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

Mining & the mines, 1912

1,428 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 21 of 72

Rich Gold Find at Cobar

Leader · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 5

A rich find of gold is reported from the Peak, five miles from Cobar. For some time a local syndicate has worked the North Conqueror Mine and…

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Twixt Good & Evil. CHAPTER I. Married—but Not Mine!"

Leader · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 1

Beryil darling! my one only love, [?]y those words! You cannon cast [?] on; you cannot be raise to this [?] own for each other—to all our…

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Cables. the British Coal Strike. Serious Rioting. London

Leader · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 6

Seriout rioting has occurred at Kirkconnell Pit, where 500 pickets endeavoured to prevent 100 non-unionists from working. The police were…

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Earlier cables The Coal Strike Bill in the Commons. Rejection Moved. London, Thursday night

National Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 3

The House of Commons was packed when the Prime Minister formally moved the second reading of the Coal Mines Bill…

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Seventy Unaccounted For. American Mining Disaster. Oklahama (U.s.a.)

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 2

Additional details of the terrible mining disaster show that 20 bodies have been recovered from the wrecked colliery, but that they are blackened…

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Minimum Wage Bill. English Mining Dispute. Debate in the Commons. London

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 2

The galleries of the House of Commons were packed when Mr. Asquith formally moved the second reading of the Minimum Wage Bill…

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Miners Aggregate Meeting

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 2

A miners aggregate meeting was held on Saturday to consider the proposed agreement as to hewing rate and other conditions in the collieries of the district. Mr…

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Mining News. Yarra Bella Its Name, and Mining Prospects

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 3

A recent visit to the above-named spot, which is situated about 11 miles south of Oberon, and in the vicinity of Gingkin, prompted me to send you for publication…

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The London Coal Strike. London

Leader · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 2

The great coal strike is showing signs of weakening. It is announced that the miners in North Wales are arranging to return to work on…

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American Miners. Big Strike Threatening. New York, Saturday. I

The Bathurst Times · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 2

The demands of 200,000 mines [?] the bituminous fields, in Ohio, for a [?] per cent. increase in wages and [?] hours have been rejected by the [?]…

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To-day's Cables. London, Monday. the Coal Strike. Coke at Twopence a Time

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 2

Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., says circumstances do not point to the minors being starved into submission. The alliance with the front benchers in the House of…

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Severe. the Coal War. Situation Worse. Government's New Line of Action. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 2

Unless the miners resume work at the beginning of the week the dislocation of trade and the distress that the strike has occasioned, will become…

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Cadia Mines

Leader · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 3

We hear that arrangements are being made to re-open the above mines, and that the manager (Mr Piddington) now has a good number of men…

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Porpoises Explode Mines. Constantinople

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

Porpoises exploded a number of mines in the Dardanelles. Ships fear to make the passage…

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The London Coal Strik[?] London, Monda[?]

Leader · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

Mr. J. Keir Hard[?]e, M.P., says circumstances do not point to the [?] ers being thrown into submiss[?] they are good for another mont[?]…

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A Cake of Gold LAUNCESTON

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 1

The Launceston police rearrested John Berresford this morning on a charge of being in possession of a cake of gold and failing to satisfy the…

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Miners' Strike. at Ballarat and Ararat. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 4

Dissatisfaction, has arisen as a result of the determination of the Gold Miners' Wages Board. The. miners contend that in some instances the rates…

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In a Mine Cage a Thrilling Incident. Broken Hill

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 1

A serious mishap occurred on the North mine last night. Three men, Charlton, Fitzgerald, and Brann, were coming off the shift and got into the…

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"Good for Another Month." Position of the Miners. London, Sunday evening

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

Mr. Keir Hardie, chairman of the Independent Labor Party, interviewed, said that the miners were not at the point of being starved into…

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Could Not Be Worse Miners and Minimum Wage Bill. Inclusion of Schedule Demanded. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

Addressing 5000 miners at Castleford, Mr. Herbert Smith, president of the Miners' Association, said that no Tory Government could introduce a…

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