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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

294 stories in New England's papers · page 12 of 15

The Goal Strike. the Miners Proposal

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 November 1909 · page 3

Colliery proprietors interviewed on Monday were very reticent. Mr. Learmouth, the owners chairman, said he did not at the present juncture care to…

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From the Jaws of Death. Seventy-eight Miners Saved

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 November 1909 · page 6

A rescue party at the St. Paul Co.'s mine at Cherry, Illinois, U.S.A., while demolishing a wall of debris yesterday, found 78 miners alive…

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The Coal Strike. Delegates Interview with Mr. Wade. His Proposal Rejected. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 November 1909 · page 8

The strike problem is still in suspense. The Union leaders have rejected Mr. Wade's proposal for a conference, and…

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Miners as Harvest Hands

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 4

Some of the farmers in the district have consistently refused to employ the Newcastle miners who are looking for work to the harvest fields…

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Mining at Hillgrove

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 2

Mb. E. D, HARWELL, secretary of the Cosmopolitan G.M.Co.,Hillgrove, refrom the mine of the result of the first Crushing of 19 tons…

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Big Coal Strike. Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 3

MATTERS in connection with the coal strike remain in abeyance for the present, and the position is unchanged. Mr. Wade yesterday wrote to Mr…

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The Strike. Both Sides Weakening Dissension Among the Mine Owners. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 5

The most extraordinary complications appear to have arisen in the coal strike, It is reported from Newcastle that…

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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 26

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 3

"I shall have something to say about that. I may even change my mind, and decide to be an old Maid but I'm glad you and my father are…

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Miners Entomed

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 4

Over 226 miners were entombed by an explosion in a Japanese colliery, and 15 are known to have perished…

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Mining Disaster

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 4

The men had sucumbed to blackdamp while endeavoring to push through obstruction and had evidently bee nalive for days. Many of the…

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Telegr Ams. Sydney, Friday. The Coal Strike. Sensational Development. Strike Leaders Indignant. Wholesale Arrests Probable. the Government Attacked. Victorian Miners' Co-operation

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 4

There was a sensational strike development yesterday when the Chief Railway Commissioner issuel a note that te Government would not carry…

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The Coal Strike. Matters Unchanged. Owners Still Refuse Conference

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 6

At a meeting of the Strike Congress at the Trades Hall on Wednesday a great deal of amusement was caused among the delegates by an…

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The Coal Miners' Strike

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 2

UNTIL within the last few days we have been viewing the effects of the present straggle between the miners and proprietors for supremacy from afar, but…

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Big Coal Strike. Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 3

There was a sensational strike development yesterday when the Chief Railway Commissioner issuel a note that the Government would not carry coal for any…

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The Coal Strike--peter's Punch

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 5

"No doubt but ye are the people and wisdom shall die with you."--Job Chaldin, 1015 B.C. Sir,--Now that Mr. Peter Bowling…

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Rich Gold Find. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 5

An arrival from Tanam, states that good rain has fallen. Rich specimens are still showing and at Hartsho[?]e and Stevenson's lease 200 ounces of…

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Work Started At-the Miners' Mines

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 December 1909 · page 4

Ebbw Main colliery started work on Monday morning, with three ShiftS, working eight hours each. Young Wallsond is being cleaned up, and…

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The Coal Strike

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 December 1909 · page 4

When provisions run short on board ship passengers and crew are put on short allowance. When coal runs short we are put on short, allowance…

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Telegrams. Sydney. Tuesday. the Strike. Important Developments. Hughes and Bowling. Railways and the Union Coal Bowling Belligerent

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 December 1909 · page 4

The Strike Congress has accepted the offer for Mr. Hughes to meet Mr. Learmouth, president of the Mineowners' Federation…

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The Coal Strike

Guyra Argus · Thursday 2 December 1909 · page 2

The Mayor of Newcastle has put forward a scheme for a conference on the strike. He suggests that a representative of the congress should meet…

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