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Mining & the mines, 1921

3,752 stories in Sydney's papers · page 77 of 188

New Coal Seam. Southern Line Discovery

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 9

Mr. G. Cann, Minister for Minos, yesterday announced the discovery of a workable coal scam on the southern railway line. A departmental report on the possibility of…

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Oversea Coal Trade. Practically Ruined. Owners' Statement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 8

A statement was issued on behalf of the coal-owners yesterday to the effect that the employees in the No. 1 and No. 2 tunnel of the Bellbird colliery, at Maitland, had gone…

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Reduced Wages. at Wallaroo Copper Mines Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 8

Negotiations, which have been proceeding between the directors of the Wallaroo and Moonta Mining and Smelting Company, Limited, and representatives of the miners, have…

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Wallaroo Mines. Men Accept Reduced Wages. Operations to Resume

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 4

The secretary of the "Wallaroo and Moonta Mining Company announced in Adelaide yesterday that he had received an intimation front the registrar of the Industrial Court to the…

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Coal Strike. Outlook Clearing. New Suggestions. London, May 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 9

It is hoped that to-day's Conversations following the inclination of the miners' leaders to abandon the demand for a national pool will enable the Premier to summon a conference…

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Coal Impasse. Prospects Improving. New Government Proposal London. May 18

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 5

The Central News Agency states that the Government has suggested that the miners should drop the pooling proposal, though the Government is prepared to put any schema…

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To Settle Coal Crisis Another Suggestion Strike Pay Dwindling LONDON

Evening News · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 1

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N.S.W. Gold Yield. 23,656oz. in Four Months

The Land · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 20

The Under-Secretary for Mines, Mr. R. H. Cambage, has furnished a return showing that the gold yield for the month of April, 1921,…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 13

During the past five year, in addition to building up the amortisation fund, amounting to £70,611, and an internal reserve fund of £33,259, the Kampong Kamunting Company has paid in dividends and bonuses…

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Miners' Ballot

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 12

LITHGOW, Friday.--The first ballot has just been concluded in connection with the election of representatives of the miners on the proposed Western District Tribunal, which is…

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Newcastle Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 12

NEWCASTLE Friday.--The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle for places beyond the State was 107,624 tons, of which 84,086 tons were for Commonwealth and New Zealand…

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Discovery of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 12

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--Laurence, Otago, to-day celebrated the diamond jubilee of the discovery of gold in Gabnel's Gully. There was a fair number of the original…

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Make Your Own Briquettes to Save Coal

The World's News · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 10

USERS of coal invariably accumulate at the bottom of their coalbins a considerable quantity of coaldust. mixed with small particles of coal chipped off from the…

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Coal Find. on Southern Line. Bulli Seam

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 13

Mr. G. Cann, Minister for Mines, announces the discovery of a workable coal seam on the southern railway line. A departmental report on the possibility…

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East Rand Mines. Serious Situation. Capetown, May 19

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 11

A Johannesburg message says that the Government Committee appointed to inquire into the projected shutting down of the East Rand Proprietary mines stresses the imminence of…

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South African Mines. Unprofitable Ore. Capetown, May 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 13

A report from Johannesburg says the Government Committee appointed to inquire into the possibility of the shutting down of the East Rand Proprietary mines stresses the…

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Coal Strike. Unofficial Proposals. Strike by Dwindling. London, May 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 13

Unofficial conversations continue, but there is no tangible development. The "Pall Mall Gazette" says that one suggested settlement is being considered on the…

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Early Gold Discoveries. The Finding of the "Hands Across the Sea."

The World's News · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 14

"MACEM" writes from Yeronga, Queensland:— I am afraid your contributor, Mr. A. J. Vogan. in your issue of May 7 last, is…

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Victimised Coal-lumpers. To the Editor

Truth · Sunday 22 May 1921 · page 1

Sir.—As a reader of "Truth", the worker's friend, for the last twenty years, I ask space to voice the grievance of our hard-working, honest, staunch…

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