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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

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New Zealand. Miners on Strike. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 4

Seven men having been dismissed from the. Blackball mine, the rest of the employees went on strike. The mine is now idle…

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The Maitland Miners. Mr. Manger's Charges. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 8

Mr. Manger's charges relative to the Maitland [?]ners to the effect that they preferred drink to work, were the subject of a spirited discussion in the…

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Barrier Mine[?] Friday, February 28, 1907. Test Match Comments

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 4

THE fifth and final test as to the superiority of Australia or England on the cricket field is completed, and Australia once more is conqueror. That it…

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Victorian Miners. To Be Given a Wages Board. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 8

At the annual conference of the Amalgamated Miners' Association of Victoria and Tasmania, now in session at Daylesford, yesterday, the State…

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Colliery Troubles. Special Court Proceedings. a Critical Stage Reached. Objection to Evidence in Camera. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 5

Proceedings at the Special Mining Court have reached a critical stage. Mr. Lewis (minors' representative) objected to the hearing of evidence in…

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The Maitland Miners. Mr. Mauger's Charges. Meeting to be Held at Kurri Kurri. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 4

A meeting will be held to-morrow at Karri Kurri to protest against Mr. Mauger's reference to drunkenness among the Maitland miners. Figures…

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Colliery Troubles. Situation Very Serious. Business Being Curtailed. Prolonged Sitting of Miners' Committee of Management. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 4

The very serious situation which has arisen in the coal mining dispute in the Hunter district has been canvassed from all sides. The feeling…

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VICTORIAN A.M.A. Annual Conference. Searching Miners. Trouble Probable. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 8

The sittings of the sixteenth annual conference of the Amalgamated Miners' Association of Victoria and Tasmania, were continued at Daylesford…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 2

Yesterday morning C. Gogan, a litter's laborer, got his hand caught in a pulley at the Proprietary mine. Gogan, who is a single man, walked home…

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The Colliery Trouble. Evidence in Camero. Refused by Colliery Federation Committee. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 2

The committee of management of the colliery employees of the federation have considered the matter of the giving of evidence as to the position of the…

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Barrier Miner. Monday, March 2, 1908. Miners and Drink

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 2

KEEN resentment has been shown at certain remarks of the Postmastor-[?]lenoral (Mr. Mauger) rela[?] to the Maitland miners. According to reports Mr…

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Mining. the London Market. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 2

Ward and Co. (per White and Hosier) supply the latest London share quotations (dated Saturday, 1.30 p.m.) as under:—Block'10, b. 47s. 9d.;…

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A Mine Explosion. Seventy People Killed. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 2

An explosion occurred yesterday at the Montorney Steel Company's mine, Salinas, a town in Monterey County (California), and killed 70 people…

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Electricity in Mines. Report of the Royal Commission. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 2

The report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the use of electricity in coal mines has been issued. The general conclusions of the…

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Colliery Troubles. Evidence in Camera. Miners' Objection Thereto. Position Still Serious Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 2

At Newcastle the position of the coalmining crisis is still serious. Voting by the lodges on the resolutions passed by the committee of…

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The Whim Well Copper Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 2

The Whim Well copper mine, in the north-west of Pilbarra, West Australia, and 13 miles from the Balla Balla jetty, is to have smelters erected…

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West Australia. the Gold Yield. Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 4

The gold yield for February came to 151,455 fine ounces, valued at £656,084…

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Mining. the London Market. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 2

Clarke and Co. (per Stephens and Bartlett) supply the latest London quotations (dated Monday, 5.30 p.m.) as under: Associated, s. 14s. 3d.;…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 2

An accident occurred at about 6 o'clock this morning in Stewart shaft of the Proprietary mine, Thomas Fitzpatrick, a platman, was travelling from…

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Kapunda Copper Mines

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 2

The directors of the Kapunda Coppor mines do not seem to have any cheerful news to offer the shareholders at the half-yearly meeting to be held on…

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