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Mining & the mines, 1923

4,495 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 225

Coal Freights. an Increase Announced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 9

Coal freights from Newcastle to Port Adelaide have been advanced by 9d per ten to 13s 6d. This figure compares with a rate of 15s 3d ruling two [?] months ago, but since then the…

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Idle Mines Suggestion to Take Over

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Monday. An important meeting of the Delegate Board of the Southern Miners' Association was held to-day, Mr. S…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 11

There was a resumption of the firming tendency in the mining share market on the Stock Exchange yesterday. Generally speaking, operations were on a lighter scale. B. H…

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Idle Miners Railways Involved Are Owners on Strike

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 5

In the Blawarra district, according to Mr. Willis secretary of the Coalminers Federation, there are two collieries (Coalcliff and…

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FIREWORKS Coal Tribunal Again "Readied Up" Charge

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 7

More: fireworks! At the sitting of the Coal Tribunal to-day to consider the coal-owners' claim for a reduction of a third in…

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Mining Notes. Tongkah and Bangtao

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 5

The week's output from Tongkah Harbour dredging was seven tons of the oxide; the dredge at Bangtao recovered eight tons…

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Goal Mines Control by Government Proposal by Union

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 7

The suggestion has been made by Mr. Willis, secretary of the Coalminers' Union that the Government should take over the control of certain…

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Our High-price Coal Will Electric-cutters Reduce It?

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 5

The present high price of coal locally, and the attitude taken up by the vend regarding the price at which it is prepared to supply coal to the…

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Foreign Editor's Diary Notes on Cable News U.S. Coal Reports

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 1

WASHINGTON: The preliminary report of the United States [?] Commission, which has been the [?]…

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BLOODSHED! French Troops Fire on Bochum Mob No Pay for Coal German Government's Plan to Block France's Move LONDON

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 1

Bloodshed has marked the entry of the French into Bochum. During a demonstration by the German inhabitants the French troops fired into the crowd, killing one person and wounding several…

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Miners' Request. "Take Over the Mines.". Two Idle Collieries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 13

The Miners' Federation alleges that 1000 miners in the South Coast are idle in consequence of the closing down of two of the large collieries in that district. The…

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Coal Tribunal What Miners Earn

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 7

The Coal Tribunal (Mr. Hibble presiding) sat again yesterday in further consideration of the claims of the coal owners for a 33 1-3 per cent. reduction…

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Current News. Gold Mining Report

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 2

Melbourne, 13th January, 1923:—Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock, Harrietville, 12th: Shamrock underlay shaft to 75 feet. Reef keeping same width, carrying payable…

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'General Strike' Coal Miners' Threat Profits Wanted

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 7

At the Coal Tribunal this afternoon the president of the Miners' Union (Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A.) said: "We admit that in some mines the proprietors…

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What Miners Earn. Figures at Coal Tribunal

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 18

The Coal Tribunal sat again yesterday in further consideration of the claims of the coal owners for a reduction in wages. Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A. (for the miners),…

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Balmain Coal Mine. Suggested Purchase by Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 13

Alderman W.P. McElhoue stated yesterday that the letter offering a quarter of the shares in the Balmain colliery to the City Council had been addressed to him as Lord Mayor…

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Moral Rights Complicated Squabble Coal Mines Closed

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 7

The largest State enterprise in Australia, the Government coal mine in Victoria, is idle because the men are on strike, and more than…

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Industry Over-developed. Why Coal Miners' Hours Should Be Reduced

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 12

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., President of the Northern Miners' Federation, said that irregular employment was the curse of the coal-mining industry, and some…

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Rich Gold Find at Old Verdun Mine Residents' Optimism Lithgow

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 9

What may prove to be a splendid gold discovery has been made at Dark Corner in Old Verdun mine, where what appears to be a rich face has…

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Tullock Silver Mine

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 5

It has boon decided to increase the capital of the Tullock Silver Mine Co. N.L., to £15,000, by the creation of 5000 new shares of £1 each…

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