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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

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Western Collieries Award. Leading Features Summarised. Sydney, Friday Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 4

The award of the Western Collieries Wages Board, which is to be gazetted to-day, sets out that the lowest price payable to miners shall be, when tops are not…

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The Coal Strike. Sydney

Molong Argus · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 5

About a hundred wharf labourers engaged loading the steamer Jason ceased work to-day as a protest against coal being placed on board from the…

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Coal for Bathurst Gas Works. Bathurst

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 4

At to-night's' meeting of the Bathurst Municipal Council a letter was received from Mr. A. E. Ennis, managing director of the Invincible colliery, Cullen…

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Accident at a Colliery Cage Precipitated Over 1700 Feet. Eight Persons Killed. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 3

Through a chain snapping, a cage was precipitated at a colliery near Coatbridge (Scotland) to a depth of one third of a mile (1760 feet)…

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Lloyd Copper Mining Co. Result of Foolish Objections

The Bathurst Times · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 2

A Warden's Court was held at Mount David on Tuesday last before Mr. T. A. Smith, P.M, Mining Warden. Mr. Armstrong, Manager for the Lloyd…

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Western Collieries' Award. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 4

The award of the Western Collieries and Shale Miners' Wages Board was delivered to-day. The conditions generally are in favor of the men, and…

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Mount Kembla Mine Working. Miners Wish to Know by Whom Clifton

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 2

Great excitement exists on the South Coast from the fact that coal is being brought out of the Mount Kembla mine…

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Latest Coal Strike News

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 5

A member of the Strike Congress states that the strike will be settled on Monday, as Mr. Bowling is fighting hard for liberty and wants to be in a…

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Colliery Managers to Consider

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 2

Mr. Wilton, chairman of the Lithgow Coal Association, did not care to say anything about the award until it had been considered by the western colliery…

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The Broken Hill Mines. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 2

The position at Broken Hill, mainly owing to the strike, is becoming more and more dismal. Scarcely any mines are producing…

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Western Collieries Award. an Improvement on the Previous One. Its Features Explained

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 2

In Friday's issue we gave a telegraphic summary, from our Sydney correspondents, of the Western Collieries Wages Board award. In that award the duties…

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Farming and Mining Inventions

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 2

Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorney's of 163 King street, Sydney, and 9 Queen' Street, Melbourne, report that the following applications…

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Foreign Coal for Australia Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 2

It is estimated that 100,000 tons of British and Foreign coal are on the water for Australia. It is also estimated that 100 tons per…

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Resolutions by Coal Lumpers. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 2

The coal lumpers have carried [?] lutions entering an emphatic protest against the Wade Government's prosecution of the strike leaders, and calling…

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The Strike. Peter Bowling in the South Addresses Twelve Hundred Miners. " Will Use Blackleg Proprietors." Matters at Newcastle. Mr. Pattfrson to Be Dethroned. Hostile Demonstration at Teralba. Foreign Coal for Australia Broken Hill Mines Idle. Bulli

The Bathurst Times · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 2

Peter Bowling addressed a meeting of 1200 miners at Ball's Paddock yesterday. On rising, he was loudly cheered. He said : "We are here to-day for a…

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Engine Drivers and Firemen Resume. Non-unionists Discharging Coal. Sydney

Leader · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 3

An invitation was extended to the engine drivers and firemen to Join the new Congress, but they refused, and the Union carried a resolution stating…

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The Coal Crisis. the End in Sight. Misery in North and South Sydney

Leader · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 3

Mr. Hughes says the strike is now ripe for Settlement. Much misery and suffering he says, exist in the North and South, and nothing useful can be…

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Foreign Coal. Free Laborers Engaged

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 3

A number of free laborers have been engaged to unload the foreign coal from the Quito, which is due from the East to-night…

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Foreign Coal Orders Not Further Required. Strike Falling Through. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 2

The Acting Premier (Mr. C. A. Lee) stated this afternoon that the Government would hold its hands and not order any further consignment of foreign…

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The Western Collieries

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 2

It is stated that there are now about 140 miners working at the Zigzag colliery. The Lithgow mine is working two full shifts, and there is said to have…

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