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

Mining & the mines, 1906

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Goldfields Tragedy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 4

Perth (W.A.), Friday.—A special cyclist, named Cheney, arrived at Southern Cross from Mount Jackson to-day, and reported that an alien woodcutter named Georgina had been…

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The Coal Crisis

Goulburn Herald · Monday 17 September 1906 · page 3

A CONFERENCE Of coal owners and miners regarding the coal-mining dispute was held at Newcastle on Saturday. The sittings wore continued until after midnight, when an…

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The Mining Exhibition

Goulburn Herald · Monday 17 September 1906 · page 3

THE interest in the mining exhibition at the Sydney Royal Exchange is daily increasing, and several thousand visitors have already inspected the exhibits. The promoters have…

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The Collieries Trouble

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 3

The miners at Kurri Kurri consider the prospects of a settlement to-day (Tuesday) most promising. The men openly state that work is almost certain to be resumed…

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The Colliery Trouble

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 4

A conference of coal owners and miners regarding the coal-mining dispute was held at Newcastle on Saturday. The sittings were continued until after midnight, when an…

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The Latest. SYDNEY, Tuesday. Collieries Trouble

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 2

The Newcastle conference was resumed this morning. Mr. Young, general manager of East Greta Company, proposed that his colliery be allowed to work three full shifts at the end of…

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The Coal Crisis

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 2

Newcastle, Saturday Night.-- The conference between Mine owners' Association and Colliery Employees' Federation was begun at 10 o'clock this morning. The…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 19 September 1906 · page 2

THE dredgemaster of the Jembaicumbeno Middle Ground Company reports for the week ended September 15, 1906, as follows:—"During the past week the dredge had a run of 126…

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The Coal Crisis

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 19 September 1906 · page 3

THE coalmining deadlock is now more acute. It seems that the crisis on the South Maitland seems is to be extended to the Newcastle district. If it does fully 12000 persons will…

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Collieries Trouble

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 September 1906 · page 2

The coal conference was resumed at Newcastle on Wednesday. The owners directed attention to a notice calling an aggregate meeting of miners for to-day…

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Collieries Trouble

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 September 1906 · page 1

The coal conference at Newcastle was continued on Tuesday, and adjourned till next day. The discussion had reference mostly to special terms for East Greta and…

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Telegrams. SYDNEY, Wednesday. the Collieries Trouble

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 September 1906 · page 4

At the meeting of the coal conference to-day the chairman referred to the aggregate meeting advertised for to-morrow, in the face of which, to said, owners were forced to the conclusion…

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The Coal Crisis

Goulburn Herald · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 5

AFTER the conference between the owners and minors had closed in Newcastle before lunch on Wednesday it was generally believed that a disaster was inevitable. However, a few…

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The Coal Difficulty

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 2

The coal conference at Newcastle was continued on Tuesday. The discussion had reference mostly to special terms for East Greta and Stanford Merthyr pits…

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Gold in Alberta

Goulburn Herald · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 3

Government surveyors have discovered rich alluvial deposits in the Peace River Valley, Canada, near the Alberta-British Columbia boundary…

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Goldfields Tragedy

The Yass Courier · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 2

Perth (W.A.), Friday,—A special cyclist, name I Cheney, arrived at Southern Cross [?] Mount Jackson to-day, and reported [?] an alien woodcutter…

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Collieries Trouble Ended

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 4

All fears of a general coal strike were ended on Friday, and the proposed aggregate meeting was abandoned. All Maitland lodges accepted the proprietors' proposals, and work will be…

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The Collieries Trouble

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 6

The Newcastle Coal Conference on Thursday ended satisfactorily. It is expected that work will be resumed at the Maitland collieries in a few days. There…

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Good Seasons and Gold Fever

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 2

We had a run of good seasons after the drought, but a lot of the squatters never financially recovered from its effects. The gold diggings broke out in 51. I think it…

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Short Story a Christmas Present for Mine Host

The Burrowa News · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 5

A[?]MAS which I shall never torg[?] was that which I spent in Parts dud[?]ng the [?]. I do not intend, however, to harrow my…

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