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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

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Miners' Deputy Killed. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 25 July 1910 · page 3

Evan davies, a miner's deputy at Kurri Kurri, was accidentally killed in the mine…

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Mining Investor Dead. Melbourne

Northern Star · Monday 25 July 1910 · page 3

Ernest Mueller, one of the largest mining investors in Victoria, has died at Bendigo, aged 76…

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Colliery Wages Board. Mr. Paterson's Position. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 July 1910 · page 3

The Northern Colliery Employers' Board was before the Industrial Court to-day on an application made by the Colliery Employees' Federation for an order dissolving…

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Losses by the Coal Strike

Northern Star · Thursday 28 July 1910 · page 4

What the actual loss in wages and production generally caused by the recent coal strike amounted to will probably never be known, but incidents are…

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Rescue Work in Mines

Northern Star · Friday 29 July 1910 · page 2

The Home Office, after consultation with various experts, has drawn up an important series of regulations which, if finally adopted, will have the effect of…

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Wealth in Fish. "Richer Tha Gold or Rubber."

Northern Star · Saturday 30 July 1910 · page 4

At a meeting of the Fishers Board on Tuesday the chairmen, Mr. Farnell, moved:—"That the board approve of action being taken to bring about a general and…

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Gold in British Columbia. Sensational [?]S London

Northern Star · Monday 1 August 1910 · page 3

The Victoria (Bri[?] Columbia) correspondent of the London "Morning Pest" states that [?], of rock [?] at a two-stamp mill at Atlin in four hours…

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Miners Killed. Auckland

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 August 1910 · page 3

Two miners, named Frank Mo[?] and Wm. Brought, were killed by a fall of stone [?] a colliery at Huntley. New Zealand…

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Colliery Wages Board. Mr. Paterson's Position. Will Fight It Out. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 August 1910 · page 3

Mr. J. Paterson, the appointed representative of the employees, whom the Miners' Federation object to, says he will not resign from the Northern Wa[?]es Board, for…

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Mules Have Concrete Bath in Mine

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 4 August 1910 · page 3

A huge concrete bathtub, some 40 ft. long, and a few inches more than 4 ft. deep, has been installed in the Henry colliery of the Lehigh…

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Decorating Mining Heroes, Seamem, and King Edward's Old Servants. London, Tuesday Night

Northern Star · Thursday 4 August 1910 · page 3

His Majesty King George has decorated the Whitehaven mining heroes, several seamen, and the late King Edward's old servants with medals…

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Submarine Mine Explosion. London

Northern Star · Friday 5 August 1910 · page 3

While a submarine mine at Toulon was being lifted into a launch it exploded, with the result that two men were killed and several wounded…

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Colliery Wages Board. Mr. Paterson Resigns. the Situation Relieved. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 5 August 1910 · page 3

The President, Judge Heydon, stated in the Industrial Court to-day that he had received a notification from the Registrar of the Court to the effect that Mr. J…

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Baths at a Colliery

Northern Star · Saturday 6 August 1910 · page 2

An interesting innovation in a co[?]ery near Manchester, where at plunge bath and separate, wash baths have been provided for the use of the colliers when they have…

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Action by Miners' Federation. London, Friday Afternoon

Northern Star · Monday 8 August 1910 · page 3

Thet Miners' Federation have adopted a resolution protesting agninst the recent legal decisions that Trades Unions funds shall not be usable for political purposes…

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Gold Production and Prices

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 August 1910 · page 8

Has the world's increased gold production affected prices? Upon this subject there will be divergences of opinion. Since 1890 the world's output of the yellow…

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Mr. Patterson Resigns. the Miners' Board Trouble

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 August 1910 · page 7

Judge Heydon announced in the industrial Court on Thursday morning, that he had received a notification from the Registrar that Mr. J. Paterson had resigned his…

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Sumatra's Coal Wealth. a State-owned Mtne

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 August 1910 · page 2

Imagino a mountain, with three seams of coal, one 20ft. to 50ft. thick, running through it, no shafts or pit-heads, and 5000 natives working thereat, and…

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Miners' Congress. London

Northern Star · Thursday 11 August 1910 · page 3

The international Minors Congress at Brussels has recolved that mines inspectors should be elceted by workmen to be State paid, and have,the right to inspect at all…

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