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Mining & the mines, 1911

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Northumberland Miners Favor Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 July 1911 · page 2

The result of the secret ballot taken among the Northumberland miners has been made public. On the question of a strike against the…

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Disastrous Mine Explosion. Bombay

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 July 1911 · page 3

An explosion occurred at the Champion reefs mine at Mysore. Twenty coolies were killed and the buildings were shaken…

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Miners Congress

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 2

The International Miner Congress meeting in London carried an Austro-German resolution in favor of State paid inspectors elected by the workmen. The…

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The Miners Congress

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 2

The International Miners Congress has adopted resolutions in favor of a minimum wage and nationalization of mines…

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Mammoth Mining Project

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 33

At a meeting of the Ballarat Council Cr. Barker referred to the steps that had been taken with a view of securing a lease of 2500 acres of auriferous land at Napoleons…

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New South Wales. Sensational Mine Accident. Miner Drowned. Wyalong

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 5

Three miners named George Burton, Sullivan, and Turvey, were working at the 600 feet level in the Golden Fleece mine, when they broke through into old…

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Cablegrams. What Mr. Fisher Says Keep the Flag Flying" "The Interview Is Not Mine" "Expressions Would Not Be ; Disloyalty." "But Insanity—brutal and Monstrous." "Never Entered My Head to Haul Down Flag." Colombo

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 2

Mr. Andrew Fisher, the Australian Prime Minister, arrived here yesterday morning. He showed considerable agitation on learning the sensation winch had…

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Threatened Coal Strike

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 3

In the ovent of the coal owners refusing to pay the district minlmom wage for working lo abaormal places, the British Miners' Federation will take a…

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Miners Perils. Minimum Wage Demanded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 2

The British Miners' Federation has decided to ask all mine owners throughout the United Kingdom to consider the payment of a district minimum wage to…

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Miners' Compulsory Bathing Clause Deleted

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 2

The House of Commons in committee yesterday rejected the clause in the new Miners Bill making it compulsory for miners to bathe at the pithead before…

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Fatality in a Wyalong Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 20

A terrible accident occurred in the Keep It Dark mine West Wyalong, at 7 p.m. on Thursday. Three miners, George Burton, Alexander Sullivan, and Matthew…

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Pitbrow Girls the Coal Miners Bill. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 2

Despite an objection raised by Mr. C. F. G. Masterman. Parliamentary Under Secretary to the Home Office, the House in Committee on the Coal Mines Bill…

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Gold Mine for Mr. Hoskins N.S.W. Government Contracts. Minister of Works' Statement. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 2

Mr. Griffith, Minister for Works, states that the prices agreed upon by his predecessor under contract with, Mr. Hoskins, of the Lithgow ironworks, to supply iron…

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Five Working Days for Coal Miners. Scottish Federations Resolution

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 August 1911 · page 2

At a conference of the members of thy Scottish Miners' Federation on Saturday a resolution was passed adopting the policy of five working days a week for…

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Gundaga[?]s Wonderful Gold

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 August 1911 · page 4

At the Long Tunnel mine. Gundagai, the winze has been continued a further depth of 20ft, and at the 24[?]ft, level on Saturday sensationally rich are in [?]ite about…

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The Placer Tin Mining Co

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 10 August 1911 · page 2

Some of the directors and shareholders of the above company were present on Saturday at the completion of the dredge and machinery, and the dredge whistle…

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Coal Mines Bill. Pit Head Baths Clause

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 5

A few days ago the House of Commons in committee when considering the Coal Mines Bill rejected the clause making musers' baths at the pit head compulsory…

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Coal Mine Superstitions

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 August 1911 · page 4

Superstitions have good breeding-ground in the thick darkness, silence, and solitude of the under-world, and in the race-complexity of the workers…

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Cambrian Miners Resume Work

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 August 1911 · page 2

The Cambrian Combine miners, after a 10 months' strike, have decided to resume work…

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No Coal for Liners

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 2

It is doubtful whether the Atlantic liners will be able to leave owing to inability to coal. The Cunard and Wlate Star lines crews have been paid off…

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