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Mining & the mines, 1910

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The Miners' Federation. Delegate Board Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 6

A meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held yesterday at the Trades Hall, Newcastle. Mr. R. Cameron, vice-president, occupied the chair…

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Miners' Wages Board. Protracted Evidence. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 5

After an adjournment extending over a couple of couple of weeks the Miners's Wages Board (Judge Scholes and Messrs. Forsyth and patterson) resumed its sittings at the Courthouse…

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All That Glitters Is Not Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 5

During the holidays 35 imitation sovereigns were changed at Randwick racecourse…

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Coal Miners' Delegates. Released from Gaol

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 2

Two of the miners' delegates, Messrs E. Frith and D. Williams, have been re leased from the Maitland Gaol. The men had served about half the sentence…

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Mining Crisis in Wales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 3

The conference of miners' federations has advised the South Wales miners to accept the owners' modified proposals…

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Coal Trade Booms, Reaction After Strike

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 2

The coal business has been booming in Newcastle since the cessation of the strike on March 14th. About 30,150 tons were loaded into vessels during the…

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Miners' Wages Boards. Unavoidable Delays. Newcastle, Thursday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 3

During the hearing of evidence before the Miners' Wages Board to-day Judge. Scholes referred to the delay of the Miners' Federation in submitting their detailed list of claims…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 3

The delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation met again yesterday at the Trades Hall, Newcastle. It had been understood by the federation…

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A Meerschaum Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 7

Mecrscbaum is mined like coal. Meerschaum is a soft, Goaplike stone, and in Asia. Minor its mining is an important business. The mines resemble coal minna, only, of…

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Welsh Coal Crisis

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 5

rank of the National Conference. of Federations regarding the South Wales is weleoined in the districts affected. [?] have agreed that the…

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Miners' Wages Board. Some Big Figures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 5

Mr. Dunean M Geachie, superintendent to the Caledoman Company's collieres, said these collieries consisted of West Wallsend, a which there were 480 employees, and a daily output…

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Mine Engine-drivers. the East Greta Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 4

An application was made on Thursday to the Engine-driving and Firing (coast) Wages Board to determine:(1) Whether the board's award applied to the East…

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Coal Mining of the near Future

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 2

The days of horses and wheelers in collieries appear to be nearly numbered. Many of the British, Continental, and American pits are…

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General Cable News. Huge Colliery Strike. London, Friday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 5

Bituminous coalminers of Indianapolis, U.S.A., to the number of 30,000, have struck work pending a ratification of the agreement providing advance in wages…

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The Mine Engine-drivers the East Greta Com[?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 6

The hearing was continued in syde[?]r saturday by the Engine-during and [?] (Coast) Wages Board of the apperi[?] Mr. W. Sparke, of the [?] of [?]…

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World's Gold Production. Ten Years Value, £702,026,568

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 14

With the assistance of Mr. M. A. C. Fraser, Government Statistician and Registrar-General of Western Australia, the Commonwealth Statistician has Compiled a…

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2000 Mines Idle. 400,000 Men on Strike. (By Cable). VANCOUVER

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 4

100,000 coalminers, including almost every man in the district between Western Pennsylvania and Oklohama fields will come out on strike…

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Soft Coal Workers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1910 · page 3

Companies employing 45,000. unorganised bituminous minors in Maryland and west virginia have voluntarily increased wages by 5 per cent…

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Work at the Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1910 · page 4

For the pay to be drawn next Friday the whole of the South Maitland collieries have worked full time was nine days, owing to the Easter holidays. It is said that prospects…

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South Wales Mining Settlement. Destruction of Unity. London, Sunday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1910 · page 3

The Master of Elibank has invited Liberal members of the House of Commons, representing mining constituencies in South Wales, to confer, owing to the prospect of other Libera and…

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