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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

544 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 19 of 28

Non-union Coal Blocked

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 November 1909 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At the Unionist Conference yesterday a delegate was selected to visit the Queensland coal miners. A committee was appointed to…

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Non-union Coal Blocked

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 November 1909 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At the Unionist Conference yesterday a delegate was selected to visit a the Queensland coal miners. A committee was appointed to…

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The Coal Vend. Its Form and Objects

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 November 1909 · page 2

The disposition of the leader of the strike to swing the attack on to the proprietors' organisation is in the circumstances, says the special reporter of the…

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The Coal Vend. Its Form and Objects

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 November 1909 · page 2

The disposition of the leaders of the strike to swing the attack on to the proprietors' organisation is in the circumstances, says the special reporter of the…

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Colliery Strike. Labor Fights the Trusts. Activity on the Wharves. Sussex Street Paralysed. Miners Offered a Colliery

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 4

M. W. M. Hughes, President of the Waterside Workers' Union, made a statement with reference to the coal strike. "I wish," he said, "to…

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The Premier's Illness. Mines to Be Worked. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 5

There have been no fresh developments in connection with the strike. Consequent upon the illness of the Premier (Mr. Wade), Mr. Wood (Chief…

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The Coal Consumption. (To the Editor of the "Argus.")

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 8

Sir,--In trying to prove that the increased freights imposed by the North Coast S.N. Coy., in consequence of the strike, more than com[?]sate the…

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Among the Miners. and Around the Coal Mines

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 11

To the man whose mind associates coal mines and their environs with dreary wastes of slag-beds, ill-made roads whose composition is mainly coul-dust, a…

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Local Coal Mines

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 4

The present labour difficulty has diverted attention to the importance of developing the coal measures on the Clarence. It is about 25 years since, or more, that coal…

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Local Coal Mines

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 4

The present labour difficulty has diverted attention to the importance of developing the coal measures on the Clarence. It is about 25 years since, or more, that coal…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 4

Our Copmanhurst correspondent writes:— A new find of copper, is reported in the parish of Braylesford, on Purgatory Creek. No definite information is to hand so far…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 4

Our Copmanhurst correspondent writes:— A new find of cooper is reported in the parish of Braylesford, on Purgatory Creek. No definite information is to hand so far…

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Wealth in Coal

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 10

The number of coal mines in N.S. Wales is over 100. Taking a period of ten years from 1898 to 1907, the average quantity of coal extracted by each person…

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Wealth in Coal

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 10

The number of coal mines in N.S. Wales is over 100. Taking a period of ten years from 1898 to 1907, the average quantity of coal extracted by each person…

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Clarence Cu Co Mine

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 4

The manager reports the winze from the 76ft. level now down 43ft., in a fine lode 5ft. 6in. wide, and still increasing in size southerly. This makes a total depth from…

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Clarence Cu Co Mine

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 4

The manager reports the winze from the 76ft. level now down 43ft., in a fine lode 5ft. 6in. wide, and still increasing in size southerly. This-makes a total depth from…

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Last Night's Cables. (From Reuter's Company.) London, Friday. Shipping Coal to Australia

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 9

The R.M.S. Mooltan is taking no general cargo for Adelaide, utilising the space for 750 tons of coal, which, with the usual bunker supplies, would be…

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Last Night's Cables. Shipping Coal to Australia. (From Reuter's Company.) London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 9

The R.M.S. Mooltan is taking no general cargo for Adelaide, utilising the space for 750 tons of coal, which, with the usual bunker supplies, would be…

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Coal From Britain. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 November 1909 · page 3

Coals are hurrying from Japan and elsewhere to Australia. It is suggested that the mail boats leaving England should take sufficient coals to…

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Queensland Miners' Attitude Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 November 1909 · page 3

At a mass meeting of the Queensland Colliery Employees' Association at Brisbane, it was resolved -- "That the Bundama miners' sympathies are…

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