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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

481 stories in Murray's papers · page 18 of 25

The Coal Strike Meeting of Proprietors Refuse to Entertain Miners Proposals. Until Men Return to Work. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 November 1909 · page 3

The meeting of the colliery proprietors convened for today was begun at Newcastle this morning. It subsequently transpired that the…

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New Zealand State Mine. Progress of the Strike. Wellington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 November 1909 · page 3

The Minister of Mines states that since the Miners' union cancelled the registration of the miners under the Arbitration Act he has been endeavoring to arrange a…

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Coal Strike

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 5

Mr. Mitchell, secretary of the Colliery Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association, received an anonymous letter giving him notice that if he did not call out…

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The Coal Strike. The Proprietors Refuse an Open Conference. Miners Prepare for a Long Struggle. Working of Mines by the Union. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 2

The mine owners have decided to entertain no proposals for a conference, unless the men return to work. It is reported that certain members…

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Entombed Miners Rescued. Seven Days in a Mine. the Shaft Closed Down. Seventy-eight Saved

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 6

In spite of the fact that all hope was abandoned of rescuing any of the 404 men who were imprisoned in the coal mine at Cherry, in Illinois, by the explosion which…

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Prentice and Southern Mines

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 2

We have been informed on the very best authority that if the Government will make the way clear--i.e., remove the mortgage--a new syndicate is prepared to…

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The Coal Strike. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 21

The Strike Congress on Saturday refused the Premier's offer. The interview of the delegates with him lasted an hour…

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Entombed Miners. Sensational Rescue. London, November 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 41

A sensational discovery was made yesterday by a rescue party in the St. Paul Company's mine, at Cherry, Illinois, which was the scene of a disastrous explosion a…

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The Coal Strike. Fresh Complications. Reported Dissatisfaction Amongst Owners. South Coast Miners said to be Anxious to Resume Work. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 1

The Prime Minister said that the Governor-General was not anxious to intervene in the strike, but had consented, if requested to do so by both…

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The Cherry Colliery Disaster Tangled Mass of Bodies. Evidences of Desperate Attempts to Escape. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 2

The exploring parties are continuing their work in the levels of the St. Paul mine, at Cherry, Illinois, the scene of the app[?]ing colliery disaster…

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The Coal Strike Acting Premiers Mediation Invites Owners and Men to Confer with Him. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 3

Mr. Lee, the Acting Premier, is inviting representatives of the proprietors and men to confer with him on Saturday with a view of arriving at a compromise…

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To-Day's Wires. A Serious Development. Railway Commissioners Decline to Carry the Union's Coal. Strike Congress May Call Railway Men Out. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 2

Mr Lee is actively trying to arrange a meeting between the colliery proprietors and the men. The suggestion that Lord Dudley…

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Japanese Colliery Explosion 228 Men Entombed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 2

Noun of another terrible colliery disaster has been received through Reuter's Agency. An explosion occurred in the Onowra…

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Government Haulage of Coal Acting Premier's Statement. Railways Will Haul Coal. Sydney, Midnight

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 5

The Acting Premier (Mr. Lea) says that the railways will still carry coal on the understanding the they have first call for themselves at a reasonable price. The…

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The Cherry Mine Fire Spreading. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 2

Latest intelligence from the Cherry Mine, Illinois, state that the mine is now closed, and the fire in the galleries in apreading…

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The Coal Strike Railway Commissioners' Intervention. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 5

The local author tic in the Railway Department have received indructio[?] from the Chief Coun[?] not to hand are coal from the mine of provide trucks for…

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The Coal Strike No Prospects of Settlement. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 November 1909 · page 3

The Strike Congress [?]t again yesterday morning and at mid-day adjourned till Monday. RAILWAY MEN GIVEN HOLIDAYS…

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Coal Strike

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 3

The member of the strike congress agreed to meet the Acting Premier on Saturday to confer on the possibility of some arrangement being come to. It is…

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Mine Speculator's Luck

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 3

One of the oldest and heal-known landmarks in Bend[?] in the Criterion Hotel. Mundy str[?] Market sq[?] In the [?] days it was the re[?] of many…

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Gold. the Sole International Money

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 4

Writing in a recent number of the Ma[?] of Commerce," on the subject of "Money, Credit, and [?] Mr Wm. Jayne Weston…

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