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

Mining & the mines, 1907

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The Coal Crisis

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 4

The Government has taken action in the coal crisis at Newcastle. The Premier is hopeful that certain suggestions he has made will lead to an amicable settlement of the difficulty. The…

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The Latest. Sydney, Tuesday. The Newcastle Coal Crisis

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 2

Work was resumed to-day in the Abermain, East Greta, Aberdare, Aberdare Extended, South Greta, and East Greta Colliceries; but Pelaw-Main, Stanford-Merthyr,…

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Currency Stringency. Huge Gold Importations. London, Nov. 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 4

The gold engaged for importation to New York, together with that which has already arrived there, amounts to £7,820,000. The Financial News says it is too much to…

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Coal Miners' Wages. General Strike Imminent. Newcastle

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 2

The difference between the miners and colliery proprietors in the Newcastle and Maitland districts is rapidly reaching an acute stage, and…

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Missing Gold

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 4

A box containing 200 half-sovereigns, part of a consigament of £100 intended for Brazil, disappeared from a parcels van on the way from the city to Euston…

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The Coal Crisis

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 4

A MAES meeting of Maitland coalfield minors on Monday agreed to the strike resolutions, The committee of management met at night, and considered further suggestions made by…

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The Coal Strike. All Mines Deserted. Commonwealth Strike Proposed. Serious Outlook for Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 2

All the collieries in the Newcastle district ceased work on Wednesday. The only exception was Lambton, which is being worked on tribute…

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The Great Coal Crisis. Upholding “Unionism.”

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 2

The inevitable has again Impended apparently at Newcastle, where after a good deal of blowing and the strike of the coal miners [?] been…

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The Coal Crisis. a Big Strike

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 4

The decision of the miners' executive advising the men to return to work for three days proved abortive. The proprietors declined to guarantee the miners their wages,…

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The Coal Strike. All Mines Closed. a Serious Outlook

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 November 1907 · page 2

All the collieries in the Newcastle district ceased work on Wednesday, The only exception was Lambton, which is being worked on tribute. Southern…

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The Under-world. in a British Columblan Gold Mine. Nelson. B.c

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 15 November 1907 · page 6

When the manager of the gold mine at Rossland offered to take us down, we accepted readily, and it was only when we were invited to "step in"…

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The Coal Crisis

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 15 November 1907 · page 4

At a mass meeting of the Maitland coal miners held on Monday, agreed to the strike resolutions. The committee of management met and…

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The Coal Strike All Collieries Idle

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday Morning:--Not a solitary colliery in either the Newcastle or Maitland district is working to-day. There is positively no change of any work this week…

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The Coal Crisis. the Northern Mines Idle

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 2

THE rumblings that have for some time been beneath the surface of the industrial world of the northern coal trade, indicated that unless wise counsels prevailed, there would be another serious…

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The Under-world. in a British Columbian Gold Mine. Nelson. B.c

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 6

When the manager of the gold mine at Rossland offered to take us down, we accepted readily, and it was only when we were invited to "step in"…

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Remarks by Miners' President

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 4

Newcastle, Thursday.—At a large meeting of the Hetton miners to-day, Mr. Peter Bowling, who was present, referred to the Insinuations made against him by a mine…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. The Coal Strike

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 4

There were no further developments in the coal strike this morning. Just after noon Mr. Livingstone Learmonth, chairman of the Colliery…

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The Coal Strike. No Sign of Settlement

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 2

The Premier, Mr. Wade, had interviews on Friday with representatives of the Northern colliery proprietors and the Colliery Employees' Federation, in the hope of arranging a basis of settlement. These…

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The Coal Crisis. Position Little Changed. Owners Offer Conference. Action by the Government

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 4

The colliery proptietors of the northern district are understood to have decided on Tuesday to confer with the miners conditionally upon their returning to work and agreeing to give 14 days…

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Gold for America

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 November 1907 · page 3

The steamer Mauretania sailed for America carrying £1,700,000. THE KAISER'S VISIT. The German Emperor spent a day in…

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