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Mining & the mines, 1909

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Coal for This Government

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 5

The Acting-Premier said the Government had received 750 tons of output from the miners' mines yesterday…

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Miners' Lodge Meetings. Pelaw-main

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 3

A meeting of the Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge was held yesterday, at which Mr. R. Young president. The Chairman, speaking of the recent…

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Condition of the Collieries. Several Water-logged. Newcastle, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 5

Interviews were sought, this morning with colliery proprietors respecting the Government's decision to import coal, hut none of them would say anything Mr…

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The Miner's Mines. Output 1600 Tons

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 5

The output from the Young Wallsend and Ebbw Main on Wednesday was about 1600 tons. This is the biggest day's work since the mines opened. Young Wallsend worked three shifts, but for the…

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The Coal-mining Crisis. Foreign Coal Supplies. the State Government to Purchase 50,000 Tons. Another Heated Debate in the Assembly. Mr. Hughes and Mr. Bowling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 5

The Acting-Premier said in Parliament [?] night that the Government was [?]iting by cable for the purchase of [?] of coal. More coal would be…

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The Latest. Government to Import Coal

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 2

The Government intends to import coal to end the coal famine. The Acting Premier said in Parliament last night that the…

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Police at Miners' Meetings. Condemned in Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 5

The action of the police in attending private meeting of the miners was called in question in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. Mr. Charlton asked the Chief Secretary if it…

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Working Mines With Free Labour. Will It Succeed ? NEWCASTLE

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 4

Strike mutters are quiet here this morning, and as far as can be seen at present the day will not bring forth any startling developments…

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The Coal Strike. Still No Settlement. Things Worse, If Anything

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 2

SINCE last issue, there has been practically no change in regard to the coal strike, except that the coal lumpers have decided to…

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Stopping at Nothing. the Use of Foreign Coal. Newcastle, Friday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 5

[?] executive officers of the Miners [?]tion were spoken to at the Trades [?] this morning with reference to the [?] decision to import coal. A…

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[?]000 Tons of Coal From India. [?]Orders for Australia. London, December. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 5

[?] correspondent, in Calcutta of the [?] "Daily Mail" says that if the Australia strike continues, there are prospects [?] ous orders being received for…

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The Miners' Mines

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 5

The output on Thursday from the Young Wallsend and Ebbw Main was 1600 tons. This is the biggest day's work since the mines opened Young…

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The Miners' Mines. Men's Earnings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 5

The Ebbw-Main and Young Wallsend mines will have been at work to-day for a fortnight, and though the men employed there will not be paid until Friday next, their earnings will be…

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Coal-mining Strike. Labour Leaders Arrested. Released on Bail

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 6

The most sensational incident in connection with the strike occurred in Newcastle late on Saturday night, when Mr. P. Bowling, president of the Colliery Employers'…

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Maitland District Colliery Employees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 5

In the Industrial Disputes Court, before Judge Heydon, the hearing was continued of the application on behalf of the Newcastle and Maitland Colliery proprietors and the Southern Colliery…

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Welsh Colliery Disaster. Affecting Scenes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 2

The Bargoed (Glamorgan) special correspondent of the London "Daily Mail," writing on Friday, October 29, says:— This in the story of a disaster that has probably…

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Importation of Coal

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 6

Ministers point out that it is quite Im possible, to fall in with the proposal of the Lord Mayor to take over certain mines and to work them. It would, for…

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Coal-lumpers Cease Work

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 2

The Coal-lumpers Union held a pro tracted meeting in private on Wednes day afternoon. It. was a large gather ing, and the proceedings were of an…

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Privileged Collieries. Two in the Western District. Newcastle. Saturday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 5

The two Western collieries that are to resume work on Monday are the Iredale and Ivanhoe. These two mines are privately owned, and worked in connection with the Commonwealth Cement…

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A Mining Amalgamation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 4

Meetings of shareholders of the Murchison Associated and the East Fingall goldmines, western Australia, have resolved to reconstruct and to amalgamate into a new…

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