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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1914

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Salvaged Coal. Waterside Workers' Claim. Adelaide

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 5

The members of the Waterside Workers and Drivers' Union, Port Pirle, have gone out on strike. They claim salvege rates of pay for the damaged coal discharged…

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Burrenjuck Resumprtions. Claim for Copper Mine. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 5

In the Supreme Court to-day Annabel[?] Syme and others proceeded against the State Government, claiming compensation in connection with certain land…

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Fire. Outbreak at Mine. Engine House Destroyed. Adelade

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 5

A fire desrtroyed the engine house and contents at the Kin[?] shaft on the junction Mine. Broken Hill…

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Colliery Shi[?] Down. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 7

The W[?] Colliery, employing two thousand five hundred men, is closing owing to the heavy working expenses…

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Navvies and Miners. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 5

Workers at Helensburgh complain that miners on strike are taking their places on the railway deviation there…

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Gold and Coal. World's Largest [?]Worked Field. [?]Mantle

Northern Star · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 6

Passengers by the [?] include Professro David, of the Sydney University, who was a member of the Shackleton South [?]lar Expedition…

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New Colliery. Important Negotiations. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 5

Information has leaked out that preparations have been begun for the opening up of a very large new colliery at [?]. The name of the party of parties who are…

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Fire Inquire. Miners' Arms Hotel

Northern Star · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 2

The Coroner at Broadwater, Mr. Mc[?]nnon, held an inquiry at the local Police Court on Monday into the recent outbreak of fire at the Miners Arms Hotel. Mr. J…

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China's Famous Mine

Northern Star · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 2

China's famous iron mine, the Tayeh, the for[?]most in the Far East, is especially notable for the case with which it is worked. It stands peerless in the world in this…

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Coal [?]Mpers' Rules. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 7

The coat [?]mpers of Sydney have altered certain of their rules to which the employers took objection, with a view to better coaling operations…

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Canaries As Life-savers. Bad Air in Mines

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 3

The enumeration of canary-birds among the necessary implements of the miner might cause surprise, but these pets are life-savers of the first order when their services are…

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Australian Coal. No Damage to Boliers. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 7

The Minister for Defence (Senater Mil[?] denies that the use of Australian coal has caused damage to the boilers of the Commonwealth flagship…

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The Romance of a Mine. the Queen of Molybdenite. Ore One Time Discarded As Valueless Now Worth £525 Per Ton

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 7

How many regrets lay among the past endeavors of the man who has been lured by the call of mining speculation? How many abandoned shafts to-day,…

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Pulganbar Quicksilver and Copper Mining Co., Ltd

Northern Star · Monday 30 March 1914 · page 7

The secretary reports that the directors visited the mine yesterday (March 25) for the purpose of inspecting the new furnace and machinery, now completed, and to see…

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Coal on the Richmond

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 2

The Hon. C. A. Lee, M.L.A., who has for some considerable time past been actively interesting himself with a view to having the coal…

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Coal Discovery

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1914 · page 6

News has reached Quirindi of the discovery of an immense seam of coal at Breeza during boring operations The bore pierced 17ft. of…

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Coal at Urbenville

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 1 April 1914 · page 2

THE action taken by the Hon C A Lee to procure a thorough investigation by the Mines Department of the coal seams in the Kyogle…

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Miners Seeking Trouble. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 April 1914 · page 4

The Yorkshire colliery dispute is due to a question whether the minimum wage includes percentages and increases on the standard wage granted in certain grades…

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Coal on the Richmond. a Disappointing Report

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 April 1914 · page 2

The Hon. C. A. Les, M.L.A., who has for some considerable time past been actively interesting himself with a view of having the coal deposits on the Upper…

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Strike of Miners 80,000 Men Implicated. London

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 April 1914 · page 4

Thirty-five thousand coal miners in Yorkshire laid down their tools, demanding the introduction of a minimum wage…

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