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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1912

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Scrap Book. O, Mother Mine!

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 12

O, Mother mine! Thy beauteous face From memory's mirror never dies; The passing years but add new grace To those sweet lips and cheeks and eyes…

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Mining at Adelong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 33

At the Bangadang Ranges the prospectors' claim (O'Dwyer Bros.) is still on nice-looking stone, and No. 1 from the prospectors (Burns and party) is likewise raising…

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Entombed in Mine. Disastrous Explosion. Vancouver, March 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 42

A disastrous gas explosion has occurred at the Merritt mines, in the Diamond Vale Colliery group in British Columbia. Seven men wore killed, and eleven were…

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The English Coal Strike. The Latest Developments. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 2

The Miners' Federation this morning offered to negotiate with the colliery owners in the various districts for a settlement of all points in dispute at the…

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German Coal Strike. Pouch and Strikers in Conflict. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 2

Investigations made to discover howmany miners have gone on strike for higher wages show that three-fourths of the men are out…

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Cablegrams. the Coal Strike. Joint Conference Adjourns. No Settlement Yet. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 2

The joint conference of coal owners and miners with the Prime Minister, Mr. Sydney Buxton, and Sir G. R. Askwith, adjourned yesterday without reaching a…

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Coal Trade Struggle. Extension to Germany. 2,000,000 Workers Idle. London, March 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 42

There is increasing stagnation of business in Great Britain as the result of the coal, strike. Notices to many thousands of persons whose employers had been compelled…

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CABlLEGRAMS. the Coal Strike. Conference Again Adjourns. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 2

The joint conference of coal owners and miners, with the Prime Minister, Mr. Sydney Buxton, and Sir G- R. Askwith, was resumed yesterday, but ;after a long…

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The Toll of the Collieries. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 2

A terrible colliery disaster occurred at Italianka yesterday. An explosion took place in the Donetz Company's mine. an 50 men, who were engaged in the workings,…

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Avalanche Wrecks Mine. Four Men Killed. Telluraido (Colorado)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 2

An avalanche was the cause of a serious disaster there on Thursday. It descended a hill and crashed into a mine.Twelve miners were caught and…

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King's Foreign Visits Cancelled. 0Wing to Coal Crisis

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 2

Owing to the coal crisis the King has cancelled the State visits to foreign European courts which he intended to pay during the spring. His Majesty has…

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Sale of Copper Mine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 3

An extraordinary meeting of shareholders in the Hampden South Consols Clonemrry. No Liability, copper mine was held this afternoon to consider an offer which had…

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Dockers and German Coal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

The dockers at Middleborough refused to discharge a cargo of German coal for the municipal gasworks…

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Antarctic Exploration. Dr. Jean Charcot Receives Gold Medal. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

The work accomplished in the Antarctic by Dr. Jean Charcot, the well known French explorer, has been recognised by the French Geographical Society. He has…

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Cablegrams. the Coal Strike. Parties Marking Time. Effect of Government's Bill

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

The strike situation remains unaltered and both parties are marking- time pending the introduction of the Government bill laying down a minimum wage for coal…

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The British Coal Strike. An Abortive Conference. Latest Particulars. The Cost of the Strike. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

Attempts to settle the coal strike by bringing the parties together with a view to a mutual agreement have failed. The Government now intends to introduce…

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Gold for Japan

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 5

The Japanese mail liner leaves Sydney tomorrow with gold specie amounting to 13,634…

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Price of Coal. Eight Hours Suspension Probable

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

The Wholesale price of coal advanced 4/ per ton in London yesterday. There is a growing belief that the Government will suspend the Eight Hours in…

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The Coal Strike. The New Bill. Conflicts with Police. London, Sunday Evening

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

Many mine owners are asking for a clause to be inserted in the bill the Government proposes to introduce in order to settle the strike, to enable them to…

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Cablegrams. the Coal War. the Bill Introduced. to Reach Lords on Friday. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

In the House of Commons yesterday the Prime Minister announced that he would today introduce the Government Bill to deal with the coal strike. It was important…

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