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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

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Rutherglen Mining Case Verdict for Great Southern Company. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 July 1910 · page 2

In the Melbourne County Court to-day, before Judge Eagleson and a special jury of six, an action was concluded in which John Armstrong (19 years of age, formerly…

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Coal Miners' Wages Board Removing Mr. Patterson. Deputation to the Premier. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 July 1910 · page 2

A deputation consisting of Messrs. Cameron, Stenhouse and Reeve, representing the Northern Colliery Employes' Federation, accompanied bv Messrs. Kearsley,…

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White Labor for Mines

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 July 1910 · page 2

General Botha, Prime Minister of South Africa, in an address to the electors of East Pretoria, for which seat he and Sir Percy Fitzgerald are contestants, stated…

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An Australian Mining Town

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 July 1910 · page 41

Whatever ideas you may have formed of a great mining camp, drawn from Bret Harte or the tales of the early Australian gold diggings, will be upset on your first…

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Cablegrams. Another Deeming Tragedy Beautiful Actress Battered to Death. Body Under the Flags of a Coal Cellar. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 July 1910 · page 2

Another shocking tragedy in connection with the death of an American actress, rivalling in mystery that which has come to be known as the "Lake Como Tragedy,"…

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Bilbao Miners Cease Work

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 July 1910 · page 3

Bilbao, the principal port in Northern Spain, is the scene of a big mining strike. Fifteen thousand miners have struck work at the mines in the neighborhood…

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Mine Explosion. Bad Air Blamed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 41

An accident occurred at the Beaufort Deep Leads mine, Beaufort, on Saturday night. James Johnston, Hare, and another miner were working in a rise about…

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Mining Disaster in Spain

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 2

A fatal mining accident has occurred at Fuente Ovejuna, a mining centre in the Spanish province of Cordoba. The boiler at one of the mines burst, with, shocking…

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Entombed Miners. Five Days Underground. London. July 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 45

Two German minors, working in a coal[?] at Boehum, Westphalia, have had a trying experience. They word entombed by a fall of rock, and were rescued only after…

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Another Coal Strike Contract Systsem Objegied To. Kurri Kurrl

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 3

The miners employed in the Heddon Greta collenies intend to cease work as a protest against the system of contract work.The Miners' Federation has decided that…

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Arithmetic Competition for Girls. Gold Watches for the Best Papers

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 7
Also in Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press

The Principal of Huxley Ladies' College, Sydney, offers two Ladies' Gold Watches for the best papers on arithmetic from girls under 17 years of age…

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Cablegrams. Serious Mining Catastrophe. Explosion in Transvaal Mine. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 2

A serious disaster occurred in the Simmer East Deep mine on the Rand yesterday afternoon. In some manner a case of gelatine became ignited with tragic…

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Colliery Disaster Rescue Stations

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 July 1910 · page 2

In consequence of the frequency of colliery explosions and disasters, nearly always attended by lamentable loss of life, many companies in the United States are…

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Hanging Grapes of Gold

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 July 1910 · page 6

A message from Adelaide says that people on the west coast are excited about the alleged discovery of gold in two distinct places at the top of Eyre Peninsula…

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Coal Miners' Wages Board Application for Removal of Miners Representative. Mr. Paterson Completely Vindicated. the Application Dismissed. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 July 1910 · page 4

Mr. Justice Heydon, in the Industrial Court this morning, delivered his reserved decision upon the application of the Coal Miners' Federation for a dissolution…

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The Recent Coal Strike

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 July 1910 · page 32

The report for the half-year ended June 30, presented at the annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Australian Gas-light Company on Thursday states that…

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A Cave of Aladdin. Hanging Grapes of Gold. Half-caste's Remarkable Story

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 July 1910 · page 28

People on the west coast of South Australia are excited about the alleged discovery of gold in two distinct places at the top of Eyre's Peninsula. Detailed…

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The Contract System in Mines. Kurri Kurri

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 30 July 1910 · page 5

The miners on the Heddon Greta this morning definitely refused to do any more work under the contract system, and there are now over 60 men idle. The mine…

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Two Miners Killed. Auckland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 2 August 1910 · page 3

Two men named Frank Moore and William Brough were killed, by a fall of stone in the Ralphy Colliery at Huntley this morning Brough came from Victoria…

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