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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1912

436 stories in Murray's papers · page 14 of 22

Premier at Beechworth. Future on Mining Towns. Beechworth

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 5

At the invitation of Mr. Billson, Minister for Education, and member for the district Mr. Watt the Premier: Mr. Edgar, Minister for Public Works: and Mr. J…

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Coal Miners. Dissatisfied with Award

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 2

In South Staffordshire 1300 colliers have struck in protest against the wages board award…

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Strike in Russia. Mines and Factories Idle. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 2

All hands at the mines and factories in the basin of the river Donetz in South East Russia have struck work. Efforts are now being made to introduce famine-stricken…

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Staffordshire Miners Go Out

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 2

Fresh trouble has arisen in the coal mining industry in South Staffordshire. Two thousand of the colliers in this district went out on strike to-day owing to…

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Cost of Strikes to South Wales Miners

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 2

During 1911 the income received by the South Wales Miners' Federation was £312,491. Industrial disputes, however, caused a…

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South Wales Miners. the Extremists Defeated. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 June 1912 · page 2

Owing to the recent strikes in South Wales, considerable interest attached to the elections for the presidency and vice presidency of the South Wales Miners'…

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The Increased Gold Yield

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 12 June 1912 · page 2

Victoria's gold yield for May shows a comparative increase of 10,607 ounces…

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Guarding Federal Gold

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 6

When the Commonwealth takes possession of the new buildings which are being erected in Melbourne next to the present Treasury to house the gold reserve, the…

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Miners' Wages in South Wales

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 2

Lord St. Aldwyn has decided that the minimum wage in South Wales shall not operate after the miner has reached the age of 63 years. He has increased the…

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Explosion at Colliery. Damage Estimated at £1000. SYDNEY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 June 1912 · page 5

A boiler at the A. T. Jesmond Colliery. near Wallsend. exploded yesterday, wrecking a shed and causing other damage. Four men were at work at the pithead…

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Cablegrams. Coal Mine Disaster. Thirteen Men Entombed. San Francisco

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 2

Advices from Trinidad, in the State of Colorado, report the occurrence there of a colliery disaster. An explosion in the Hastings mine,…

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Presentation to Retired Mining Manager

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 6

Mr. John Cock, J.P., the well-known mine manager of Chiltern, was given practical evidence of the esteem in which he is held at…

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Scientific Notes. the Romance of Coal-tar

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 4

There are few move remarkable [?]gs in the history of chemistry than the progress which has been made in the at [?]sation of waste products, and…

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The Federal Parliament. Tote of Censure Motion. Skirmish OvER Coal Vend

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 4

That the present is to be "the" fighting session of the fourth Federal Parliament was demonstrated by the exciting events in the House of Representatives on…

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Scottish Miners' Wages

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 June 1912 · page 2

The neutral chairman of the Scottish Coal Conciliation Board has made an award, granting the miners an increase of sixpence a day in wages…

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Miners Killed at Bendigo Crushed by Mullock

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 June 1912 · page 3

An accident tragic in its effects and remarkable in its nature, occurred at the Central Red. White and Blue mine. Bendigo on Friday, resulting in the death of…

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Football. Rutherglen District Association. United Miners V. Corowa. Miners (8.10) Beat Corowa (3.5)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 3

The above teams met at Southern on Saturday last, and the game resulted in a win for the Miners by a substantial majority. There were but very few…

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Finely-tocumwal Railway Extension. Linking [?]inley with victoria. Linking Tocumwal with Sydney. "Visit of the Hon. George: Stephenson Beeby, Minister for Lands, and Government Party. Mr. Peters,. State Representative, Presented with a Purse of Gold. Mr. Beeby Turn's the First Son

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 3

On Saturday last the Hon G. S. Beeby perfornied the important ceremony of turning the first sod of the Finley- Tocumwal railway,…

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Gas in the Mine

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 4

White damp is the gas most ferrel by the miners, for its properties ren-der it difficult to detect inasmuch as it is tasteless odourless and…

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M'haggis Sails for Canada. the Coal-house Key

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 3

"Maw." "Ay, John." "I'm gaun' to Canada." " Canada! Yo rascal! You!…

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