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Mining & the mines, 1909

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Coal From England

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 5

The "Times" of Wednesday reports that in consequence of the strike in New South Wales Lloyd's have received several orders to insure cargoes of coal from Great Britain to Australia…

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Keira Miners Down Tools

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 6

The only sigh of any life at Woolongong Yesterday was the puffing from the stack or Mount Keira colliery, the only mine last continued to work. The men ceased…

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Joint Working of Mines

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 6

No definite information lias yet been disclosed as to he exact date at which the Young Wallsend and and Ebbw-Mines, which are to be worked for the joint profit of the present owners and…

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The Bulli Miners. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 5

At a meeting of Bulli Lodge to-day, Mr. Morgan, the secretary, said they had no desire to do anything reckless, and would endeavour to settle the difficulty in a…

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Miners' Demonstration. "Dog Watch" Celebration

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 11

The South Maitland minors held demonstration on Maitland on Monday, in celebration of the abolition of the "dog-watch." The weather was line, but in consequence of the…

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West Australian Mines. Fremantle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 5

It is unlikely that the coal miners in West Australia will come out on strike. The output of local collieries has been phenomenal since the Newcastle trouble commenced. Steamers are…

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Our Foreign Export Coal Trade

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 13

The news columns of our daily papers Rive abundant information concerning the effects of the strike in stopping Australian industries and putting large numbers of men out of employment…

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Foreigners in Mines. Ousting British Workers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 6

In the House of Representatives on Wednesday Mr Frazer (W.A.) moved the adjournment of the House to draw attention to the influx of for eigners to Western Australia. He pointed out…

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The Coal Trouble. Debate in Federal Parliament

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 3

The position of affairs at Newcastle was referred to in the House of Repre sentatives on Thursday. Mr Walklns said that two cuses which…

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Smuggled Diamonds. Suicide of Discoverer of Secret Mines

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 13

George Heim, the young German chemist, who was arrested in Berlin on September 25 for smuggling diamonds from an unknown field in German South-West Africa, hanged himself in…

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The Coal-mining Crisis. Delegates Interview with the Premier. Proposals Rejected. Counter Propositions to Be Submitted. Prominent Proprietor's Prediction. Premier's Proposals Rejected. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 5

? conference rejected Mr. Wade's ?, but submitted counter pro? which Mr. Wade is now consider-…

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The Mining Crisis. Mr Wade's Proposals. Considered By Unions

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 3

The conference of union delegates, which met at the Trades Hall, Sydney, on Wednesday, sat until lunch time. Mr. W. M. Hughes, president of the…

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The Goal-mining Grisis Mr. Wade's Proposals Considered by Unions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 5

The conference of union delegates, which met the Trades Hull, Sydney, on Wednesday, sat until lunch time. Mr W. M. Hughes, president of the Waterside…

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The Singleton Argus Saturday, November 20. Notes of the Day the Mining Trouble

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 4

Apparently the only things that stands in the way of a settlement of the present mining trouble is the question of who shall surrender. The men ask for a…

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The Mining Crisis. Rumours of Settlement. An Important Statement. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 5

There was no change to-day in the Premier's health, and he cannot see any one to-day. The doctor has given him permission to see the miners…

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State Coal Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 November 1909 · page 4

The proposal to establish State collieries to supply the railway and other public departments with cold, is a very different proposal from that of nationalising the coal mining industry. The…

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Minmi Colliery Stopped

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 November 1909 · page 5

At Minmi this morning the only hands to turn up at the local colliery were the manager and the night watchman. All the company's men have ceased work, and even the engineer was not on the…

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South Greta Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 November 1909 · page 5

Matters remain very quiet at the South Greta colliery, though some of the union men are strong in their denunciation of the hands engaged slack, and express the opinion that if…

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The Coal-mining Strike. the Premier on the Situation. Mass Meeting of Miners at Newcastle. Enginedrivers and Firemen Join the Strikers. Stoppages at Local Collieries. ? Premier's Proposals. Saturday ? Interview

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 November 1909 · page 5

? on Saturday morning ? Premier and the delegates from ? ? was quite dramatic in Mr. Hugles, Mr. Bowding,…

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Collieries in East Maitland Thrown Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 November 1909 · page 5

It is understood that pickets waited upon the minors employed at Fitzpatrick's and Collins' collieries, in the vicinity of East Maitland this morning, and though there men were not within the…

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