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Mining & the mines, 1912

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English Mining Trouble

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 7

A sub-committee of the mine-owners and workers sat at London for three days endeavouring to find a basis of settlement for a minimum wage. It…

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Chapter Iv. The Gold Mummy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 8

I was silting in my chambers, ruefully looking over my bank book, when the servant came in and announced that a Mr. Stokes wished to…

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Mining

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 4

The mineral lease No. [?] accept [?] Clive and Gough,harish banandale and Wellington Vale held by R. N. Kirk, Deepwater, will become…

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Miners and the Minimum

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 8

The London [?] Fe[?] [?] [?] that a [?] of the difficulties between [?] and the coal owners [?]…

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Mine Manager Committed

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 February 1912 · page 7

Ex-manager Pevlerick, of the East Rand mines, South Africa, has been committed for trial on a charge of misstating the amount of gold…

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Gold Mine Romanol

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 February 1912 · page 2

The death in Sydney recently of Mrs. Walter Hall, a Mount Morgan millionaire recalls the story of the discovery of the famous Queensland gold mine…

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The Royal Mint. 371 Tons of Gold

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 February 1912 · page 2

The annual report of England Royal Mint gives an account of the enormous operations of this department, during the year. No less than…

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Romance of Mining. BIG [?]. Won From the Earth. Nearly Ten Millions by Broken Hill Proprietary

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 4

Very few people in N.S Wales [?] what big [?] have been paid by mining companies during the past years. There are some…

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Mining Catastrophe

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 7

A fire broke out in the mine of the Western Coal Company (Oklahoma, U.S.A.), and 80 men were cut off, but many dashed for safety, escaping…

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The Coal Strike. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 7

In the Parliamentary lobbies a more hopeful feeling exists with regard to the coal strike in England. Some information of an…

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The Coal Crisis. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 7

A South Wales Miners' Industrial Organisation has been formed, unconnected with the Miners' Federation. A pamphlet that has been…

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Cablegrams. London, Thursday. the Coal Crisis

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 4

The coal crisis has virtually begun although the conferences, which are aiming at effecting a settlement have not completed their efforts. A…

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The Coal-mining Crisis

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.—The English press generally condemn the miners for not accepting the minimum wage in principle, and leaving the details of…

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Over a Million Miners Out. London, Friday Evening

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 4

THE miners' executive decline Mr. Asquith's invitation to meet the owners. They state that they have nothing fur ther to say. It is estimated that…

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Cablegrams. London. Monday. the Coal Crisis

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 4

The miners' leaders, in speeches delivered in various parts of the country, firmly adhered to the proposed schedule minimum wage…

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Creat British Coal Strike. One Million Idle. London, Friday Night

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 7

The strike is now in full swing. One million men have been rendered idle, including the surface men. Over 100,000 colliers in Scotland have…

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Latest Cable News. the Big Coal Strike London

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 4

THE Miners Federation has informed the transport workers that a sympathetic strike on their part is unnecessary at present…

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Cablegrams. London, Thursday. the Coal Crisis

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 4

The strike situation is unchanged. There is no sign of either side yielding. The strike is slowly tightening its…

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Great British Coal Strike. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 6

Five million men, women, and children have been directly affected by the coal strike. The suburban trains are immensely…

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The Great Coal Strike. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 13 March 1912 · page 7

A significant conference of coalowners from all parts of the country was held to-day, at the invitation of the Premier, Mr. Asquith…

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