South Greta Colliery Trouble an Agreement Arrived At. Work to Be Resumed on
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 2
The trouble at the South Greta colliery, which threatened to develop into a serious crisis, has been amicably settled, and work will be resumed on Monday. After leaving…
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Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 3
By a majority of nearly 2 to 1, the South Australian Upper House rejected the proposal of the Government to purchase a coal mine in the…
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Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 3
The New Zealand Miners’ Federation held a special conference in Wellington, on Dec. [?] to consider the position which has [?] a Reefton…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 5
When the meeting which discussed the situation at South Greta colliery, on Thursday evening concluded, after having received the report of the deputation to the manager, the hope was…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 7
Superintendent Sainsbury, of Bendigo, recently obtained information that gold was being stolen from one of the mines at St. Arnaud, Victoria. It was ascertained that…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3
The difficulty which cropped up at the South Greta Colliery on Saturday, consequent on the manager declining to allow the machine places to be included in the general cavil and objecting to…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3
The picketing continues at Broken Hill despite the terrible heat. A few spirited arguments have occurred between men who wished to pass the lines and the pickets…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3
Dividends in South African gold and other companies for 1908 amount to £13,070,442…
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Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 3
The South African mines last year paid over £13,000,000 in dividends…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 3
The Miners' Federation is cabling to Newcastle, urging unionists to stop the supply of coal for New Zealand. A conference is to be held at Auckland, with a view to stop unloading…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 7
Two miners employed in the Hanover Colliery at Bochum (Westphalia), named Martin Holstein and Johann Nowack have been rescued from a living death after being…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 14
On Thursday, as befitted the last day [?] year, an appropriate time for the sett[?] difficulties, a temporary settlement was [?] at in the short but somewhat serous [?]…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 4
For the fortnightly pay to be drawn on Friday next, East Greta and Stanford-Merthyr collieries have each worked nine days…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 5
The picketing continues at Broken Hill despite the terrible heat. A few spirited arguments have occurred between men who wished to pass the lines and the pickets…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 8
The year just closed may be said to have been one of prosperity on the Maitlnnd coalfields. The mines have worked well, and, except in a few isolated cases, there has been no industrial…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 3
Mr. Nulty, president of thE A.m.A. says that the unions have cabled to England, Germany, and France, soliciting financial assistance. He expects the committee will…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 3
There were two serious collisions at Broken Hill on Saturday afternoon between the police and the miners. The first occurred consequent on a load of provisions…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 5
An explosion at Leiler's colliery, Zeigler, Illinois, resulted in the death of twenty-five persons…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 5
[?] gold yield of the Transvaal last year [?]bed to £29,957,610…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 5
An explosion occurred in the Lickbranch coal mine, Swithback, Virginia. Fifty miners were killed, and it is feared that another 100 are doomed, as the mine is…
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