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

Mining & the mines, 1909

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[Reuter's.] London, Friday. Boulder Perseverance Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 4

The directors of the Boulder Perseverance Mine, where a great fire occurred a few days ago, have deferred the interim dividend. They state that development can proceed…

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The Strike. Proposed Conference. Serious Misunderstanding Alleged. Colliery Managers' Admissions

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 3

The strike was to come to a head on Friday. The Northern proporietors were to meet in Sydney that morning. The meeting was to consider and decide on its…

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The Tolwong Block-up Mining Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 4

Mr. D. H. Thomas, metallurgist, has submitted the following report :-"As instructed, I visited the above property and made a thorough inspection of same. I am pleased…

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Short-lived Bushrangers. Iv.—holding Up the Gold Escort

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 8

As the party reached a bend of the road by the Mia Mia Buins saw that a tree had been felled across the track, and his suspicions were at once aroused. Holding up his hands he…

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The Coal Crisis. General Strike Certain. Strikers Suggestion Rejected by Proprietors “ Call Out” on

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 4

OF the columns and columns of strike news printed in the metropolitan papers, the most interesting, and also the most alarming, is that which indicates that on…

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The Coal Strike. Government's Attitude. Sydney

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 2

Interest in the strike on Wednesday culminated in Parliament. The Government attitude towards the strike was announced that night by the Premier. The…

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The Coal Crisis. the Miners’ Grievances

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 November 1909 · page 2

WHEN the northern miners took Australia by surprise and downed tools, they told the public, who is the great and third party affected, that they…

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Increased Gold Supply. Some of Its Evils

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 17 November 1909 · page 3

"Why are the markets in such a state?" asks Mr A. J. Wilson in the "Nation." "Two influences stand out with remarkable prominence as…

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Telegrams. Colonial & Intercolonial. the Coal Struggle. Wharf Laborers Consult Interstate Unions. Sydney, Monday 6.40 p.m

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 17 November 1909 · page 2

The Wharf Laborers held a meeting to-day and decided by a big majority to continue work until called out by the Federated Waterside Workers'…

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The Felixburg Goldfields

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 17 November 1909 · page 6

The British South Africa Company's mining commissioner at Victoria, Rhodesia, reports that he has just completed the inspection of the Felixburg…

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The Coal Strike. Waterside Workers

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 4

Sydney, Monday. -- The meeting of the waterside workers this morning resolved that the federation should hold its mass meetings before deciding the strike. A…

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The Coal Strike. Saturday, Nov 13

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 2

The outlook in connection with the strike in exceedingly grave. The Northern Colliery Proprietor's Association met yesterday at Dalgety and…

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N.z. State Coal Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 4

Wellington, Wednesday.—The trouble in connection with the State coal mines does not at present appear to have assumed very serious proportions. Various concessions have…

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The Miners' Mine. Socialistic Experiment in France

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 7

The story of the "Miners' Mine," an interesting venture, which was in its way an experiment in practical socialism, is told by the British consul at Lyons in a report just issued…

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Kangiara Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 2

Burrowa, Friday.—The Kangiara Mines Company contemplate the construction of a private narrow gauge line to Binalong to get their are to the main line. Their action is partly due to the…

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Coal From Japan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 5

Coals are being hurried from Japan and elsewhere to Australia. It is suggested that the mail boats leaving England should take sufficient coals to…

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The Coal Strike. Premier's Suggestion Considered

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 23 November 1909 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.--The strike congress has considered the Premier's suggestion for a conference, and refused it. The congress, however, appointed a delegation…

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Strike Spreads. Queensland Mines Affected. Federal Intervention Discussed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 November 1909 · page 2

The coal strike has spread to Queensland. The men at the Noble Colliery Company's mine, Wattle Glen, downed tools on Monday. The strike leaders were, therefore, on Monday…

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The Strike. Poor Chance of Peace. Coal Supply to Be Stopped

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 November 1909 · page 4

The strike congress is aiming at a coal famine. The scheme which is to produce it appears really to begin from to-day. (Monday). If it succeeds, the coalmines in…

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The Coal Strike. Sydney

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 24 November 1909 · page 3

The strike has spread to Queens land. The men at Nobbe Colliery, Wattle Glen, downed tools yesterday. The striker leaders, therefore, were…

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