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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

191 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 10

A Gold Seller Charged. Sydney

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 3

The West Australian police have commenced proceedings against John Moore, a well-known resident of BOulder, charging him with making a false declaration in…

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New Mining Bill

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 9

On Wednesday the Minister for Mines, in moving the second reading of the Mining Bill, referred to the extent of mining as an industry. He said that the mineral…

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Welsh Miners on Strike. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 September 1906 · page 3

Six thousand coal-miners at Rhymney and 4000 at Maesteg, Wales, have struck, owing to the employment of non-union labor in the mines…

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"THE C. AND R. EXAMINER." Established 1859. Grafton: September 4th, 1906. Mining Legislation

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 September 1906 · page 4

The new Mining Bill introduced in the Legislative Assembly last week is a much needed measure. New South Wales owes a great deal to the mining industry. Years…

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Taking Gold at Night

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 2

Hundreds of thousands of people, babies particularly, take cold at night, and no one can discover the cause of the cold. Many a night one…

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Mining Development

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 September 1906 · page 2

Copper-mining is being pushed ahead slowly but surely in this district. At Fine Flower Creek, Gordon Brook, there are two properties, at present…

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Coal Mining Difficulty

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 September 1906 · page 5

A crisis has been reached in regard to the Maitland collieries, where [?]500 men and boys are affected. The difficulty is due to the growing discontent with the midnight…

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The Maitland Collieries. Sydney

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1906 · page 3

There is every probability that the collieries in the Maitland district will be thrown idle to-day. Three thousand five hundred men and boys will be affected by this action…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 September 1906 · page 4

The management of the Hidden Secret, Kalgoorlie, announce another rich development at the 300ft. level. There seems to be little doubt but that the ore…

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General Colliery Strike. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1906 · page 5

There is every probability of the collieries in the maibland district being thrown idle to-day. Two thousand men will be affected. It was…

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The Gold-Stealing inquiry. Sydney

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 5

At the Kargoorile inquiry into the alleged charges of gold stealing, evidence was given to the effect that McKay had, during the last two years and four months, sold gold…

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TELEGRAMS. Miners' Strike. General Strike Imminent. SYDNEY

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 5

The Maitland coal strike promisee to be of long duration, as a number of strikers announce their intention of going trapping There is no prospect of a settlement of the…

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Money Queens. Feminine Plutocrats Who Own Mines and Run Vast Businesses

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 6

The truism that untold riches cannot purchase happiness or peace of mind finds an[?]pt illustration in the life stories of the world's millionaire women, Incessantly…

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Coal Mining Difficulty

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 9

SYDNEY, Thursday.—All the collieries in the Maitland district have closed down, and it is feared that the strike will extend to the Newcastle mines unless a…

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The Mining Bill

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 9

The House resolved to refer the Mudgee to [?] railway proposal to the Public Works Committee, also a proposal to construct a timber wharf 1200 feet long at…

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The Colliery Strike. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 September 1906 · page 3

A conference between the Northern Colliery proprietors and the miners' representatives was held yesterday. At midnight the meeting was…

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The Coal-mining Difficulty. Strike May Be Averted

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—In the opinion of representative colliery proprietors and officer's of the Miners' Federation, the crisis in the coal trade will be overcome, and a…

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The Coal Crisis

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 2

The all-important conference between the coal proprietors and the miners took place, at Newcastle on Saturday, and the momentous question as to whether the whole of the…

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Mining Reform

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 7

The miner is one of the best and most valued of customers to the country storekeeper. A paying mine is one of the chief clements in the…

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The Mining Exhibition

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 4

The display of mineral producis at the Mining Exhibition which is being held in the Sydney Chamber of Commerce building is excellent, and it is attracting a good…

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