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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1912

230 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 12

State Coal Colliery. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 4

The Minister for Mines states that until Parliament sanctions a proposal to establish a Stats colliery, he will run into no expense of putting…

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The Dairy. Fattening Pigs. Value of Coal

Guyra Argus · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 4

It is claimed that experiments made at the South-eastern Agricultural College (England) have demonstrated that a mixture of coal in the diet of pigs has…

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Colliery Doctors Resign

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—It is stated that the Kurri Kurri Colliery doctors have resigned, owing to the agreement by the British Medical Association not…

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Higher Wages for Miners

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The Northumberland mine-owners have granted their employees an advance of 11/4 per cent. in wages…

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Un-english Englishman. Miners and Fishermen

Guyra Argus · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 6

Leaving out the first item, the Cornish toast , "Copper, tin and fish," still expresses the hopes of a large number of the inhabitants, who in the course of…

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Standard of Primary Education. Qualifying Certificate Questions of Public Schools. Gold Watches for the Best Paper on Arithmetic

Guyra Argus · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 5

Recently over 12,000 boys and girls attending the Public Schools were examined in arithmetic, dictation, English, geography, and history, with the…

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State Coal Mine

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday.-—Shortly Parliament will probably be asked to sanction the spending of more money on the strength of what has been ascertained about the State…

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The Matter of Colliery Disputes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—In connection with the proposed Conciliation Committee to deal with Colliery Disputes, a hitch has occurred between the miners and proprietors over the…

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Standard of Primary Education. Qualifying Certificate Questions of Public Schools. Gold Watches for the Best Paper on Arithmetic

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 3

Recently over 12,000 boys and girls attending the Public Schools were examined in arithmetic, dictation, English, geography, and history, with the…

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Miners' Strike

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 4

In connection with the recent ballot in connection with the suggested strike of miners throughout. Great Britain, it is staled that there was a…

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Coal Trade Crisis

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 7

Several of the miners' leaders ere urging a peaceful solution of the big trouble. A round-table conference of employers and employees is suggested…

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Wyalong Disaster. Sorrowful Scene at the Mine. the Inquest Opened

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 3

The following are fuller particulars of the awful mining disaster at Wyalong (as briefly mentioned in our wires last issue), wherein [?] men…

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200 Colliery Hands Idle

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Owing to the closing down of the coke works, the Bulli Colliery has suspended operations, and 200 hands are idle…

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Gold at Gundagai

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 2

A special press wire, despatched from Gundagai on Friday, reads as follows:—At the Long Tunnel Mine this afternoon the shareholders from…

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Cablegrams in Brief. Britain's Coal Crisis

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 7

The Miners' Conference at Birmingham (Eng.) has resolved to formerly tender notices in every district terminating work as from the…

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Gundagai Gold Field

The Inverell Times · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 2

Further sensational ore yields are reported from Gnudagai. One dish from the Long Tunnel mine on Saturday morning gave 206oz of gold…

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A Goldfields Sketch. the Lady Speculator

Guyra Argus · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 5

I had just remarked to Sue, "It's too dull for anything. I wish something would happen—a cyclone or an earthquake, anything to relieve the…

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A Goldfields Sketch. the Lady Speculator

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 29 January 1912 · page 4

I had just remarked to Sue, "It's too dull for anything. I wish something would happen--a cyclone or an earthquake, anything to relieve the…

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The Coal Trouble

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 4

Coal-owners and miners are considering the report of the joint committee as to the chances of a compromise, which is considered hopeful…

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