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Mining & the mines, 1907

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 3

During the past week 66,107 tons of coal were exported from Newcastle, of which 40,623 tons went to foreign ports. There were sent to Commonwealth and New Zealand ports…

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The Coal-lumpers. The Union Vanished

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 6

It is stated by the coal stevedores in Sydney, that the Coal Lumpers' Union is now not known to exist. During the time the coal lumpers…

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A Bogus Gold Field. The Storekeeper Scored

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 7

The reported discovery of gold near Moss Vale calls to mind the Appin "find" of fifty years ago, the details of which are well remembered by old…

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The Singleton Argus. Saturday, June 8th. the Western Mining Trouble

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 4

The Australian air latterly has been filled with the odour of mining troubles. No seener has industrial truce been proclaimed in one part of…

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Donation of Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 June 1907 · page 2

The Secretary of the Maitland Hospital (Mr. Thos. Hughes), bas received an intimation from the A, A. Company, stating that a truck of coal fans been donated to the institution. Applications have…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 June 1907 · page 3

The take of equipping the Sydney Collieries, Limited, is progressing rapidly. Mr. James Inglis, chairman of directors of the company, speaking on the subject, said :—"Within a…

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Coal-lumpers' Strike. Non-Unionist Attacked

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 3

Saturday being pay-day some of the coal-lumper's now on strike in Sydney kept a watchful eye, on the "free laborers," who were receiving their…

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Maitland Collieries Interesting Subjects Discussed. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 5

A conference was held this afternoon between the representatives of the Colliery Proprietors Association and the Miners Federation with regard to the declared selling price of…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1907 · page 3

A correspondent informs a Bathrust contemporary that at Sally's Flat on Mr. Martin Frawley's private lands, Mr. Knoblanche, sen., and his son Ernest Knoblanche, and Mr.R…

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Colliery Conference. No Decision. (By Cable). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 June 1907 · page 2

This afternoon, a conference was held between the representatives of the Colliery Proprietors' Association and the Minors' Federation, with…

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Coal-lumpers' Strike. Union Demand

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 June 1907 · page 2

A special meeting of the Sydney Collier Owners and Steam Stevedores' Assocation was held on Tuesday to consider certain proposals submitted…

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Gold Made Like Steel. Surgical Instruments Made of Hardened Precious Metal

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 5

A source of future great demand for told in the arts and sciences is divulged in Leslie's Weekly, in which Henry Schedd Beardsley relates how…

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Hebburn Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 2

The A. A. Company's Hebburn Colliery has recently been the scene of extensive operations in the shape of surface improvement and the company has just completed the construction…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 7
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

A ne coal-cutting machine at the Vale of Clwydd has been installed, and has been given trial run with satisfactory results. Mr. T. Broughall, the manager, states that at the…

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Mining Notes. Aberdare

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 2

Work is proceeding merrily at the Aberdare Colliery. The machinery is moving freely, and there is nothing to retard the progress of the output In…

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Mining Explorer Incinerated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 5

Rebellious natives in the hinterland of Li[?] West Africa, placed Mr. Walter Wolz, a [?] mining explorer, in a wooden cage, and [?] incinerated him…

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Coal-lumper Fined. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 4

At the Police Court to-day, a coallumper named Thompson was charged with assaulting Constable Jones, in connection with a disturbance on…

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Coal-lumpers' Strike. The Revolver Used

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 4

There was considerable excitement on one of the Blackwattle Bay wharves on Thursday afternoon, due to the coal lumpers' strike…

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East Greta Coal Co.’s Passenger Carriages

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 2

WE have not heard anything further concerning the agitation which was on foot for the resumption of the privately owned line between…

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