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Mining & the mines, 1911

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Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1911 · page 3

Good work with done at the majority of the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts for the fortnight ended on Saturday. Owing to the holidays, 10 days…

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Teralba Collieries. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1911 · page 3

After having been on strike for over two months three out of the four Teralbh collieries resumed work this morning on the owners' terms. The fourth, namely…

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Miners' Demands in Victoria. Effect on Gold Mixing Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 6

The event of the week was the disclosure made of the wages demand by the representatives of the Amalgamated Miners' Association on the Miners' Wages Board (says…

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Labour in Mines. International Treaty Urged London, June 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 5

There is a strong Labour movement in favour of an international treaty regulating labour in mines on the basis of a universal eight-hours' day calculated…

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East Greta Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 5

The President of the Miners' Federation, Mr. D. Watson, visited East Greta yesterday to investigate a slight difficulty which cropped up at that colliery. The manager, it…

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Pelaw-main Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 June 1911 · page 5

Mr. Pittman, Government Geologist, giving evidence in the vend cases, said the whole of the Newcastle mines were more or less gassy. The lower portion of the Polaw-Main mine…

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Labor in Mines

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 June 1911 · page 4

London, Monday.—There is a strong Labor movement in favor of an international! treaty regulating, labor in mines on the basis of a universal eight-hours'…

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Sea Stops a Colliery. Ottawa, June 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 June 1911 · page 5

The sea burst into a colliery at Port Hood, Nova Scotia. The workings have been abandoned, and the mine is useless…

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Echo of the Coal Strike Sheriff Officer's Sale

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 June 1911 · page 4

Messrs Kethel and Co.'s Newcastle office, In Scott-street, was on Monday morning the scene of a sheriff officer's sale. This is the office where interest…

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Mount Copeland Mine

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 8

In connection with the Mount Copeland gold mine, Mr. W. A. T. Davies, who was commissioned to report on the property, has submitted…

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South Wales Coal Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 3

Last week optimists hoped that the South Wales coal strike, which began on October 31, was nearly over at last. On Monday week the conference in London between four…

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250,000 Men Out. Miners Restless. London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 4

The shipping federation which controls 90 per cent. of the coasting trade, has decided to fight to a finish. To-night the representatives of a…

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Miners' Demands in Victoria Effect on Gold Mining Industry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 3

The event of the week was the disclosure made of the wages demand by the representatives of the Amalgamated Miners' Association on the Miners' Wages Board (says…

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Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 10

Good work was done at the majority of the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts for the fortnight ended on Saturday. Owing to the holidays, 10 days…

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The Coalmines Act. Miners' Proposals

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 12

The conference of delegates of the Northern, Southern, and Western Miners' Federations, which met in Sydney recently as upon certain recommendations for…

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A Victorian Coal Mine Town The Rise of Wonthaggi. (By Telegraph). Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 2

Wonthaggi township, situated on the Powlett River, Gippsland, and the site of the Victorian State coal mine, although only 10 months old, now ranks as…

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Rich Gold Find in Canada. (By Cable). Vancouver

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 2

While excavating for a collar at Saskaloona, near Saskathewan, Canada, workmen struck, when 34 inches down, heavy gold bearing quartz, containing flakes…

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Bush Fires in Canada Mining Camps Destroyed. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 5

[?] bush fires are raging in the Cobalt mining reg on of Ontario, and several cames have been destroyed, Numerous fatalities are feared. The weather continues…

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Pelaw Main Colliery Dispute. Men See the Error of Their Ways. Trouble at a End. Newcastle, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 5

The Conciliation Court, presided ever by Judge Scholes, constituted to deal with the dispute that caused the big strike at Polaw Main Colliery a couple of months age, fizzied…

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Coal for Queensland Railways. New' South Wales SUPPLlES

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 5

The Queens;and Railway Department ha dealt with the coal requirments for the [?] in addition to the exiting contracts the following tenders to the…

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