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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

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New South Wales. Sydney, Monday Antoher Coal Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 3

Work at the Balmain colliery was suspended to-day on account of a strike amongst the underground workers. The dispute acrose in connection…

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Codification of Victorian Mining By-laws

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 2

The quarterly meeting of the Beechworth district mining board was held last week,when all the members were present, Mr.Turubull,the delegate appointed to at…

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Balmain Colliery Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 5

There is no fresh development in the dispute between the miners employed at the Sydney Harbor Company's Colliery at Balmain, and the…

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Coal Mines Eight Hours Bill. the Second Reading. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 2

Mr. Herbert Gladstone, Home Secretary, in the House of Commons last night moved the second reading of the Coal Mines Eight Hours' Bill…

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The Brand of Coin. (Copyright.) a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines. Part Ii. Introductory

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 4

Mr. Elljah Mosston in a wealthy colliery owner and self-made man in the mining village of Milnes Cross. He is a widower, and his…

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Mining News. Beechworth District

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 6

The director of geological survey (Mr. Dunn) has been on a visit to the reefs at Twist's Creek and the Wooragee Ranges, and has made an inspection of the whole…

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A Day Reckoning—or—better Than Gold. (Copyright.) Part Iii

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 2

The sun was shining brightly, the next morning when Neville Grundy stood waiting to be admitted into the Roylances' cottage. He was…

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Balmain Coal Strike. Miners Resort to Extremes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 3

The strike at the Balmain Colliery, through which about 70 men are out of work, reached an acute stage at the conference between the…

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Colliery Explosion. Six Miners Killed. Thirty Others Entombed. London, June 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 42

One of the collieries of the great coalmining centre of tho United States-Pittsburg has been the scene of a sad catastrophe. An explosion of a terrific nature…

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Gold Production

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 2

The gold [?] New South wales during May last was 21,7920[?], crude, equal to 19,29502. [?] valued at [?]961. The value of gold produced…

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a Da Day Reckoning or Better Than Gold. (Copyright.) Part Xii. Chapter Xxvii. Laura Thinks She Is in Luck

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 3

Next morning Jabe[?] Armytage woke to the fact that he had done a foolish thing when he turned his daughter out of the house. There…

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The Brand of Cain. (Copyright.) a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines Introductory

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 July 1908 · page 4

Mr. E[?]ah Mo[?]ton is a wealthy colliery owners and self made man in the mining village of Miners Cross. He is a widower, and his…

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Miners' Eight Hours Bill. Condemned by Northumber Land Miners. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 July 1908 · page 2

The council of the Northumberland Miners Association has condemned, by 55 votes to 29, the Bill to provided a compulsory eight hours day for miners which…

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The Ever Present Coal Trouble

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 July 1908 · page 5

It was reported from Newcastle to-day that there was a possibility that the Special Coal Mining Court may not be re-opened to permit of the…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. Miner Arrested for Alleged Gold Stealing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 2 July 1908 · page 3

Sergt. M'Kenna and Const. Kettle, of Golden Square, armed with a search warrant, proceeded at noon to-day to the residence of George Bennett, at…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. Arrival of the Ortona. Coal Miners and Arab Acrobats

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

The mail ateatner Urtown arrved at Fremantle this moving having amangst her passeragers 15 coal minets from the mines of banarkshute,…

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New Gold Find

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 33

A Perth (W.A.) message states:-A new gold find is reported between Meekatharra and Abbotts, on the Murchison fields. The discovery is regarded as the best surface show…

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Mining News Granya

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 4

The Star of the East orushed at the Government battery, Granyn, a trial lot of six tons of (?) for a yield of not understand…

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Gold Cargoes. Six Millions Shipped in Three Months

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 8

The Union Castle liner Carisbrook Castle (writes the "Daily Mall" of 13th April), left Capetown last week with L1,040,082 in bar gold on board for…

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Miners' Ballot Against Political Affiliation

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 2

The final returns of the ballot of members of the Amalgamated Miners' Association of Victoria and Tasmania on the proposal to amend the constitution so as to…

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