosscut at No. 2 level (the…

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Duty on Explosives. Miners' Objections

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Messrs. Charlton and Watkins, Ms.H.R., and Messrs. Baddeley and Willis, president and secretary, respectively, of the Federated Coal and Shale Employees…

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Mt. Lyell Mines. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 15

At North Lyell mine, an output of about 8OOO tons of ore monthly is being maintained, but this could be considerably increased if more labour was obtainable, as several ore faces are not productive owing to…

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Wickham and Bullock Island Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 4

The minimi meeting of the shareholders in the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Co., Ltd., was held yesterday, and the report and…

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Miners Decline. Government Subsidy. Conference Adamant. London, April 28

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 11

The miners, by an overwhelming majority, rejected the Government's' offer of a subsidy of £10,000,000, spread over four months, which will…

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Our Contemporaries "Sunday News" cable re the British coal strike:--

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 3

"Apparently it was the transporters, with one or two railway men, who carried the strike-cancellation resolution rather than the…

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British Coal. Further Deadlock Conference Ends Subsidy Rejected. London, April 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 13

The miners, by an overwhelming majority, have rejected the Government's offer to provide a subsidy of £10,000,000 spread over four months…

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Theatrical Ad. "Each patron gets a souvenir." But I dodged mine, you bet!

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 10

'Twould make remembrance far too clear And I want to forget…

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Will They Split? Coal Districts and Federation Colossal Cost to Nation Government Offer Still Open London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 1

Members of the miners' executive left London this morning for their respective districts, which will have the opportunity of reversing the…

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Why Miners Called a Stoppage Ipswich Dockers Take a Hand the Great Road Trek to the Races London, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 1

The National Miners executive hus decided that, owing to several fatal accident having occurred through men working cost at outcrops work must cease…

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