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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1901

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Mining Matters

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 2

BY the closing down of the Crown Point Mines at McMahon's Reef considerable business will be lost to our town, and a good man in the person of…

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British Coal Exports. London, April 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 6

Mr. Pierpont Morgan has acquired large interest in the Leyland steamers It is feared he is aiming at complete control with a view to an attempt being made by Americans to capture the British…

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The Coal Export Tax. London, May 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 6

Speaking at the banquet at Guildford last night Mr. St. John Brodrick stated that the Government would be unfit to govern if it yielded to the agitation by the coal interest, which were the realisers of…

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Cable News. the Coal Export Tax the Threatened General Strike. London, May 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 2

Owing to the Government proposing to pot a tax on coal exported, Mr. John Wilon,. M P. (Liberal. Unionist) for Falkirk district of Burghs, has quitted the Government party…

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The One Woman on St. Anthony's (A Goldfields' Story.) [Complete Story.] [Copyright.]

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 5

FOR TEN months not a female had…

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Export Tax on Coal. a Strike Threatened. London, May 3

Goulburn Herald · Monday 6 May 1901 · page 4

OWING to the government proposing to put a tax on coal exported, Mr. John Wilson (Liberal Unionist), has quitted the government party…

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The Coal Export Tax

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 7 May 1901 · page 3

Excitement prevails in the coal mining districts at the prospects of a strike, The mieers in some counties strongly pose a strike,…

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The Coal Export Tax. London, May 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 May 1901 · page 4

Excitement prevails in the coal-mining districts at the prospects of strike. The miners in some counties strongly oppose a strike…

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The Coal Export Tax. London May 3

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 7 May 1901 · page 2

OWING to the Government proposing to put a tax coal exported, Mr. John Wilson, M.P.(Liberal Unioniet) for Farkirk district of Burghs, has…

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The Coal Export Tax

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1901 · page 4

IN Committee of Ways and Means of the House of Commons on Monday night, the proposal of the government to place an export tax of 1/- per ton on…

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Coal Tax

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 May 1901 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Burt, the well-known labour leader, speaking at a Coalminers' Conference, counselled the miners to be cautious. The representatives of the Welsh collieries were reluctant to precipitate a…

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The Coal Export Tax. London, May 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 May 1901 · page 4

In Committee of Ways and Means of the House of Commons last night the proposal of the Government to place an export tax of is per ton on coal was carried on division by…

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The Coal Export Tax. Agreed to in Committee London, May 7

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 10 May 1901 · page 2

IN Committee of Ways and Moans of the House of Commons last night, the proposal of the Government to place an…

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The World's Supply of Coal, Rubber, and Paper.—sources Whence Drawn Diminishing; Population Increasing.—invention, Discoveries and Governmental Regulations May Retard and Minimise Absolute Scarcity

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 May 1901 · page 2

THE length of the time during which we may expect the supply of coal to hold out against the increasing consumption which has been continuing for a long period, has sometimes…

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More Colliery Trouble. a Miner Compelled to Leave

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 14 May 1901 · page 4

"This is the true story of how I came to leave the old Bulli colliery," said Mr. Robert Spinks, timber contractor and orchardist Bulli. to a reporter who wished…

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Gold-dredging

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 May 1901 · page 4

The secretary of the Little River Gold-dredging Company, N L., reports that the wash-up on Saturday last resulted in 11oz. 11dwt. 3gr. of gold being won. The dredgemaster reports that he has…

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Mining at Trunkey

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 May 1901 · page 2

Trunkey, Tuesday.—Collins and Hoare, on M'Kenzie's private land, have been constantly working on a small scale, and have won 180oz of geld. On Tuesday last they dollied out 7½oz of…

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For Submarine Miners

Goulburn Herald · Friday 17 May 1901 · page 2

THE government is importing a steamer for the use of the submarine miners, and the vessel, called at Fremantle on May 6, en route from Portsmouth to Sydney. She is…

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Railway Accident. Smash on the Western Line. Coal and Stock Trains Collide. Hundreds of Sheep Killed.two Engines Wrecked

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 20 May 1901 · page 3

A very serious railway accident occurred on Wednesday night between Rydal and Tarana about 8.50 p.m. It appears that a train, fully loaded with…

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Correspondence. [We do not necessarily endorse opinions expressed by correspondents.]MINE WAGES. (To the Editor of the Burrangong Argus)

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 22 May 1901 · page 2

Sir,—Malicious and designing reports are in circulation to the effect that minors employed at the Burrangong Gold Dredging Coy. have recently had their wages reduced. I, on behalf of…

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