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Mining & the mines, 1922

3,424 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 172

U.S. Miners' Strike. Violence Becoming Frequent. New York, April 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 9

Violence among striking miners is becoming more frequent. Three non-union miners were killed and one injured by a bomb being thrown into a bunkhouse at Apolia, in…

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Cost of Coal How It Affects Industry Comparison with Other Countries

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 3

Coal is beyond all question the most important key product of Australia. Its price as a factor in cost of manufactures is a problem which has now to be squarely faced. if our…

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High Wages W.A. Mines Crippled Appeal to the Premier LONDON, April 30

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 5

Major-General Sir Newton Moore introduced a deputation to Sir James Mitchell to-day of the members of the West Australian Chamber of Mines in London…

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Financial Spotlight a Guide to Investors New Cultivator Plough -- Austral Textile Machine Co. -- Initial Disabilities -- Government Stock --Tasmanian Coal Project. Austral Auto-cultivators, Ltd

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 7

This is a scheme to manufacture a rotary hoe cultivator plough. It differs from other motor cultivators in that it is not hauled by motor power, but driven, the engine being built into…

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Price of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 7

A recovery of 3d an ounce in the price in London of line gold is indicated in the latest cabled quotation. The rate on April 28 is reported by the Gold . Producers' Association as £4 13s 3d…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 7

An overhaul of the plant is in progress at the Pioneer tin mine. About 52 points of rain have fallen, and the water supply is improving. The removal of the plant to the new sluicing…

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Gold Pen for Princess

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 3

The Chartered Institute of Secretaries in London sent Princess Mary as a wedding present a gold pen patterned like a quill (a quill pen is the central device in the coat of arms…

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"What's the Game?" Lithgow Miners'Secrecy LITHGOW

Evening News · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 8

Evidently the members of the [?] Coal and Shale Employees' Federation are deeply involved in the conclusions reached at yesterday's…

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Caution Advised Miners and Employers Proposals Explained Weston

The Sun · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 9

The press was excluded from a largely-attended aggregate meeting of the miners of the eastern section of the Maitland coalfields,…

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The Miners. Consider Owners' Offer. Secret Meetings. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 9

At five centres in the coalfields area aggregate meetings were held by the containers to-day with the part purpose of celebrating May Day. and partly to hear the explanations…

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Metal Mining Proposed Conference with Minister

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 5

Mr. J. Whear. Roberts is in, receipt of Information that his article on the mining industry published in "The Dally Telegraph" of the 8th ult.. has been brought under the notice lot the…

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Goldfields Water Supply Loan. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 11

The Acting Premier (Mr. Colebatch) has received a cable message from the Premier (Sir Jas. Mitchell) stating that satisfactory arrangements have been made regarding the…

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Gold Mining Report

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 2

Rose, thistle and Shamrock, Harrietville, 26, by wire:—"Cleaned up one hundred and seven ounces eighteen pennyweights gold from four hundred tons."…

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Industrial Section Coal Miners' Wages

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 9

The conference between representatives of both sides of the coal-mining industries is not likely to prove any more successful than other recent conferences with ,thc same object—reductions in wages. The coal industry is, and always has been, the first line of offence of…

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Welsh Coal Mines. London, May 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 11

South Wales coal shows a marked improvement, though the owners continue to fare badly. The disposable surplus over standard profits for March amounted to £227,837, of…

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Coal Mines South Wales Owners' Losses London, May 2

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 10

The production of South Wales coal shows a marked improvement, though the mine-owners continue to fare badly. The disposable surplus over the standard…

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Mining Notes

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 4

The Great Britain Sluicing Company, Ltd., reports that the Britain Tributer cleaned up on April 29, after sluicing 155 hours for an estimated yield of…

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Coal Export. April Figures

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 2

The quantity of coal (cargoes ana bunkers) shipped at Newcastle for places beyond the State during April was 284,805 tons, of which…

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Coal Bosses Make Big Demands

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 9

Representatives of the mine-owners and the miners met in conference last Wednesday to discuss certain claims put forward by the Coal Bosses. After lengthy…

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Profits in the Coal Industry

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 9

Last week the Coal Barons put forward a series of demands involving a huge reduction of wages, an increase in the hours to be worked, a drastic hardening of working conditions, and the abolition of old-established customs in the coal mining industry…

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