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Mining & the mines, 1907

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The Price of Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 5

Early yesterday morning some few supplies of coal and coke could be obtained in Sydney at the prices which ruled on the previous day, but during the afternoon…

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The Coal-mining Strike Negotiations in Sydney. Conference Adjourned Until Monday. Statement by Mr. Wade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 5

The negotiations between the Premier (the Hon. C. G. Wade), the colliery owners, and the miners' representatives, were continued in Sydney until late last evening, but nothing definite…

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Mining Machinery Duties

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 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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The Mining Crisis

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 4

The community is still in suspense with regard to the possibility of a speedy settlement of the mining difficulty, at any rate so far as to permit of the resumption of work at the…

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Coal Trimmers and Wharf Labourers Idle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 6

Only about a scene 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 rendered idle. A large…

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Matters at the Maitland Mines. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 5

The position as regards the mining siuation on the South Maitland coalfield remains unaltered, and there is practically nothing fresh to report. The men are anxious for news, and were following…

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Mining Crisis the Latest Particulars

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 4

The keenest disappointment was felt at Newcastle on Thursday when nothing tangible was arrived at as a result of the proprietors' conference. The…

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The Goalmining Strike All the Colleries Idle. the Maitland Mines

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 5

The coalmining crisis in the Maitland and Newcastle districts reached a climax on tuesday, when all efforts at negotiation for settlement of the disputes between the…

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Sydney Letter (From our Correspondent). Sydney, Wednesday. The Coal Strike

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 7

One docs not envy the position of Mr Peter Bowling and his colleagues on the committee of the Northern Miners' Federation. They have induced seven…

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The Coal Crisis the Cause of the Trouble. Intrusion of Side Issues

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 6

The great coal miners, strike at Newcastle has come about so suddenly thai the public in unable to grasp the real cause of it Moreover, the differences between the miners anil the…

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The Coal-mining Strike the Premier's Proposals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 November 1907 · page 5

Mr. Wade, the State Premier, on Saturday evening, addressed letters to the representatives of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association and to the representatives of the miners at Newcastle,…

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The Balmain Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 November 1907 · page 5

Messrs. J. Paterson and E. Kearsley, representatives of the Northern Miners' Federation, addressed a gathering of the miners employed at the Balmain colliery yesterday afternoon. The meeting was…

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The Southern Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 November 1907 · page 5

Saturday was pay Saturday at Clifton. Everything was very quiet. Minors wore quietly discussing the northern situation, and prospects of what action will be taken by the southern…

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Local Coal Supplies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 November 1907 · page 5

The Newcastle and Hunter River Company is purchasing coal locally for to purpose of carrying on their trade to Sydney, Newcastle, and Morpeth. During the past few…

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Coal in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 November 1907 · page 5

Extraordinary prices were paid in Sydney on Saturday for coal. Large coal sold at from £3 to £3 10s per ton, and small at from £2 5s to £2 15s per ton…

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Sydney Coal Lumpers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 November 1907 · page 5

At a mass meeting of the Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union, held at Miller's Point on Saturday, Mr. (P. Bowling, the president of the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation,…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 November 1907 · page 8

A gold rush of a mild type has set in to a belt of mineralised country lying about three miles west of Jarrahdale on the south-west railway, where nearly a dozen gold claims have been staked out on the…

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Meeting of the Miners' Executive

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 November 1907 · page 5

A' full meeting of the Miners' Executive Committee won opened this morning at the Trades Hall, with Mr. Bowling, District President, in the chair. The meeting was…

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Matters at the Maitland Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 November 1907 · page 5

There are no fresh developments here regarding the mining crisis. The men hesitate to express an opinion regarding the terms for a resumption of work as submitted by the Premier, but it would…

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Gold for New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 November 1907 · page 5

The steamship Mauregaina has sailed for New York, carrying £l,700,000 in gold…

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