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Mining & the mines, 1907

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Meerschaum Mines of Anatolia

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 4

In a recent number of the "Journal" issued by the Society of Arts there was published an admirable article upon the rich deposits of meerschaum found…

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Pay at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 4

The fortnightly pay distributed at the South Maitland collieries yesterday was a large one. At Stanford-Morthyr and East Greta the sum of £4951 10s l1d was paid…

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Colliery Strike Collapses

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 4

Stanford-Merthyr colliery resumed work on Thursday morning. At a miners' meeting on Wednesday night, Mr Peter Bowling, President of the…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 14
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The Government of China has issued revised regulations dealing with the employment of foreign capital for the development of mines. The nature of the regulations prospect…

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The Mining Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 2

The slump in the price of metals has been followed by a collapse in the mining market. Both are due to the same cause, [?]amely, overtrading…

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Miners' Aggregate Meeting. the Hewing Rate. Miners' Demands to Be Enforced. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 5

The miners of the Newcastle and Mailand districts held an aggregate meeting in Arnott's paddock to-day, when a series of resolutions was unanimously carried which…

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Our Sydney Letter. (From our Correspondent.) the Miners

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 2

DESPITE the Arbitration Act and the eulogies which Labour men are lavishing upon it, a strike is threatened by the Northern Miners' Federation…

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The Miners' Aggregate Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 October 1907 · page 4

The mass meeting of miners on Saturday at Newcastle, as might reasonably be expected, was largely attended. The purpose of the meeting bring to emphasise demands for…

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Mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 October 1907 · page 5

[?] Scottish-Australian Mining Co. has de[?] dividend at the rate of 6 1/4 per…

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Northern Colliery Dispute. Meeting of 3000 Miners

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 October 1907 · page 3

The dispute between the Northern Colliery Proprictors Association and the Miners' Federation with regard to the miners' hewing rate and smaller…

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Coal Crisis. Compromise Proposed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 October 1907 · page 3

Representatives of the colliery proprietors of the northern district, spoken to yesterday with reference to the resolutions carried at the aggregate meeting of the Colliery…

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Gold Bar Lost. a Fortunate Recovery

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 October 1907 · page 3

While motor cycling to Ararat one day last week L. O. Wilkinson dropped one of two bars of gold out of a bag. He discovered his loss at Great…

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Northern Colliery Dispute. Meeting of 3000 Miners. A Critical Stage

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 4

The dispute between the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association and the Miners' Federation with regard to the miners' hewing rate and smaller…

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The Mining Crisis. Claims Under Discussion. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 5

A private conference was begun this morning between the Colliery Proprietors' Association and the miners' representatives regarding the latter's demand for an increase…

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American Money Crisis. [?]Ing Gold to New York. [?]Pensions in Other Cities. London, Oct. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 5

[?]tion with the money panic in [?] the "Daily Telegraph" states that [?] of gold will leave London for [?] on Wednesday…

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Northern Colliery Crisis. The Men Determined

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 October 1907 · page 2

At the miners' aggregate meeting at Newcastle on Saturday, four important resolutions embodying some of the more pressing demands of the…

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The Mining Conference. a Heated Discussion. Grave Fears of a General Strike. Miners Demands Refused. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 October 1907 · page 3

The private conference concerning the coal trade between the Associated Colliery Proprietors and the miners representatives was resumed this morning. The debate yesterday afternoon and…

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American Money Crisis. Importing Gold. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 October 1907 · page 2

New York is importing £1,250.000 of gold from Europe to supply the deficiency of money. It has been decided that Clearing…

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The Coal Question

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 2

So far as the burning coal question—n[?] pun intended—is concerned, the most remarkable feature is that no one an either side seems to…

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