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Mining & the mines, 1907

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Shocking Colliery Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 5

[?] of the men ento[?]bed by the explosion in [?] Pennsylvania escaped by an air-shaft, [?] emerging on the surface he died from the [?] of the fumes he had encountered. It is…

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Gold for America

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 5

[?] of £25,000,000 worth of gold imported [?] new York since the outset of the mone[?]isis £23,560,000 came from Great [?]…

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The Mining Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 4

The special tribunal to deal with the Newcastle coal dispute was constituted by the Executive Council yesterday. Judge Heydon is president Mr. H. S. Forsyth represents the employers, and…

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Equity Court Suit. a Cessnock Mining Lease. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 5

In the Equity Court to-day, John Percival Ivess, law clerk, of Sydney, was the plaintiff, and Noel Trevor Jones, solicitor, also of Sydney, the defendant in an action…

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Entombed Miners

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 3

An explosion has occured in the Naomi Colliery. Pennsylvania by which 60 miners have been entombed. One of the men cutombed escaped by an ari shaft, but died on coming to the surface…

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Miners' Strike at Gunnedah

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 3

Mr Peter Bowling addressed a large meeting at Gunnedah on Saturday night on "Industrial Unionism in relation to the Newcastle and,the local troubles…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 1

Two minors, Harry Cadd and Charles Edmonds, lost their lives at the Britannia mine, Ballarat Bast, on Monday. The men, with two mates, named…

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Newcastle Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 3

The Miners' Management Committee met this afternoon, and adjourned till to-morrow, when the Hebburn Commission report will be dealt with. The committee…

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The Mining Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 3

It is understood that the Special Court of Arbitration in connection with the mining dispute will commence its sittings at Newcastle on Monday next. Mr. Peter Bowling,…

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The Hunter Coal Beds. Their Enormous Wealth

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 4

The Dept. of Mines and Agriculture has just issued through the Government Printing Office a most comprehensive memoir of the geology of the…

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Pay at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 4

The fortnightly pay was drawn at the South Maitland coalfields to-day. The employees at East Greta and Stanford-Merthyr Collieries had £3218 1s 5d distributed amongst them. The…

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The Mining Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 6

Mr. C. G. Wade, the State Premier, and Mr. P. Bowling, the president of the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation, had a meeting in Sydney on Thursday in…

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Cessnock Mining Lease

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 6

The hearing was continued in the Equity Court, Sydney, of the case in which John Percival Ivess, law clerk of Sydney, is the plaintiff, and Noel Trevor Jones, solicitor, also of…

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The Mining Troublf

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 5

The Miners' Management Committee meeting returned to-day, and finished at 4.30 p.m., There was no definite decision re Hebburn Colliery, and Mr. Bowling says…

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The Shale Mine the Erection Ok Railway Link

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 2

Matters in connection with the shale mine have been very quiet of late. Teams have been engaged to cart the shale, and before very…

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Tarro Shire Appeal Court. Rating of Mining Lands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 5

At the Courthouse, East Maitland, this morning, an Appeal Court was hold for the consideration of appeals against assessments of property within the boundaries of the Tarro Shire. Mr…

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The Colliery Disputes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 4

The tribunal to deal with the matters in dispute in connection with the northern collieries will, Mr. Wade stated definitely on Saturday, consist of Judge Heydon as…

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Miners Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 5

Ten thousand miners in Nevada, have struck, because of the refusal of the mineowners to recognise their demand in regard to the union. Troops have been sent…

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Electricity in Mines

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 5

The interim report of the Government committee appointed to enquire into the use of electricity for providing power for coal—cutting machines, which report has been anxiously…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 10

At a conferences of colliery employees and proprietors of the southern district, hold in Sydney, it was agreed to amend the industrial agreement, by making…

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