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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1907

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The Coal-lumpers' Strike. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 May 1907 · page 3

The non-union coal-lumpers were violently assaulted again this morning. The police arrested two unionists who are alleged to be the assailants…

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Coal Lumpers' Strike

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 May 1907 · page 5

At an early hour on Saturday morning the unionist coal lumpers in Sydney were out on the watch for a number of free labourers whom they knew would be going off to…

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The South Clifton Colliery Disaster. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 May 1907 · page 5

At the inquest on the victims of the Scarborough (South Clifton) Colliery tunnel disaster, the Coroner found that the fall of the roof was due to the…

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Richmond Coal Mines

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1907 · page 2

Speaking of the coal mine at Mooncmbar, the "Northern Star" says:—A tram line will be laid down and operations carried out on a large scale. The surface coal is…

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Rand Miners Strike

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 5

The Rand mine owners persist in refusing to submit the differences with the miners to arbitration. At a meeting of delegates it was decided…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 8

The mineral lease of W. J. Mulligan, 20a., Kaloe, has been approved. Leases under the Gold and Mineral Dredging Act will be granted A. F. Showers for two…

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Alleged Mining Frauds. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 May 1907 · page 4

Alexander Fraser, who is charged with the commission of a number of alleged mining frauds, was further remanded to-day. The Crown…

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Gold Dust

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 3

A wrong is always worth forgetting. A white lie may be as hard to wipe out as a black one. People who scatter sunshine cannot live…

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Another Search for Kruger's Gold

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 5

There is now lying at Blackwall Wharf a little steamer, Alfred Nobel, which possesses) the proud distinction of being the best-equipped salvage vessel in the world…

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Mining. the Cobar Strike

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 4

The strike is a serious matter for Cobar, because it means a loss of £700 a day in wages to the men working in the mines in the immediate vicinity, of the township,…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 5

The following mineral leases have been approved:—T. B. Bassetti. [?] Ewingar: T. Row two of 20 [?] each same parish; D. R. Corrie and another. 20 [?] Carnham…

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The Rand Miners Strike

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—Numbers of the poor Dutch population are suffering themselves for service on the Rand mines, and the strikers are thus gradually being replaced…

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Examiner's Sydney Budget. Mining on the Clarence

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 2

If but a part of what is heard in Sydney regarding the prospects of mining on the Upper Clarence is reliable, the fact is established that in those parts it promises…

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A Coal Competitor. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 May 1907 · page 5

The Commercial Agent in the East Mr. Suttor) declares that India is developing into a powerful competitor with N.S.W. in the coal trade…

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The Alleged Mining Frauds. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 May 1907 · page 5

Alex[?] Eraser, photographer, was changed at the Police Court to-day with having conspired with John Williams, alias Stangor, to cheat and…

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Rand Miners Strike

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 9

LONDON, Wednesday.—Replying to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. Winston Churchill (Under-Secretary for the Colonies), said that the presence of so…

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Dying of Gold

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 5

Mr. Frank Bemis, of Canonbury, London, is slowly "freezing" to death in Boston, Massachusetts, and physicians are unable to save him. The whole American medical…

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Coal-lumping to Cane-cutting

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 4

From coal-lumping to cane-cutting is a bold and lengthy step, yet about 200 unionist coal-lumpers, of the number who recently went out on strike, have taken it…

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Mining. Grafton Copper Co

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 4

The manager of the Grafton Copper Co's mine at Cangai, Mr. Mulligan, reports as follows for the week ended 25th May:—The most noteworthly change for the past week is the…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 4

Mr. Grove, a mining expert passed through Grafton yesterday on his way to Sydney, he having made an inspection of several copper properties on Gordon Brook and vicinity. Mr…

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