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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

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More Coal Troubles. Understandings with the Men. [?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 2

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The Coal Strike. Four Mines Still Idle. Trouble at Two Others. Newoastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 2

The four belliories in the Toralba group were still idle to-day. The special coal court again sat, and the Peailion at Tutalba was…

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Hunting for Gold

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 3

At the Bending Police Court to-day two men named Hoary Cousens and Charles Coloman, were charged with having been found by night on the…

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Coal for Manila. Tenders to Be Called For

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 2

The consul in Sydnoy for the United States, Mr. Orlando H. Baker, is selling for tondors, on behalf of his Government, for the supply and…

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Wharf Ladorers' Strike. Free Labor Plentiful. Strike to Be Extended. Coal Trimmers Called Upon. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 2

Business along the Newcastle what von to-day, owing to the strike of when laborers, was quiet. The when von, in foot were almost [?] by…

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The Coal Strike. Finding for the Owners. Miners Not Justified in Striking. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 3

The four Teralba coal mines which were closed down as a result of the strike were again idle this morning. Immediately upon the Special Court…

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The Rand Mines. Cost of Working

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 2

The working cost in 63 of the principal miners on the Rand, which represent 99 per cent of the entire tonnage, amounted for the year ended November 90 last, to…

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Extreme Gold. Europe Below Freezing Point. Numbers Frozen to Death. London, January 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 42

Extremely cold weather has been experienced all over Europe during the past few days. In Austria, Belgium, and several other parts of the Continent the thermometer fell to zero…

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The Rhondda Colliery. Inspection Postponed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 5

Owing to heavy and continuous rains to-day, the Inspection of the Rhondda Colliery by the Special Mining Court had to be postponed. The…

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Gold Mine Robbery

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 3

A daring robbery of gold-bearing quartz took place at the New Hopeful Company's mine, Eaglehawk, near Bendigo, some time between 11 p.m. on Saturday and 7 a.m…

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The Coal Commission

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

The special coal court, which is supposed to be investigating the dispute between the miners and owners in the four mines of the Teralba group, will…

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Illegally "Possessed" of Gold

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 3

At the Ballarat City Court to-day a man named Alfred Holyoak, described as a mining inspector, was charged with having had in his possession, on the 11th inst., Adwt…

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Mining Market. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 4

Chiltern Valley, s 25/, Great Southern, b 21/ s 22/, Great Southern Consols, b 6/2, s 8/, Prentice and Southern, s 1/3…

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Release of Entombed Miners."

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 7

Three minors, James Martin, James Edwards, and Bert Foley, who were imprisoned in the underground workings of the Gt. Extended Hustlers mine,…

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Plague on the Gold Coast. Two Deaths at Accra. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2

Two deaths from plague have occurred at Accra, the capital of the British Gold Coast Colony, on the west of Africa, Many others are reported to be seriously ill…

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United States Presidency. Government Control of Mines and Railways. Mr. Taft Interviewed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2

Mr. W. H. Taft, American Secretary for War, one of the Republican candidates for the Presidency of the United States in the course of an interview said that he was…

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A Goldfield the Colonial Office Did Not Wish Discovered

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 6

"Excuse this being written in pencil, as there is no ink in this city of Ophir." The Government geological…

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The Kalgoorlie Goldfield. Gold Petering Out at Depth. Further Exploration and Prospecting Necessary. Government Assistance Required. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 2

A meeting of the shareholders of the Associated Northern Blocks (Western Australia) was held in London yesterday. The chairman of directors, Mr. Landan,…

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Food From Coal

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 5

Coal is henceforth, good food. Dr. Emil Fischer, the winner of the Nobel prize in 1902, professor of chemistry in the University of Berlin, and…

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Grains of Gold

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 4

The best cure for a man's conceit is a woman's laughter. Every good net is a flower, which will beautify our final home…

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