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Mining & the mines, 1907

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Cable News. Labour Problems. the Hand Mines. London. September 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 September 1907 · page 42

Though the supply of native labor on the Rand is increasing to a satisfactory extent, the places of the repatriated Chinese, are not being fully taken, and…

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Great Silver Mine Sold for £10,000,000. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Ottawa states that it is reported that the La Rose Sil­ver mine, the richest in the celebrated Cobalt distinct of Northern Ontario, has…

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History of the Coal Vend

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 September 1907 · page 3

Not much information is obtainable in regard to the working of the coal vend in the Newcastle district. The vend was formed a year ago to…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Saturday. Mint Gold Stealing Case

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 September 1907 · page 3

Mr. Pascoe, who had lodged gold valued at £1630 at the porter's lodge of the Melbourne Mint in June last, and which mysteriously disappeared…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Coal Trimmer Killed. Crushed Beneath a Truck

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 September 1907 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred at Newcastle yesterday a coal trimmer named George Players when at work was knocked down by a…

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The Price of Coal. Raised to Eleven Shillings Per Ton

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 October 1907 · page 3

The associated colhery proprietors at Newcastle held meetings yesterday and to-day, and among the qestions diseased was the selling price, which should be…

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Coal for Us. Navy Cardiff to Be Asked to Tender

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 October 1907 · page 2

The authorities at Washington with the object of preventing inflation of prices by American contractors will shortly ask the Cardiff. (Wales) collieries to submit…

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Submarine Mines. London, September 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 42

The committee of the Hague Conference has rejected the attempts on the part of the British representatives to regulate adequately the use of submarine mines…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Chinese and Gold. Outward Shipments

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 10 October 1907 · page 3

There was a considerable exodus to-day of Chinese by the mail boats Kumano Maru and Eastern, which are also carrying heavy shipments of…

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Coal

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 6

Th[?] known as "the vend," have resolved to raise the selling price of coal to 11 per ton. This is a 10 per cent…

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Alleged Gold Stealing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 3

At the Bathurst Circuit Court to-day before the Chief Justice, John Hayes, Peter Lett, and Frederick Lawrence were charged with having…

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The Hague Peace Conference Submarine Mines Convention. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 2

The plenary sitting of the Hague Peace Conference has adopted the convention relating to submarine mines, but with certain reservations in favor of several…

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The House of Lords Miners' Federation for Abolition. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 2

The miners' federation which is now holding its annual session has passed a resolution which was carried without a dissentient voice that in place of the…

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Stealing Gold and Amalgam. Found Guilty

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 5

The two men, John James Hayes, and Frederick William Lawrence charged at the Bathurst Circuit [?] Court, with stealing two battery plates and…

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South Maitland Collieries. Strike Threatened

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 October 1907 · page 3

A strike is threatened at the South Maitland collieries in connection with the rate of wages and certain working conditions. Some of the leaders…

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Mineral Wealth of the Rand a South African Magnate's Estimate. Some Million of Millions' Worth of Gold. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 October 1907 · page 2

Mr. Joseph Benjamin Robinson, the Rand magnate, chairman of the Robinson South African Banking Company, and owner of gold and diamond mines in South…

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Melbourne's Electric Supply the Brown Coal Scheme. £250,[?] to Be Provided. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 5

British financiers have promised Mr. J. D. Mendell, the representative of a Melbourne syndicate, who is now in London to provide £250,000 for the [?]rown…

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Chiltern. Mining Reports

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 October 1907 · page 4

Golden Bar. Fortnightly report.—Bottom level (No. 5)—West crosscut extended to 92ft.: at 90ft. cut through a make of laminated stone,…

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Cablegrams. South African Prospects Agriculture and Mining Flourishing. Plenty of Native Labor. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 2

In an interview with a representative of one of the London newspapers, Mr. Abe Bailey, the South African magnate, said that agriculture and mining were at…

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Smothered in a Coal Bunker. After Falling 20 Feet

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 October 1907 · page 3

A telegram from Fremantle states that a stoker on the cruiser Powerful was last night found dead, having been smothered in the lower leal bunker. It is supposed…

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