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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

294 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 15

The Mining Strike

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1909 · page 4

THE general strike that has occurred in the coal-mining industry has assumed a very serious aspect, in view of the fact that there seems little…

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The Coal Strike. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1909 · page 10

AT a delegste meeting at the Trades Hall it was decided that the proprietors be asked to meet in confidence. It was agreed that if the proprietors…

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The Cangai Cooper Mines and the Grafton Glen Innes Railway

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 12 November 1909 · page 4

Reports to band state that further development work on the Cangai Cooper Mine has revealed a large body of [?] grade ore, the discovery…

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Telegraphic. [Through Our Metropolitan Agents] The Coal Strike.—Fresh Developments

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1909 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The chief feature of the coal strike yesterday was the absentation of South Coast miners from their work. It is learned from semi-official sources in…

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Our Serial Story. the Copyright of This Interesting Serial Tale Has Been Purchased by the Proprietors of This Journal. (All Bights Reserved.) The Mine Master's Heir or the Real John Smith. Part 22

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1909 · page 3

"By Jove, old Scalpets room! The old beggar sat there when he called me to account. What did it matter to him how Bridget got…

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Mine Insurance

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 6

It is understood that the insurance policies in respect of the fire at [?] Perseverance mine, Kalgoorlie, will total £90,000…

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The Coal-mining Crisis. Meeting in Sydney. Open Conference Wanted

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 6

An important conference was held at the Sydney Trades Hall on To day, at which practically the whole of the unionists of the State concerned…

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The Coal Strike

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 6

As the strike proceeds the utter absence of any feature calculated to arouse sympathy or awaken enthusiasm makes itself more and more…

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Teleglrams. Sydney. Friday. the Coal Strike. the Industrial Act. Labor Council Endorsement. Mr. Fisher's Opinion. Reply by the Premier. Federal or State Control. Waterside Workers' Threats. Position in the South

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 6

The Sydney Labor Council has endorsed the action of the Newcastle millers, and has given its approval to the extension of the strike to the…

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Terrible Colliery Disaster. 460 Miners Killed. London

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 2

A TERRIBLE colliery disaster has occurred in a colliery at Illinois. A fire destroyed the mine, and 460 miners perished, all attempts to rescue them being abandoned,…

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Western Miners Out. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 2

The miners at the Zig-Zag coal mine, employing 100 men, struck work this morning. This is the first Western mine to whom the trouble…

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Big Coal Strike. Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 3

THE Sydney Labor Council has endorsed the action of the Newcastle miners, and has given its approval to the extension of the strike to the Maritime Unions and…

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A Terrible Disaster. 460 Miners Perish. London

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 5

A terrible disaster has occurred at Cherry, Illinois, in a mine belonging to St. Paul's Company of Cherry, and all escape was cut off. A…

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Coal on the Road.—Thousands of Tons Coming

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 4

IT may come as a surprise to the public, but it is no news to coal-merchants, agents,and those engaged in tin shipping trade, that already there nm thousands of tons of coal…

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Telegraphic. [Through Our Metropolitan Agents.] The Coal Crisis.—Strike Assuming Grave Phases

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—A congress of delegates from the various unions assembled in the Trades Hall on Saturday, and, as a result of their…

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The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier AND Fairfield & Wallangarra Advocate Tuesday November 16. 1909. The Coal Strike

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 2

THE Leaders of the present disastrous coal strike are evidently determined not to do things by halves. In other words they intend to go the whole hog The…

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Our Serial Story. the Copyright of This Interesting Serial Tale Has Been Purchased by the Proprietors Op This Journal. (All Rights Reserved) The Mine Master's Heir or the Real John Smith. Part 23

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 2

"He's not much to look at; and Thwaittes described the man. As she listened a look of intelligense flashed into her eyes, and she…

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The Coal Strike

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 November 1909 · page 4

The impatient unionists who aided the ringleaders in precipitating the strike are already complaining that the course of events is "too slow."…

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Run on Westport Coal

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 November 1909 · page 3

Wellington (N.Z.) Monday.—The Union Steamship Company is ordering spare steamers to proceed to Westport to load coal…

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Fire in an Illinois Mine

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 November 1909 · page 6

Advices which hare come to band from Sjrin gValley, Illinois, U.S.A estiamte that 460 persons hare p[?] ed in a fire in a mine belonging to the…

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