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Mining & the mines, 1910

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Mine Accident. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 3

John Espaland 49 was struck by a rock drilling machine at the Centeral mine, Broken Hill, and had both legs broken, several ribs fractured, and his spine…

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Charge Against Colliery Lodge Secretary. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 3

Samuel Hoyle, secretary of the South Clifton Colliery Lodge, ws charged to-day with assaulting William Phillips one of the men whose refusal to pay Ones…

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Gold Brick Fraud Punished. London

Northern Star · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 3

Charles Adams, found guilty of the gold brick fraud, cabled as 24th December, has been sentenced to four and a half years' imprisonment…

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The Coal-miners' Strike. Sydney

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 5

THE Northern Wages Board was again adjourned yesterday toll next Tuesday to allow the proprietors' representative to attend the Federal Arbitration Court in…

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Papuan Goldfields

Northern Star · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 2

Advices received from Papra by the steamer Moresby, show that the reports of the extensive gold find on the Williams River, west coast of Papua, are greatly…

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The Coal Strike

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 8

The engine-drivers concerned in the Newcastle trouble decided to take a hand in the matter, and made application to be allowed to intervene. Mr…

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The Coal Strike. Northern Miners Executive Anxious to End the Strike Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 7 March 1910 · page 3

The Northern Miners, Executive are anxious to end the strike at once. The position of the miners and their families is desperate as relief has dwindled almost…

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The Coal—miners' Strike, Newcastle

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1910 · page 5

The miners' executive officers today wired to Mr. H. A. Mitchell. secretary of the Federated Engine drivers Association, asking him to confer with them here on…

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The Coal Strike. Rumoured Possible Settlement. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 March 1910 · page 3

[?] is reported that the Newcastle colliery proprietors are now anxious to resu[?] works[?] being [?]d of the southern colliorier capturing their trade if the strike lasts…

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Ballot of Northumberland Miners. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 5

A ballot of the Northumberland miners decided by a large majority against confirming the executive's suggestion for ending the dispute. This is practically a…

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The Coal Strike. Newcastle Wages Board. No Settlement Yet. Newcastle

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 5

When the Newcastle Wages Board resumed, to-day. Judge Scholes said owing to complications which had arisen over which none of…

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Probable Settlement of the Coal Miners' strike

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 8

As a result of the meeting of the New South wales branch of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemens' Association at the Trades Hall, Sydney, the coal…

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Victorian Coal Development

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 10

The writer has been a. non - believer in any portion of Gippsland materially competing with the superior qualities of N. S. W. coal. At time of the maritime strike coal was…

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The Coal Strike. Men's Surrender Predicted. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 3

The manager of one of the most powerful companies in the coal vend declares that work will be resumed at the northern mines next week under the terms…

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Tasmanian Mining Accident.—two Men Killed

Northern Star · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 2

A fatality occurred in the Tasmanian Gold Mine. [?]eaconsfield, on Wednesday morning. The men were engaged in one of the stones, when a fall of stone occurred…

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British Coal Troubles. Position in South Wales. London

Northern Star · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 3

The Bishop of [?] is urging the [?] patants in the South Wales coal trouble to come to an agreement. Thousands of railway men dockers, tinplate men, iron and…

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District Coal Output. Grafton

Northern Star · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 9

The coal mine at Nymboida which was opened on in consequence of the Newcastle strike, will continue to be worked. The output to the present time has been…

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The Coal Strike. Strike Declared Off. Work to Start on Monday. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 9

The Newcastle strike is declared off and the miners resume work on Monday…

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The Northern Star. Published Daily. Saturday. March 12, 1910. the Coal Strike Ended

Northern Star · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 4

We are enabled to publish just the bare fact that the coal miners' strike at Newcastle has been declared off. After obtaining this small message the line failed, and…

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End of the Coal Strike. Work to Be Resumed Next Monday. Sydney

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 2

It is reported on good authority that the coal strike has been practically settled and that Judge Scholes will make an official announcement to-day…

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