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Mining & the mines, 1911

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Eight Hours in Mines. an International Treaty. London, June 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 43

A strong labor movement has been started with the view of securing an international treaty to regulate labor in mines on the basis of a universal eight hours shift…

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N.S.W. Cadets at Imperial Cadet Rifle Match. Win Gold Cup and Medals. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 2

The Imperial Cadet Rifle matches took place at Bisley, and included snapshooting and skirmishing firing. The N.S.W. Senior Cadets, under Major…

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Cablegrams. (Per Reuter). Making Woman Lovely Huge Profits of a Beauty Parlor. Better Than a Gold Mine. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 July 1911 · page 2

The enormous fortunes which are made as the result of the desire which, burns eternal in the female heart to look young and lovely in spite of either age or…

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Victorian State Coal Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 35

After having been managed by the Mines Department for over 18 months, the State coal mine at Wonthaggi has been transferred to the control of the Victorian…

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Northumberland Coal Musters

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 2

The Northumberland miners have voted, by a large majority, in favor of a strike to secure the abolition of the three shift system…

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Labor in Revolt South Wales Miners Plead for National Strike. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 July 1911 · page 2

The South Wales Miners Federation has issued a manifesto to British miners in which it pleads for a national strike in favor of a minimum wage in all…

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Attempt to Explode Defence Mines' Desperate Encounter and Escape. Motor Car and Veiled Woman. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 July 1911 · page 2

A daring attempt was made to explode the submarine mines laid for the defence of Toulon. A quartermaster noticed the door of the…

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Mining at Germanton

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 13 July 1911 · page 3

Mining matters at Germanton are lively. The Placer Mine presents a busy scene, owing to the number of hands employed. Some are working at the saw mill, others…

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More Trouble at Wallsend Thousand Coal Workers Idle. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 13 July 1911 · page 3

The Wallsend colliery was thrown idle to-day through 50 wheelers striking, and as a consequence 1000 men are without work. A fortnight ago the wheelers gave…

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Gold-mining Industry in Victoria

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 July 1911 · page 32

Towards the close of the last session of the Victorian Parliament Mr. Outtrim drew attention in the Legislative Assembly to the fact that under part 4 of the Mining…

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Common Among Miners

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 14 July 1911 · page 3

Like many other miners [?] contracted a severe cold through coming out of the [?] mine into the cool air says Mr. W. [?] Broke Hill, N.S.W. and at night I…

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The Deepest Mine in the World

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 July 1911 · page 33

The lease and plant of the Victoria Quartz Company—whose shaft was regarded as the deepest of any gold mine in Australia, and probably the deepest…

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The Deepest Gold Mine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 July 1911 · page 4

SOLD TO A CHILTERN MANAGER. The lease and plant of the Victoria Quartz Company—whose shaft was regarded as the deepest of any gold mine in…

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Was the Mine Abandoned?

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 July 1911 · page 6

At the Tallangatta warden's court on Wednesday, before Mr. Warden Kelley an objection was heard on behalf, of Herbert and George Onley, to the granting of…

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Teralba Coal Dispute Settled. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 July 1911 · page 5

In connection with the Teralba trouble. where the men have been out for the last eight weeks, the Conciliation Board has arrived at an agreement on all but two…

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Gold Mining in Scotland Camp in Sutherland. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 July 1911 · page 2

The Marquis of Stafford has opened a gold mining camp at Kildonan in Sutherland hire, Scotland. A number of miners are busy at the…

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Rutherglen District Association.—b. Division. Chiltern V. United Miners

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 July 1911 · page 4

Chiltern met the United Miners on the ground of the letter and were defeated. The scores were: United Miners 5 goals 16 behinds, Chiltern 2 goals 5 behinds…

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Miners Trapped

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 July 1911 · page 43

It is believed that at Cobalt 200 employees in the Dome mine have been penned in the shafts by the fires overhead. The bodies of many mining prospectors…

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A Tallangatta Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 July 1911 · page 32

At the Tallangatta Warden's Court, before Mr. Warden Kelley, an objection was heard on behalf of Herbert and George Onley, to the granting of lease No. 410…

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Dredging for Gold at Cropper's Lagoon. a Big Scheme

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 July 1911 · page 5

An application was considered by the Mining Warden, Mr. H. F. Roberts, at the Court House, Corowa, yesterday morning, for a dredging…

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