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Mining & the mines, 1923

4,495 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 225

White Range Gold Mines

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 5

An announcement is made that the White Range Gold Mines Company has been floated with a capital of £75,000 in 600,000 shares of 2/6 each. The…

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Coal Tribunal. Miners Earn Les? Than Basic Wage

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 14

When the Coal Tribunal met at Sydney last Wednesday to consider the claims of the coal proprietors for a reduction of 33½ per cent, in the wages of the employees…

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Coal Tribunal. Kalingo Strike. Miners' Grievance. Not Permitted to Resume Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 13

When the coal tribunal sat yesterday Mr. Baddeley, representing the miners, made a reference to the dispute at the Kalingo, Neath, and Cessnock mines, declaring that the…

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Coal Export

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 2

The quantity of coal (bunker and cargo) shipped at Newcastle for the week ended January 19, for places beyond the State was 124,921 tons, of…

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Verdun Gold Rush No Fresh Developments "Dinkum" Miners Excluded Sunny Corner

The Sun · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 2

There have been no fresh developments regarding the gold find at the Verdun mine. Some of the later arrivals mostly practical prospectors,…

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Profits in Coal

Evening News · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 5

"Colliery proprietors are opposed to the Harbor Trust, because they feel sure that increased revenue will be unavoidable, in order to square the…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 11

Tongkah Harbor's output for last week was 9 tons of tin ore from harbor dredging, and 8 tons from Bangtoo ground. Stack pool's Crystal weekly report stated…

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Northern Colliery Labor Conditions Suspended West Maitland

The Sun · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 1

The mining warden for the northern coal-fields (Mr. W. James) has granted a suspension of labor conditions for one month at Kalingo colliery. The…

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Newcastle Coal Rivalled Newcastle

Evening News · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 5

According to the coal proprietors' evidence at the Harbor Commission held in Newcastle to-day, the Newcastle coal trade is in danger from…

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Latest Charters. Wheat and Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 4

Mayotte, 4-m bq, 2557 tons. South Aust. to U.K. or Continent—wheat Raifuku Maru, s, 5857 tons, Melbourne to United Kingdom or Continent—…

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Has Coal Vend Climbed Down?

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 18

The N.S.W. Railway Commissioners have placed orders for coal with the Coal Vend, and work has been resumed at those South Coast mines which recently…

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Mining Shares. Market Firm

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 4

A fair amount of business was transacted in the mining section. A very firm market prevailed. Mt. Lyell and Mt. Morgan represented the…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 15

Support for case metal stocks on 'Change strengthened yesterday, and values reached a higher plane. Barriers showed all-round firmness. Proprietary was quieter, but gained 1½d…

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Coal Tribunal Priority Question Breezy Sitting

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 10

The old standing dispute regarding deficiency places was again introduced to disturb the serenity of the proceedings of the Coal Tribunal yesterday…

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Victorian State Mine Workers. Trouble at Wonthaggi

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 16

At a meeting of the joint representatives of the various organisations employed at the Victorian State coalmine at Wonthaggi, an amalgamated council of…

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Coal Prospectors Maitland Activity West Maitland

Evening News · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 5

Prospecting for coal is proceeding in various directions about the town. The Warden granted applications by the Hebburn Coal-mining Company to…

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Cheaper Coal Railway Efforts Vend Resumes Supplies

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 9

The southern coal owners, who had refused to supply coal to the railways owing to the conditions stipulated by the commissioners,…

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"We Have Been Tricked." Scene at Coal Tribunal

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 18

When the Coal Tribunal met at Sydney yesterday, Mr. A. C. Willis, general secretary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation asked that certain…

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Resume the Mines. N.S.W. "Nationalist" Government Approached

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 2

Mr. A. C. Willis has forwarded a letter to the N.'S.W. "Nationalist" Government, pointing out that owing to the action of the Coal Barons in closing down some of…

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Cheap Coal B.H.P. REBUKED Warden's Words MUDGEE

Evening News · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 14

Other firms could carry on without waiting for cheaper coal, and he could not see why the Broken Hill Propy, could not do the same…

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