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

Mining & the mines, 1914

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"Black" Coal! Sydney

Leader · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 3

A meeting of the Lumpers and Carters Union, at Coolamon, yesterday, decided not to lump and carry to non-unionists after next Tuesday…

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Mine Fatality. Broken Hill

The Bathurst Times · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 4

James Murray, or Cleggett (33), married, was killed in the South mine last night. Deceased was entered on the pay-sheet as James Murray, but he…

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Mining Bathurst District

The Bathurst Times · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 1

At Wiseman's Creek Chapple and party have a low-grade gold show that looks promising. The ore is of a friable nature, and the lode is 17ft. wide…

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Coal Porters' Strike Hospitals Suffer. Coal Merchants Demand Higher Prices. London

National Advocate · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 3

The London coal porters' strike is threatening to extend to the general carters, owing to the contractors seeking to compel the carters to load…

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Big Mine Fire. East Greta Ablaze. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 2

A fire was discovered in No, 1 tunnel of East Greta coal mine, West Maitland, yesterday morning. The heavy timber at the top of the pit…

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Mining News. Wiseman's Creek

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 2

The Mabel gold mine will start operations again in a few days. The machinery has been thoroughly overhauled, and a new cyani9ding installed…

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England's Gold Reserve. Grave Situation. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 3

Sir Edward Holden, chairman of the London, City and Midland Dank, speaking at a meeting of the shareholders, insisted that the gold reserve of the…

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(Continued on Page 4.) London Coal Strike. Carters Join Porters. No Supplies for Hospitals. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 2

Five thousand carters have joined the coal porters on strike, making a total of 13,000 men who are now idle. It is feared that the general vehicle…

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Colliery Alight. Newcastle

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

Good progress is being made in fighting the fire at the East Greta mine. The fire is expected to be extinguished before it injures the pit…

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London Coal Strike Hospitals Without Coal. Students Working Five-hour Shifts. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

The Union officials have refused permits to the London County Council feeding centres and the Alexandria Trust, which serves very poor centres…

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Mine Afire Great Mass of Flame. Men Thrown Idle. West Maitland

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 3

Extensive damage was done at the East Greta Coal Company's No. 1 tunnel, at East Great, yesterday morning by a disastrous outbreak of fire…

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London Coal Strike. London

Leader · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 3

The strike of the coal porters is still on. The chairman of the Coal Merchants' Association hns announced that they will not conceda the extra…

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Mining News. Activity at Hill End. Bathurst

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 2

[?] received to-day from Hill End show at general activity on the field is being maintained. The Amalgamated Hill End Company is raising a crushing from the Mien…

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London's Coal Famine. Hospitals Barely Supplied. Every Man: His Own Carter. London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 2

The coal porters persist in their refusal, of permits to me hospitals to obtain supplies of coal. Mr. Hipperson, president of the Coal Porters' Union, alleges that .the first…

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Coal Porters Still Out. Strikers Grant Permits to Hospitals. Building Trade at Standstill. London, Monday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 5

All building operations, including the Commomwealth building, are practically at a standstill. The building trades strikers have…

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Mining Applications

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 2

An application has been received at the Mining Warden's office from J. J. Prosper, for a mining lease on Crown land, of five acres in Parish Lyndhurst,…

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Mining Grants

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 11

Mr. Dunn. M.L.A., has been officially informed by the Prospecting Board that the Minister for Mines has approved of a grant from the…

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London Coal Strike Passing. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 3

Ten coal selling firms have conceded the extra penny to the porters. At a mass meeting of strikers held at Clerk-onwell a resolution was adopted that…

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Northern Miners. Higher Wages Wanted. Newcastle

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 4

The miners in the Newcastle held intend to apply for an increase in the hewing rate of coal. If the application, is successful it will mean mat the…

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Mining at Hill End General Activity

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 28

The Amalgamated are raising a crushing from the Mica reef, also stone from the Star of Peace reef at the same level, and will run a…

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