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

Mining & the mines, 1910

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Mining Warden's Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 November 1910 · page 2

A sitting of the above was held at the Court House on Monday before Mr. Williams, Mining Warden. SUSPENSION OF LABOUR CONDITIONS,…

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Kangiara Mines. Equity Appeal Dismissed. Full Court Judgment

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 November 1910 · page 6

The Full Court has delivered its reserved decision in the appeal arising out of the equity suit between Joseph Vickery (plaintiff) and charles Taylor…

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State Coal Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 November 1910 · page 2

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Edden) states that he has not abandoned the project of State coal mines. "We can't do everything at once," Mr. Edden said on Monday…

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War in Wales. Riots of Miners. Troops Called Out. London, Nov. 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 November 1910 · page 2

The following official announcement is made:—The chief constable of Glamorganshire on Monday night asked the local military authorities for 200 cavalry and two companies of…

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Cable News. Welsh Coal Strike. Violence at Clydach. London, Nov. 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 November 1910 · page 4

The strikers extinguished the boiler fires sit Clydach Vale, thus stopping the ventilation fans. It is feared that 300 horses are perishing in…

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The Mining Trouble in Wales. Violent Scenes. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 November 1910 · page 4

Troops have arrived and are held at Swindon in readiness for transportation to Wales, and 300 additional police have been dispatched. The charman of the miners' committee…

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[Reuter's.] the Welsh Mining Trouble. 800 Police Present. the Horses Rescued. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 November 1910 · page 2

Further police have been despatched to Wales, making a total of 800. Meetings of strikers have been dispersed by Hussars. The troops were hooted. The public-houses…

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Bookham Mine

The Yass Courier · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 2

The Shaft is now down 86 feet and the reef is two feet in width at the bottom. On Friday last good prospects were dished from the surface on…

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Victorian State Coal Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 4

Melbourne, Thursday.—The Legislative Council has decided that a Select Committee shall be appointed to inquire into the working of the State coal mine. Mr. Abbott, the mover of the…

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Tolwong Block-up Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 2

The secretary of the Tolwong Block-up mines writes:—"Mr. J. E. Carne, Assistant Government Geologist, recently paid a visit to the Tolwong Block-up mines property, and inspected…

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Welsh Coal Strike. London, Nov. 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 2

The Prime Minister (Mr Asquith)will shortly confer with the coal-owners in connection with the written statement of grievances of the miners' delegates with a view to settlement. The police are…

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Welsh Coal Strike. Two Pits Flooded. London, Nov. 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 November 1910 · page 4

In response to the appeal of Mr. Llewellyn, of Llwynpia mine, for assistance in holding out to keep the pumps of the mine going the Anti-Socialist Union of Great Britain has despatched a number…

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Better Than Coal Hewing

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 16 November 1910 · page 2

MR. EDDEN (Minister for Mines), speaking at the Lands Department picnic on Saturday, made it plain that [?] enjoys being at the head of a department. “If…

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Welsh Coal Strike. London, Nov. 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 November 1910 · page 4

The representatives of the men on the Conciliation Board, at its meeting at Cardiff, admitted that the stoppage at the Powell Duffryn pits was irregular, but they asked that their…

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Welsh Coal Strike. Labour Members Dissatisfied. London, November 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 November 1910 · page 2

In the House of Commons last night Labour members hotly demanded the withdrawal of the troops from the strike districts of South Wales. They complained that the police interfered with…

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The Thirst for Gold. Dead and Dying Prospectors. Vancouver

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 November 1910 · page 2

Scores of prospectors are dead and others are dying on the trails to the Porcupine Gold Camps in Northern Ontario. A failure of supplies is setting in…

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Mining

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 4

The manager of the Cullings Gold Mining Company reports:—"East drive, 84ft level. advanced to 27ft, in ore couutry. Eastern stope above 114ft level…

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The State Coal Mine. a Strange Proposition

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 4

IN his pre-[?]sional speech on Monday night, tho Premier referred to tho advocacy of his party of a State cosl mine, for which je said, he had been told that a…

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State Coal Mines. Offer to the Government

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 November 1910 · page 2

The Government has received an offer, free of charge, of a coal area underlying 3714 acres in the northern district, and containing 40,000,000 ton or coal…

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Bookham Mine

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 November 1910 · page 2

The Shaft has been sunk to a distance of 92 feet, the reef is 2 feet wide of hard quartz carrying heavy mineral and a little free gold, there…

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