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Mining & the mines, 1912

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Labor Troubles in Australia. Collieries Idle. Newcastle

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

Two large colleries are idle this morning. There is trouble at Hebburn Colliery with respect to the cutting of pillars with…

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Korumburra Miners. Korumburra

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

The Wages Board determination for coal miners came into operation to-day. As the result of alteration in wages the Austral mine has been thrown idle by…

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Howlong and United Miners

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 6

This match took place on Saturday. The day was fine but the attendance was not large. The Miners put a strong team into the field. Howlong team was minus…

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Explosion at Colliery. Several Lives Lost. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 2

Essen, the well known manufacturing town, was the scene of a mining accident yesterday. An explosion occurred in a local…

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Football. Albury V. Miners

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

Up to the present this reason hus been remarkable for good even. contests The Albury club. with perhaps last Saturday as an exception, have not had what might…

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The Gold Yield

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 July 1912 · page 2

The gold yield for the last mouth was 40,102oz. gross, or 37,098oz. fine, valued at £157,585. Compared with the output for June, 1911, there was a decrease of 3966oz…

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Sporting Football Ovens and Murray Association Albury and Miners (Excelsior)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 July 1912 · page 4

Albury further strengthened their claim for inclusion in the final four on Saturday by a meritorious win at the Miners' expense. It was the return match between…

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Coal Miners Discontented. Wages of Welsh Colliers. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 July 1912 · page 2

In connection with the Minimum Wage Act, Lord St. Aldwyn, chairman of the South Wales Board, has awarded coal getters in South Wales, a minimum of a…

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Miners Incensed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 July 1912 · page 2

The colliers are incensed at Viscount St. Aldwyn's award. Mr. Carker, a member of the executive of the Miners Federation of Great Britain,…

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Nine Men Killed. Explosion in Nevada Mine. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 July 1912 · page 2

An explosion of dynamite occurred in the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company's mine at Fly in Nevada on Sunday. The disaster was resposible for the…

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Royal Visit to Yorkshire King Descends Colliery. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 July 1912 · page 2

During the visit of the King and Queen to Yorkshire their Majesties requested that there should be neither addresses nor banquets and that as little ceremonial as…

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Five Days' Week for Miners. Resolutions at Miners' Congress. Amsterdam

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 2

An international congress of miners is at present meeting in this city. Resolutions have been adopted by the delegates in favor of the nationalisation…

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Colliery Troubles Again. Notice to Cease Work. Sydney, Thursday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 2

Several hundred daily paid employes in all the collieries of Newcastle district handed in a fourteen days' notice of intention to cease work. The stoppage is…

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Cadeby Colliery Disaster. Seventy Bodies Recovered. Thirty Rescuers Overcome by Gas. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 2

The fresh explosion in the Cadeby mine at Conisbrough (Yorkshire) yesterday, brought the crowds back to the pithead. No further loss of life occurred…

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Effect of Coal Strike. Trade Diverted to America. London, July 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 42

An effect of the British coal strike is quoteu as illustrating how trade can be permanently diverted from a country by an industri distrbance…

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Worlds Gold Supply

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 3

The world's production of gold has more than doubled in the last fifteen years : in fact, it is three times as great as it vas in 1890. whether…

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Serious Gas Explosion. Eight Miners Killed. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 2

A gas explosion occurred on Wednesday at the Franklin Coal Company's mine at Moundsville, in West Virginia. It is believed that eight miners have…

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Spontaneous Combustion in Mines. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 July 1912 · page 2

me Home Secretary, Mr. Reginald Mc.Kenna, announced yesterday that the Government intend to appoint an expert committee to inquire into methods of…

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Cadeby Mine Disaster. Heartrending Grief of Children. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 July 1912 · page 2

There were many distressing scenes during the funerals of the victims, who lost their lives in the Cadeby mining disaster. The grief of the little children of the dead…

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Cadeby Mine Disaster. a Mine Manager's Death. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 July 1912 · page 2

Another death has occurred in connection with the disaster at the Cadeby Colliery, in Yorkshire. Mr. Bury, a mine manager, who was a…

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