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Mining & the mines, 1921

3,752 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 188

W.A. Gold Yield. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 13

The April gold yield was 47,273 fine ounces, valued at £202,804…

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Explosives. Increase in Duty. Miners' Objection. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 11

At present explosives imported into Australia from the United Kingdom are admitted free of duty, but explosives from nny other country carry a duty of 10 per cent. under the…

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Upper Silesia. Polish Miners' Strike. London, May 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 11

A message from Borlin says the "Vosslsche Zeitung" states that the Inter-Allied Commission has reported in favour of leaving to Germany the whole of the plebiscite area in…

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British Miners. Fifth Week of Strike. Growing Hardships. London, May 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 11

This is the fifth week of the coal strike, but a settlement still seems far off, though powerful influences are working to bring the miners and owners together…

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Barrier Mining Mr. Cann's Impressions Should Wages Fall?

Evening News · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 7

Mr. Cann, Secretary for Miner, left Sydney on April 15 for Broken Hill, and while in S.A. inspected the Zins Corporation's timber reserve, where the…

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May Day. Meeting of Miners. Praise for British Strikers. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 12

An aggregate meeting of miners in celebration of May Day was held in the Olympia Hall, Weston, yesterday. Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president of the Miners' Federation, presiding…

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The Coal Crisis. Growing Hardships. Reservists Called Up. Workers Still Firm. London, May 3

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 9

The House of Commons, by 176 votes to 22, approved of calling up 25,000 Naval Reservists to protect the mines. Reports of growing hardships are coming in…

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New Move Fails Labor's Pugnacious Manifesto "Rally to Miners' Support" Hopes of Conciliation Shattered London, Tuesday Nigh

The Sun · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 8

A new move to end the coal deadlock has been set afoot by the Parliamentary Labor Party and the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades…

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Function of Gold. Ultimate Measure of Values. Meaning of Paper Money. Mr. J. J. Gauvan's Deductions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 11

The issue of Commonwealth notes, according to the latest returns, those of March 28, amounts to £59,462,862. The real circulation, that is the notes in the hands of the public,…

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Stolen Coal

The Sun · Thursday 5 May 1921 · page 10

William Henry Skellon, aged 18, was fined £1, in default one month's hard labor, at the Parramatta Court yesterday, on a charge of having stolen…

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Mt. Morgan. Miners' Ballot. Mount Morgan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 May 1921 · page 8

The ballot in all centres on the question of accepting a 20 per cent, reduction of wages to enable the company to resume operations resulted: Yes, 547; No, 726…

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The Coal strike. Effects in Britain. London, May 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 May 1921 · page 9

Unemployment, due to the coal strike and the stoppaga of supplies, is increasing by leaps and bounds. Four hundred thousand men were thrown idle last month owing to…

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Coal Strike. Supplies From France. Dockers Resuming. London, May 3

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 May 1921 · page 5

Officials of French mines have arrived in London to negotiate for exports to England. It is announced that complete arrangements have been made by the Government to deal…

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Mining Slump. Mr. Cann's Conclusions. Wages Follow Production

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 May 1921 · page 6

"I told the men at Broken Hill," said Mr. George Conn (Minister for Mines), yesterday, "that there were two factors dominating the situation…

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The Flooded Mines Cost of Repairs Hostility to Safety Men LONDON

Evening News · Thursday 5 May 1921 · page 1

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Coal Dispute Nearing the End Experiments With Oil LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 5 May 1921 · page 1

An expert committee, at the direction of the Food Department, is investigating the widespread substitution of oil as fuel, and a number of…

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Coal Strike. Efforts for Peace. Damage to Mines. London, May 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 9

An influential section of members of me House of Commons is trying to resuscitate the conference between the miners and owners on the basis that the question of a national…

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Real Life Stories Miners' Living Tomb

The Land · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 19

For over three days two miners at Holmwood Colliery, near Chesterfield were entombed as the result of a huge fall of roof. Tliey…

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The Triple Alliance and the British Miners

Communist · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 8

The cowardly betrayal of the British miners by the leaders of the Triple Alliance appears to have aroused the astonishment and amazement of many socialists and industrialists in Australia…

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Too Much Gold. Embarrassed With Riches

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 10

The officials at the united States sub Treasury offices in New York are laboring under a burden that it is safe to any is [?] in the…

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