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Mining & the mines, 1910

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Coal Miners' Strike in North of England. Miners Repudiated Their Executive. London

Northern Star · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 3

Forty thousand in the county of Durham and twenty thousand in Northumberland are idle. The miners repudiate the conditions their…

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Coal at Casino

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 4

THE matter of putting down n trial bore in Casino to ascertain whether there is payable coal available or not has been mooted several times, and since the coal strike the…

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Labor and the Coal Strike

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 7

THE Rev. T. S. Crawford, the Labor candidate for Marrickville at the next Federal elections, in an open letter to the coal miners has proceeded along lines which the press and…

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Gains of the Coal Strike

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 7

SIR,—Now that this great coal strike is drawing to its inevitable close, some of the metropolitan papers are trying to count up the losses. Will you let me count up the…

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Tbe Coal Strike. Wharf Labourers' Position. Sir. Hugues in the South. Prospects of Settlement. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 3

The Secretory of the Wharf Labourers' Union denies that the Union carried a resolution that the men should work, all boats, even if carrying foreign coal. He…

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King Coal Dethroned

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 3

Electrical Process for Iron and Steel. Coal is no longer king in the smelting of iron, for an epoch-making port from Redding, California, says…

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The Coal Strike. Sydney

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 2
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It is expected that a conference will take place at Newcastle during the week, relative to the negotiations which have been in progress between representatives of two…

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Northern Countries' Coal Strike. London, Thursday Afternoon

Northern Star · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 7

Seven thousand milers are idle in North-umberland and Durham. Coal is dribbling in smnll quantities to shipping ports…

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The Coal Strike Leave to Prosecute Under the New Act

Northern Star · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 3

On Tuesday morning, before Judge Heydon (President of the Industrial Insputes Act), Mr. Blacket, instructed by the Crown Solicitor, appeared on behalf of Detective…

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The Coal Strike. Mr. Hughes' Tour. Disorderly Meetings. Fracas on the Platform. Mr. Bowling in Sydney. Sensational Charges. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 7

Mr. W. M. Hughes. M.P., encountered a good deal of opposition during his South Coast tour. At Figtree, between Mount Kembla and Mount Keira, he had a very…

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Northern Miners Prefer Day Labour. London, Friday Afternoon

Northern Star · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 3

The Northumberland and Durham putters object to night shifts, and declare they would rather 10 hours a day than eight at night…

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The Coal Strike. Rumoured Congress Ultimatum. Mr. Bowling's Position. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 3

Great interest attaches to the general meeting of miners to be held at Newcastle to-night. It is reported that Mr. Bowling's…

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Tanami Goldfield. Small Outcrop in a Desert

Northern Star · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 4

The Government Resident at Port Darwin has received from Warden Gee at Tanami telegrams dated December 22 and 24, containing the following information:—…

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The Coal-miners' Strike. SYDNEY

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 5

NUMBER Two Congress practically admitted at the meeting in Sydney on Saturday that unless general strike of all the miners, water-side and transport workers…

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Robin Bates Or the Romance of a Foundling. [All Rights Reserved] Chapter Xxvii.—the Inundation of Oldcott Mine

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 4

The way downhill is a rapid one. When once a mail has begun the descent he is at the bottom before he has least suspicion of it. If…

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The Coal Strike. SYDNEY

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 2

A ballot of the southern miners will be taken this week to decide whether they should abide by the Wages Board or not. It is believed that the result will be in…

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Aiding a Strike. Miners' Leaders Charged. a Remand Granted. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 5

Messrs. Peter Bowling, Danies Hutton, Jas. Butler and Wm. O'Connor appeared before Judge Bogers, Deputy-President in the Arbitration Court, to-day, charged…

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Government Imported Coal. Union to Be Asked to Unload. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 5

The first shipment of coal purchased by the Government in the East is expected to arrive at any time now. The work of unloading will be offered by…

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The Coal Strike Mr. Hughes on the South Coast. a Fight on a Balcony

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 3

Mr. W. M. Hughes addressed meetings in the South Coast division on Thursday. The first meeting at Fig[?], between Mount Keera and Mount Kembla. As soon as Mr…

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