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Mining & the mines, 1921

3,752 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 188

New Coal Seam

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 May 1921 · page 9

KURRI KURRI, Sunday.--A Beam of firstclass coal, 22ft. thick, has been reached in the new colliery on Hebburn, Ltd., Estate, at a depth of 170ft., about two miles from the top…

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The Coal Strike. Never-never Mood. Owners and Miners. Prime Minister Waiting. London, May 14

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 May 1921 · page 5

On the motion for the adjournment of the House of Commons, Mr. R. Clynes (Labor loader) pressed the Government to bring both sides together again. If a reasonable offer was…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 16 May 1921 · page 5

The Sydney share market was not so active on Saturday last. A general fall in the London prices of industrial metals and silver appeared to have a…

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Gold Producers' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 May 1921 · page 11

The license granted to the Gold Producers Association by the Commonwealth Government to export gold produced by its members has been renewed until January 31, 1922, During April the sales of gold amounted…

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Newcastle Coal. New Zealand Trade

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 16 May 1921 · page 4

For some time past there has been considerable discontent among Newcastle shipping agents interested in the New Zealand coal trade because…

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Price of Gold. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 May 1921 · page 11

The Gold Producers' Association reports the price of fine gold at £5/2/11 per oz. The inaugural meeting of the thirty-seventh session of the Insurance Institute of New…

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Alleged Forgeries Mining Agent in Court

The Sun · Monday 16 May 1921 · page 3

Frederick "William Bracegirdle, a mining Agent, who came before Acting-Judge Flannery, at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, on a charge…

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Engineers' Award. Mine Owners Appeal. "Don't Kill the Industry." Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 May 1921 · page 8

Addressing Mr. Justice Higgins in the Arbitration Court relative to the proposed award in the plaint by the Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Broken Hill Proprietary,…

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British Coal. Industrial Crisis. Leaders Declared Revolutionaries. Prosecutionaries. London, May 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 May 1921 · page 9

On a motion for the adjournment of the House of Commons on Friday Mr. J. R. Clynes (Labour) pressed the Government to bring both sides in the coal dispute…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, May 16, 1921. British Coal Crisis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 May 1921 · page 8

A few weeks ago, when the railway men and the transport workers declined to throw in their lot with the miners, the industrial outlook in Britain, which had been…

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Miners at War. in Kentucky Hills. Troops Ordered to Scene. Vancouver. May 13

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 May 1921 · page 5

At Williamson. West Virginia, bitter fighting continues between the mine-workers' factions in the West Virginia and Kentucky hills. Several towns have been subjected to heavy…

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Miners in U.S.A. Trouble in Kentucky. Bitter Fighting. New York, May 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 May 1921 · page 9

A message from Williamstown (West Virginia) reports that bitter lighting continues between the mineworkers' factions in West Virginia and the Kentucky bills. Several…

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Unofficial Meeting at the Chequers" Seeking a Way Out of Coal Difficulty Aeroplanes and Motors for Holiday Traffic London, May 13

Evening News · Monday 16 May 1921 · page 1

It is understood that Mr. Lloyd George contemplates asking coal owners and miners representatives to the "Chequers" during Whitsuntide…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 6

I[?]rut Tin Dredging return for the first half of May was 13 tons of tin oxide, won 'from '40,000 yards of ground in 285 hours. Kampe[?]g Kamunting reports that during the first…

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Mt. Morgan Mine Proposals for Resumption BRISBANE

The Sun · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 2

The Cabinet to-day is giving consideration to proposals submitted by the executive of the Labor Party and representatives of unions concerned in the…

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Mount Lyell Mines. Operations to Cease. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 7

A statement was issued to-night on behalf of the board of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, Ltd., announcing that careful consideration had been given to the…

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Coal Dispute. Seeking a Solution. Few Trains Running. London, May 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 7

Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P., speaking at a big Labour demonstration in Chelmsford on Friday night, said that Mr. Lloyd George had made a most conciliatory speech that day…

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The Coal Crisis Tramwaymen to Ballot Navel Men Help Volunteers LONDON

Evening News · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 1

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