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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

421 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 22

Scotland's Shame. Houses of Miners. "A Disgrace to Civilisation."

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 2
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

The three days' annual Conference (writes the "Daily Nows" of 27th December) of the Scottish Miners' Federation opened in Glasgow under the…

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TRANSVAAl, Mining Conditions. Commissioner's Report Criticised

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 5

Renter's correspondent at delpun[?] that it is generally considered on the Rand that the recommendations made by the Mining Industries' Commission are…

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“The Boss Pirates of the World.” the Mine Magnates of South Africa

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 4

Mr Peter Whiteside, chairman of the Labor Party in the Transvaal Parliament, was a guest at the Trades and Labor Council meeting in Sydney the other night, and…

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Colliery Strike Settled

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 3

The Strike has been settled at the Black Jack colliery, after lasting three months, as the result of a conference between the…

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More Coal Strikes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 5

The Burwood Colliery was idle to-day. The ce[?]tion of work was caused by a strile amongst the wheelers, who ob[?] to the dismnual…

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A Day of Reckoning (Copyright.) Better Than Gold. Part Ii. Chapter Iii. the Lovers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 4

Roger Roylance lifted the latch and entered the cottage, stepping at once into the kitchen—but such a kitchen. the dark-stained wooden…

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The Newcastle Colliery Troubles. Three Mines Idle. Mine Owners Preparing for the Worst. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 3

The Barwood Colliery is still idle, the wheelers still having refused to work and the miners having declined to keep the pit going by taking the…

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Miners' Strike at Wyalong

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 3

The miners are still out on strike on the Wyalong godlield and they refuse to submit their dispute to the Arbitration Court. The miners' union is now appealing to…

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The Coal Treade Disputes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 3

The special coal court, constituted for the purpose of setting the industrial disputes, more particularly and men, was…

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Miners' Eight Hours Bill. More Opposition

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 2

The Miners' Eight Hours Bill has been the subject of a discussion by the Associated Chambers of Commerce. A resolution was passed with only two dissentionts…

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Cablegrams. the Licensing Bill Threat by Capitalists "Instuticiency of the Gold Reserves."

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 2

The new Licensing Bill recently introduced in the House of Commons, which [?] at the gradual resumption by the State of licence monoplies after the time…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Disputes in the Coal Trade. Special Court Broken Up

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 5

When the special coal court, appointed to settle industrial disputed between the mine owners and their employes, was opened at Neweastle this…

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The Wrecked Coal Court. Colliery Employes Federation. Committee Threatens to Resign. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 March 1908 · page 3

The committee of management of the Colliery Employes Education held a meeting at Newcastle yesterday which was p[?]ed [?] by Mr. Bo[?]ing…

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Imperial Politics. Miners Eight Hours Bill. What Gas Companies Will Lose. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 March 1908 · page 2

Sir George Livesey, Chairman of the South Metropolitan Gas Company, has issued a [?] on the Miners' Eight Hours [?] to the electors of P[?], In it…

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General Coal Strike Unlikely

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 3

A message received from Newcastle to-day announced that a general strike in the coal trade was considered unlikely. Hopes are expressed…

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The Coal Trade Humbug

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 5

The various miners' lodges in the Newcastle district which have met up to the present have unanimously adopted the drastic resolutions…

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A Day Reckoning Better Than Gold. (Copyright.) Part Iii

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 4

The sun was shining brightly the next Noville, Grundy stood waiting to be admitted into the [?] cottage. He was…

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Mining in Western Australia Rason Reads a Screed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 March 1908 · page 2

Mr. C. H. Rason, Agent General for Western Australia, has read a paper before the Society of Arts, London, on "The Mineral Resources of Western…

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Scare at a Gold Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 33

The miners at the West Berry Consols claim, near Creswick, Ballarat district, Aric, have become apprehensive in regard to the probability of the breaking away of water which is…

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