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Mining & the mines, 1906

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Coal Tenders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 June 1906 · page 4

Tenders have been accepted for the supply of coal for Government locomotives on the northern line, for the year ending 30th June, 1907, as follows :—South Gresa…

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International Miners Congress

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 June 1906 · page 5

International Miners Congress has re[?] in favour of the regulation of the in[?] output of mines. The next con[?] be held at Salzburg, Austria…

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Mining

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1906 · page 2

THE gold yield of Victoria for the first five months of the year shows an increase of 26,600ozs. The Federation syndicate, Omadale…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 June 1906 · page 3

At a meeting held at the Newcastle Trades Hall yesterday the committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation decided to expel from the Federation all…

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Trouble at Pelaw-main. Mine Still Idle. an Interesting Rumour. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 June 1906 · page 3

Matters still remain in the some position with regard to this trouble at Pelaw-Main Colliery. The clippers assort that they we only asking what are their just does, and…

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A Strike at Wallsend. the Colliery Thrown Idle. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 June 1906 · page 5

The Wallsend Colliery (both pits) was thrown idle yesterday by the wheelers unexpectedly going on strike for a substantial advance in their rated of pay. On Monday…

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Colliery Troubles Wallsend and Pelaw-Main

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 2

The wheelers at the Wallserd [?]liery struck work on. Tuesday- Ess wheelers made a demand to the [?] ger for an increase in their [?]…

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Trouble at Pelaw-main. Wheelers and Clippers Will Not Work. the Miners Willing. Considering a Compromise. Kurri, Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 3

Respecting the trouble at Pelaw-Main Colliery, a meeting of employees was held this morning, at which Messrs. James Curley (general secretary of the Miners'…

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The Local Coal Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 2

According to current talk during the week the local coal industry in likely in the near future to advance with leaps and bounds, it being stated that the Kayuga Colliery…

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Pelaw-main Colliery. the Trouble Settled. Pelaw-main

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 3

By the efforts of the District Officers and the local lodge officers the trouble at the trouble at the Pelaw-Main Colliery has been settled, and the men (expecting the clippers) returned to…

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Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 4

The work at the South Maitland collieries for the fortnight was—East Greta 9[?] days, and Heddon-Grota 9 days…

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Northern Coal Combine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 13

Representatives of the Northern Colliery Proprietors met in Sydney last week to further the scheme for the formation of a combination or "vend" to control the output of all the mines, and regulate…

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Colliery Troubles. Wallsend and Pelaw-Main

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 3

The Walsend Colliery was idle again on Thursday, and there is no immediate prospect of a settlement being arrived at between the management and…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 9

A valuable seam of coal has been discovered on Crown lands at Glenreagh, near Coff's Harbour. The Illawarra Miners' Conciliation Board…

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THE FELAW-MAlS Trouble the Colliery at Work. Pelaw-main

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 5

The [?] of the clippers at the Felaw-Main Colliery has as last been [?] but it seems they only allowed that [?] to be brought about when they realised that…

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The Singleton Argus Saturday, June 16Th, 1905. the Mining Trouble

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 4

Late news from the coal pits in the Newcastle district show that the attitude of the workers at some of the collieries is still aggressive, and that…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 June 1906 · page 6

A correspondent of the "Spectator" [?] gests that in mines where the tunnels ex[?] for two miles or more, there should be established every 100 yards or so a [?]…

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Miners' Accident Relief Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 3

Towards the close of last term the meaning of the 6th section of this statute formed the subject of argument before the Full Court. It appeared that a miner named Watson, being injured in the course…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 3

Tin milling continues brisk throughout the Glen Innes district. A good fall of rain is badly needed to fill the dams, so that washing-up can be proceeded with. Large…

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Wallsend and Pelaw-main Work Resumed at the Collieries

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 1

The clippers on, who struck and threw the Pelaw-Main colliery idle last week, have been re-instated. A promise has been given by the colliery…

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