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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1907

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Floating Mines in War Germany Must Retain Them. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 October 1907 · page 2

The "Cologne Gazette" has made some interesting comments on the attitude adopted by Germany at the Hague Conference toward the British proopsals for regulating…

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The Miners

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 6

Despite the Arbitration Act the eulogies which Labour men are Iavashing upon it, a strike is threatened by the Northern Miners…

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The Bendigo Mine Sensation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 33

In the Bendigo Supreme Court on Friday, before Mr. Justice A'Beckett, the young miner David Victor Orchard was called to receive sentence. He had been convicted of…

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The Mining Market

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 6

The slump in the price of metals has been followed by a collapse in the mining market. Both are due to the same Cause namely,…

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Chiltern. Mining Report

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 2

Golden Bar Extended.—Weekly report—Shaft sunk l6ft., total depth, 53ft.—The two reefs at the 300ft level have come together, the horse…

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Scarcity of Miners New South Wales Experiences

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 31

The mining industry of New South Wales is being greatly hampered for want of labour. For weeks past the manager of the Nymagee copper mine has been advertising…

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CABLEGRAMS. U.S.A. Financial Crisis Knockerbocker Trust Suspension. Elite of New York Rush the Doors. £1,000,000 Paid in Three Hours. Gold Carter in Milk Waggons. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 2

Dramatic accounts have been received of the run on the Knickerbocker Trust Company in New York, which ended by the institution temporarily closing its…

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Mass Meeting Coal Miners 4000 Men Attend. Increase in Hewing Rate and Eight Hours' Demanded Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 October 1907 · page 2

A mass meeting of miners under the auspices of the Northern District Colliery Employes Federation, was held at Newcastle West on Saturday…

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Importing Gold From Europe. Later

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 October 1907 · page 2

As the scarcity of money is now the greatest difficulty the situation, it has been arranged in New York to import £1,500,000 in gold from Europe to supply…

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Miners Eight Hours Demonstration. Newcastle and Mailand

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 October 1907 · page 3

A close holiday was observed to-day at Newcastle and Maitland in connection with the 15th annual Eight Hours' Demonstration. There was…

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CABLEGRAMS. U.S.A Financial Crisis. £ 2,000,000 in Gold From London. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 2

In connection with the scarcity of money which is the great difficulty of the crisis on the New York Stock Exchange, the London "Daily, Telegraph" states that…

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Coal Miners' Strike Likely. Conference of Proprietors and Men Abortive

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 3

"The conference between the colliery proprietors and the miners' representatives, after heated debates, has been practically concluded, with an abortive result. Grave…

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Victoria Melbourne, Thursday. Fatal Mining Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 3

At Broken Hill last night a shocking fatality occurred at the Broken Hill Proprietary mine. Four men were climbing the ladder-eay from the 640…

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Increase in Coal-hewing Rate. Asked at Conference at Wollongong

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 5

At a conference between the Southern Coal proprietors and the employes at Wollongong, the men asked for an advance in the hewing rate from 1/91/2 to 2/. The…

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CABLEGRAMS. U.S.A. Financial Crisis £2,000,000 in Gold for New York. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 November 1907 · page 3

In pursuance of the arrangement to supply the shortage of specie in New York by importations of gold from London, £2,000,000 in gold have been sent of the…

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The Portland Dukedom. a Discomfiture for the Defence Duplicate of a Mining Diary. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 November 1907 · page 2

In the course of an interview, George Hollamby Druce, the plaintiff in the great Druce ease, involving the inheritance of the dukedom of Portland assorts that…

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General Gable News. London, Monday. English Coal for Yankee Fleet

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 November 1907 · page 3

It is announced that twenty-one Glasgow steamers have been chartered by the United States Government to convey coal from United States collieries to the…

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The World's Highest Gold Field

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 November 1907 · page 3

Twenty-five years ago the gold fields of the Transvaal, which, now produce more than one-fourth of the world's gold supplies, did not exist…

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London Money Market Rise in Bank Rate. Due to Gold Withdrawals for U.S.A. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 November 1907 · page 5

There is a rise in the bank Tate in London, owing to the extensive withdrawals of gold for America. Already £4,500,000 of gold have been…

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Provision for Note Circulation. Later. Wall Street Market Strong Tone. Total Import of Gold, £6,500,000

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 November 1907 · page 2

Mr. G. W. Smalley. the New York correspondent of "The Times," in a communication to his newspaper, states that it is suggested by Mr. Ridgely, the comptroller…

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