Miners' Federation Difficulty Solved
Since the coal strike 30,000 miners have left the South Wales Federation. Yesterday 3000 men struck at Carw valley, in Glamorgai shire, in order to force the men…
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436 stories in Murray's papers · page 22 of 22
Eight Hours in Mines
The rejection by the Legislative Council of the Eight Hours in Mines Bill does not by any means satisfy the miners and their officials. Mr. D. Watson, president of the…
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Dear Uncle Jeff,—I like reading the Children's Pape. Most of the farmers in the Temora district are finished cutting hay. Father went to see the Ardlethan…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Riots on Goldfield. Max Shot by - Detectives. Montreal
Serious rioting has occurred at the Porcipul goldfields. Three detectives fired on the crowd and fatally injured one man. The strikers-attacked a train conveying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold in Transit Disappears in Italy. Rome
A sum of £4000, which was in transit from the Ministry of War to the Island of Rhodes, has disappeared. A postal official at Brindisi has been arrested in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. Smart Gold Robbers. Destroy Glues to Guilt. London
The boxes from which £10,000 sovereigns, on consignment from London to Alexandria, were stolen were sent to England for examination, but they have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tin Mining at Jindera. Application for Authority to Enter
At the Albury Warden's Court yesterday, presided over by Mr. H. F. Roberts; P.M., John Evans, mining manager of Daylesford, Victoria, applied for authority…
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At the Albury Warden's Court yesterday, presided over by Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M., the Attorney-General, by his agent (Mr. J. J. Kingsmill, Mining Registrar),…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Where It Is Really Gold
A person who has never been in the Polar regions can probably have no idea of what cold really is but by reading the terrible experience of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal-mine Superstitions
There are many quaint and curious customs and superstitions existing among miners which are respected by every mineowner. For example, it is an old-established…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Coal Trouble. Clifton
The wheelers, refusing to work to-day, threw the Coal Cliff Colliery idle. The strikers wanted one of the wheelers put on to the coal. The management refused, as it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warden's Court. Monday. December l6. (Before Mr. Warden Roberts.) Abandoned Mining Tenements
About twenty holders of gold-mining tenements, in the vicinity of Albury (Tumut and Adelong Mining District) were declared forfeited on the application of the…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Anarchy Among Miners. New York. December 18
A condition of general anarchy exists in the silver-mining region of Santa Fe, in New Mexico, where the strike of miners has rendered thousands idle. Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Watching for "Santy." Gold Hill Farm. Bulgandra
Dear Uncle Jeff,—We have had a great deal of rain here lately, and it is making the grass look green. Most of the farmers have finished cutting their hay, and have started…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →After the Pirates' Gold. New York
Despite her advanced, years—she will be 75 in March—Miss Geuevieve Ward, the famous American actress, who has visited Australia, has joined a countrywoman,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dog As Housemaid. Pomeranian Collects Sticks, Paper, and Coal to Make Fire
The old problem "whether a dog's "mind" is moved by nervous autom [?] or intelligent reflection is raised by an interesting story of a black [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales. Wasted a Match But Got Gold Watch. Sydney
A man asked William Hitchins, of Erskineville for a match last night. When Hitchins put his hand in his pocket to supply the Iucifer the man snatched his…
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