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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

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Telegrams. (Interstate). New South Wales. Sydney Tuesday. Strike in a Colliery

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 3

Owing to the strike of Wheelers in the Newcastle collieries about 600 men are affected. The strike was caused through a notification by the…

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Gold at Redlands

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 2

While sinking a well on the property of Mr. M. Monahan, the workmen obtained a nice prospect of gold from about half a shovel full of earth…

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Quantities of Rice and Coal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 2

The main Her[?] of any great value were 80,000 ton[?] of steam coal and two months' supply of rice rations. Of other food [?]ere ws practically…

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Coal Wanted. London, Jan. 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 26

Russian agents are endeavouring to purchase 100,000 tons of coal at Bombay, for the use or the Baltic fleet…

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Mining and Agricultural Scholarships

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 3

Mining and agricultural scholarships examinations will be held on 27th inst, in Melbourne and elsewhere, of candidates for the 40 additional…

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Damages at a Colliery

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 3

The damage done by bush fires at the Collins Colliery, Goulburn, is estimated at £4000. A number of men are thrown out of work…

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Telegrams. (Interstate). New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. the Coal Strike, Arbitration Court's Decision. Union Fined £250

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 3

At a special sitting of the Arbitration Court to-day to consider the application by the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association for an order Proprietors' Association for an order…

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Telegrams. (Interstate.) New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. The Coal Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 January 1905 · page 3

The wheelers at several of the New castle coal mines, who have gone out an strike to endeavour to prevent the management enforcing a reduction in…

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The Coal Strike. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 2

A special meeting of the Arbitration Court was held to-day, when an application was made to prosecute the Newcastle miners for refusing to…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. the Newcastle Coal Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 3

The judge in Chambers to-day granted an application on behalf of the Northern Colliery Employes' Federation for a writ of prohibition directed…

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Telegrams. (Interstate). New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. the Great Coal Strike. Outbreaks of Violence Feared

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 2

There was no development to-day in connection with the strike of wheelers at Newcastle. The wheelers still profess to be convinced that they cannot…

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Colliery Proprietors Firm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 3

At a recent meeting of the Northeren Collieries Proprictorsl. Association, Newcastle strike matters were discussed, and colliery owners expressed…

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Coal Getting Scarce

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 3

Coal merchants in Melbourne now take a gloomy view of the colliery strike at Newcastle, which, they think, will last some considerable time,…

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Gold Discoveries in Rhodesia

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 2

The British South African Company's resident engineer at Victoria, Mashonaland, describes the alluvial deposits of gold recently discovered as…

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The Coal Strike

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 January 1905 · page 3

The Newcastle coal strike has frightened Melbourne. It was well-known that our stocks of black diamonds were low, an that any industrial…

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Telegrams. Inter-state. New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. the Coal Mining Difficulty. General Strike Threatened

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 3

The suggestion has been made that a special sitting of the Arbitration Court should be held at Newcastle immediately to hour the dispute between…

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The Coal Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 January 1905 · page 3

The strike still continues. There seems to be in impression that some of the younger men are wavering and that a split will lead to the…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. Bethanga Mining Trouble

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 January 1905 · page 3

Mr. [?] President of the [?] and [?] the secretary interviewed Mr. M'Lood the Minister of Mines…

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Victorian Gold Yield

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 29

The gold yield for Victoria in December amounted to 77,364oz. (gross), or 72,354oz. fine, which shows a decrease of 3080oz., as compared with December of last year. The…

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Gold Discoveries. Alluvial Gold Deposits. London, January 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 27

Alluvial gold deposits, supposed to extend over a large area, were lately discovered in Victoria, Mashonaland. In consequence of the discovery there was a sharp advance in…

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