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Mining & the mines, 1907

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Attitude of Mountain Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 5

Miners in the Lithgow district are keenly interested in the Newcastle crisis, and should the worst happen they will without doubt give solid monetary help to the northern…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 3

The existence of gold in Wales has long been known, but for various r[?]sons foreign fields have been exploited, while these at home have received but scanty attention. A private syndicate, o[?]…

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The Latest. Only Five Collieries at Work. the Outlook Serious. Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 2

The coal crisis assumed a more serious aspect this morning. Only five collieries in the Newcastle district resumed work, with a mere…

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Rich Gold Find. on Melbourne Cup Day. Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 4

EXCEEDINGLY rich gold has been discovered by Frederick Trompf and Hugh Chappell at Waterloo Flat, about two miles from Maryborough…

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The Great Coal Crisis. a Ray of Hope. the Premier Intervenes. Suggestions for a Settlement

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 2

THE Government has taken action in connection with the coal crisis at Newcastle, and the Premier is very hopeful that the suggestion he has made…

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British Cabinet Policy. [?]Mining Order in India. Congo Reform. London. Nov. 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 5

[?]ng to the toast of his Majesty's at the Guildhall banquet on Sat[?] Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the [?] Minister, said that the railway…

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The Coal-mining Strike Newcastle Collieries Idle. with One Exception. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 5

It transpires that after all, one colliery is at work to-day. This solitary exception is the old Lambton Colliery, which happens to be working on tribute for this season. The fact that it is…

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Miners' President Interviewed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 5

Mr. Peter Bowling, president of the Miners' Federation, on being interviewed yesterday, stated that he had received a telegram from the Premier during the…

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The Mining Crisis

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 2

If ever an Industry might be thought to be secure, from the malign influence of the professional agitator it is coal mining in the northern districts, The…

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Mining Machinery Duties

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 4

One of the most conspicuous instances of protection run mad" is provided in the duties on mining machinery levied under the new tariff, duties which imperatively require…

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Miners' Executive Meeting. Newcastle, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 5

The miners' executive meeting this afternoon decided that if there was no settlement to-morrow to call on all members to cease work and take every constitutional means to prevent coal…

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Mass Meeting of Miners at Wallsend. Unanimous Vote of Confidence in Miners' Executive. Wallsend

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 5

In Wallsend Park this morning, the miners of the Wallsend, Co-operative, Elermore Vale and Marylands Collieries, to the number of nearly two thousand, held a mass meeting…

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Latest Telegrams. the Coal Crisis Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 2

The coal crssis at Newcastle has as sumed a serious aspect. Only five collieries are working to day, and they have a mere handful of men…

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The Coal-mining Strike Meeting of Hetton Miners. Mr. Bowling's Opinions. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 3

At a largely attended meeting of Hetton miners in the lodge room at the Albion Hotel, Wickhum, this morning, Mr. Bowling, the miners' district president, delivered an important speech…

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Southern Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 3

The latest reports received in regard to the South Coast Collieries are to the effect that three of the lodges have decided to strike. The northern delegates addressed four lodges last night…

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Coal Supplies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 3

There is a very short supply of coal in Sydney at present, and prices are now ranging at from 30s to 34s per ton. In a very few days it is expected that many industries will be in serious…

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Miners' Management Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 3

The full text of the resolutions carried at the meeting of the Miners' Management Committee at its meeting in Nowcastle yesterday afternoon, is as follows:—1. "That the action of the…

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The Maitland Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 3

There is no change here as regards the wining situation, and in view of the attitude previously taken up by the proprietors, it is considered very doubtful that any good will result from their…

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Stockton and Sea Pit Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 3

The Stockton miners' lodge met this afternoon in the Temperance Hall, to receive tho minutes of yesterday's meeting of the management committee. There was a large attendance of…

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Coal Trimmers and Wharf Labourers Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 3

Only about a score of the 550 coal trimmers at the dyke are working, owing to the stoppage of loading operations and over a hundred crane boys have also been…

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