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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

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Spanish Strike. Miners Still Idle. London, Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 September 1910 · page 5

The general strike at Bilbao, Spain, has ended, but the miners, who were the cause of the strike, are still idle…

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Mr. Bowling and Miners' Wages' Board. a Peculiar Position

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1910 · page 4

A Newcastle wire on Saturday says:— "The nomination of a successor to Mr. Paterson as the miners' representative on the Miners' Wages Board…

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Welsh Mines Idle. Pressure on Non-unionists. London, Sept. 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 September 1910 · page 5

Workmen employed in the Cambrian Combine [?] Rhondda Valley, have resolved to throw the two pits as a protest against the dismissal workmen in another pit. They have further…

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Very Latest Cables. Miners Conciliation Board. Proposed Abolition. London, Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 September 1910 · page 5

Owing to the employers rejecting certain proposed amendments, the Northumberland Miners' council have recommended the abolition of the conciliation Board, provided the Miners'…

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Bituminous Coal Dust More Deadly Than Fire Damp. Vancouver

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 September 1910 · page 2

After years of enquiry the United States Bureau of Mines announces that bituminous coal dust is more deadly than fire damp and is responsible for most of…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney, Wednesday afternoon. Northern Collieries Wages Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 September 1910 · page 5

The Industrial Registrar this morning received the resignation of Mr. H. S. Forsyth, employers' representative on the Northern Collieries Wages Board…

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Pay at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 September 1910 · page 2

The miners' pay to be distributed to-morrow by the East Greta Coal Mining Company amounts to £6094 17s lOd…

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Waste of Coal. London, Sept. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 September 1910 · page 3

[?] Armstrong. Professor of Che[?]try, at the City and Guilds of London Cen[?] Institute in discussing coal supplies at the British Association meeting, deplored the waste…

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Newcastle Miners' Board. Mr Lewis Declines Nomination

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 September 1910 · page 2

It is now practically certain that the colliery employees will have no other representative on the Northern Miners' Wages Board than Mr peter Bowling…

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[?]Ereat Britain's Coal Fields. an Important Discovery. London, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 September 1910 · page 3

[?] Kendall, Geology Professor, [?]sity, at the meeting of the British As[?]tion for the Advancement of Science, Shef[?] announced the discovery of an important…

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Robbery of Gold. Mine Manager Sentence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 6

Charles Byrne, formerly mining [?] of the Tarcoola Blocks mines, was at Adelaide Police COurt, charged on [?] with having had in his possession on…

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Robbery of Gold. Mine Manager Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 3

Charles Byrne, formerly mining man ager of the Tarcoola Blocks Mines, was, at the Adelaide Police Court on Thurs day, charged on remand with having had…

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Late Coal Strike

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 5

Speaking at Taree with reference to the coal strke, Mr. Holman said:—"For the first five weeks of the coal strike, the Government and the…

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Work at the Collieries. a Remunerative Fortnight. Newcastle, Saturday afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 10

The times worked at the district collieries for the fortnight are as follow:—Young Wallsend, Ebbw-Main, Hetton, Shortland, Rhondda, East Greta, Stanford-Merthyr, Waratah, New…

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Welsh Mining Crisis. Socialists' Revolt. London, Sept. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 5

Mabon, the Welsh Bard, has persuaded 12,000 of the colliers of the Cambrian Combine Company to defer the strike for a week on condition that a conference of the whole Rhondda Valley…

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Spanish Mining Strikes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 September 1910 · page 3

Work has been resumed at several of the mines at Bilbao, Spain, on the basis of a reduction of half an hour of the working day…

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French Coal Heavers' Strike. Non Unionist Killed. London, Monday Night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 September 1910 · page 5

A strike has occurred among coal heavers at Havre, France, who have killed a non-unionist. The havre Dockers' Dockers' Union voted the death of the man, and the Paris "Temps"…

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Northumberland Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 September 1910 · page 5

One thousand workmen at Preston Colliery are suing the trustees of the Northumberland miners' Union for seven week' strike pay. They left work without notice, resisting the three shift system…

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Abermain's New Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 September 1910 · page 3

The Cessnock Shire Council is in receipt [?] from the Department [?] in connection with the proposed [?] by the Abermain Collieries…

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Big Gold Robbery. Vancouver

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 September 1910 · page 4

Government, secret service agents in Seattle are just now endeavouring to elucidate the mystery surrounding a big gold robbery…

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