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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

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Aggrieved Miners. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 4

Some of the miners employed at the Virginia mine, Bendigo, where a trouble recently occurred over the searching arrangements, considered the…

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Eight Hours Bill. Its Application to Coal Miners. Organised Opposition Being Raised. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 2

The Shipping Federation, railway companies, some gas companies, several chambers of commerce and other large consumers of coal in Great Britain are…

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Colliery Troubles. Position Still Serious. Evidence in Camera. Men Likely to Persist in Objection. Heddon-greta Mine Idle. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 4

The crisis in the mining industry since the Special Court has adjourned has not in the interval become less grave…

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Sweating Gold Coins. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 4

The Government intends offering £100 reward for the apprehension and conviction of persons found engaged in the practice of "sweating" gold…

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Gold Specimens. Minor Charged With Unlawful Possesion. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 4

Thomas O'Keefe, a miner, has been arrested at the Victoria Consols mine. Bendigo, on a charge of having gold specimens in his possession unlawfully…

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Alleged Gold-stealing. a Bendigo Case. Peculiar Police Action. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 4

Considerable uneasiness prevails among the miners in the Bendigo district, who declare that a number of spies have been engaged by the police…

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Collapse of Sludge Dam. Near Shaft of Birthday Mine, Berringa. A Man Missing. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 4

At 6 o'clock last night the sludge dam collapsed near the shaft of the Birthday mine, Berringa, and the whole of the contents broke into the shaft…

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Colliery Troubles. Position Still Serious. Men Likely to Persist in Objection. Heddon-creta Mine Idle. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 4

The crisis in the mining [?]stry since the Special Court has adjourned has not in the interval become less grave…

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The Proprietary Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 4

On inquiry at the Hospital late this afternoon it was ascertained that Thomas Fitzpatrick the victim of the cage accident in Stewart shaft of the…

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A Mine Fatality. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 2

The sludge dam at the Birthday mine, Berringa, broke away on Monday night, and a miner named Lacy, who was unable to escape, lost his life…

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Blackball Colliery Dispute. An Abortive Conference. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 4

The conference between the pron[?] tors and minors at the Blackball colliery, (N.Z.), in connection with the dispute which arose over the dismissal of seven…

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Coal Strike Settled. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 2

Great satisfaction was expressed at Collie when tile terms were agreed to which ended the strike at the Scottish collieries and the Cardiff coal mines…

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THE O.K. MINES. Cairns

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 2

During the fortnight ended February 26 the O.K. furnace was in blast 336 hours, and treated 948 tons of ore for 61 tons of blister copper and matte for…

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Sweating Gold Coins. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 4

The Government intends offering £100 reward for the apprehension and conviction of persons found engaged in the practice of "sweating" gold…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. the Colliery Trouble. a Serious Position. Miners Refuse to Accept Evidence in Camera. Court Adjourns. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 4

Mr. Lewis, representing the Colliery Employees' Federation, to-day communicated to the Special Arbitration Court the decision of the managing…

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"'A' Fair Day's Work." Labor in Mines

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 3

Speaking at, the half-yearly meeting of the Gr[?]at, Southern Consols Company on Monday, the chairman (Mr. J. Randall) said the company distributed…

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

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 4

In the Senate last night, in reply to Senator Neild, Senator Best, vicePresident of the Executive Council, quoted a large number of the…

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Coal Miner's Death. Wife and Six Children in Broken Hill. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 2

Thomas M'Laren, a miner, working at a coal mine at Outtrim, met with an accident yesterday through the wall falling. He broke both legs and died…

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Alleged Gold-stealing. a Bendigo Case. Peculiar Police Action. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 4

Considerable uneasiness prevails among the rainers in the Bendigo district, who declare that a number of spies have been engaged by the police…

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Industrial Troubles. Lloyd's Mine Strike. Strike at Waratah. Work Resumed at Heddon Greta. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 2

A now industrial agreement has been concluded with the men employed at Lloyd's copper mine. About 80 men employed at the copper…

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