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Mining & the mines, 1924

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Men Stop Work at Balmain Colliery Trouble Over Tonnage Rate -- Resume Work To-day -- Conference on

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 3

Owing to trouble over the tonnage rates, all hands empolyed at the [?]main colliery well over 200 ceased work yesterday afternoon…

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The Country Strike Over Ivanhoe Miners Work Again Company May Pay Fines Ltthgow

The Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 11

After losing about £15,000 in wages in their struggle of over five months' duration, the miners at Ivanhoe colliery. Piper's Flat, are expected to…

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Labor News and Views Ivanhoe Colliery Starts Work Again After Five Months Stoppage -- Hewing Rate Increased -- Question of Fines to be Settled

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 3

LITHGOW, Monday. -- After five months' stoppage at the Ivanhoe col[?]ery, daymen will resume on Tuesday and the miners on Wednesday…

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Man Is Killed in Barrier Mine Owing to a Fall of Earth -- Miner Has Neck and Spine Fractured

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 1

BROKEN HILL. Monday[?]esler 138), a single man[?]of as a miner in E section on the [?]level of the South Mine lost he[?]…

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Mining Notes. South Lucknow Gold Mining Company, N.l

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 4

No. 1 drive driven 16 feet, total distance 113 feet No. 2 drive driven 9 feet, toaal distance 48 feet. The necessary timbering of No. 1…

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Northern Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 9

Work was resumed yesterday morning at C[?]ssnock, but a fresh strike occuried at Aberdare Extended owing to a dispute with a wheeler. The Co-operative, Duckenfield No…

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Colliery Mechanics. Notice to Mineowners

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 8

The Colliery Mechanics' Union has informed the Southern and Western Coalmine Proprietors that, unless a conference on the question of eight hours bank-…

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Balmain Colliery Dispute Over Rates

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 5

Mr. D. Bees, general president of the Workers' Industrial Union, stated yesterday that the stoppage of work at Balmain colliery on Monday was due to the…

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Liquid Gold

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 8

American papers constantly refer to Oil as liquid gold, and not without reason. The romance of Oil in America dates from 1859, and continues unabated…

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Tasmanian Mines. Strikes Settled

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 5

Following on the mediation of the Labor Government the strikes of miners at the Mount Nicholas and Cornwall collieries (Tasmania) have been settled. The men…

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Coal Export. Newcastle Shipments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 4

The quantity of coal (bunkers and cargo) shipped at Newcastle for the week ended February 22 for places beyond the State was 130,257 tons, of…

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Reported Gold Find in Queensland

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 4

BRISBANE. Tuesday.--A report from Yandura stated that while out prospecting last week, it, McFadden and w. Dunlop discovered a reef of…

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Late Mining. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 14

Sales on 'Change to-day included:—Souths, 53/6; Zinc (ord.), 18/1; [?]t. Boulders, 3/O½; Lanarkshire, 1/5, 1/3; Lake Stars, 2/3; Hampdens, 7/; Hills, 12/6; Norths, 79/3; Souths, 53/3…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 15

Despite a rally in most of the opening metal prices for the week, trading in mining scrip on the Sydney share market was limited to about a dozen stocks yesterday, and the…

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Mining Troubles. Ivanhoe Men Return to Work

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 20

At a meeting of miners employed at Ivanhoe Colliery, in the Lithgow district, who have been idle for the past five months owing to a dispute regarding the…

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The Law Courts to Be Wound Up Central Coal, etc., Agency

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 5

The Central Coal add Shipping Agency, Ltd., of 79 Pitt Street, Sydney, petitioned Mr. Justice Street, Chief Judge in the Equity Court, for an order, to…

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In the City To-day Mining Morning Star Profits Hills Unchanged

Evening News · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 5

The Morning Star Gold Mi[?], N.L. (Woodspoint), during the half year ended December 31, made a [?] of [?], as against (10,[?] for the previous half-year…

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In Equity. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Street.) Central Coal and Shipping Agency Limited. Winding-up Order Made

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 10

This was a petition by Mr. Tuthill (instructed by Mr. H. B. Platt-Hepworth) on behalf of the Central Coal and Shipping Agency, Limited, for an order winding up the company on…

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Bendigo A1 Gold Mines N.l

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 February 1924 · page 11

Operations by the Bendigo A1 Gold Mines. N. L., for the half-year ended December 31, resulted in a loss of £2017, which, with a debit of £9234 brought forward, makes the total debit balance £11,251. The advance…

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Northern Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 February 1924 · page 10

Two more strikes occurred on the northern coalfields yesterday, Richmond Main and Wallarah both being laid idle in consequence of minor disputes. Shortland was also idle, a…

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