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Mining & the mines, 1914

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To Clean Gold Lace

Northern Star · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 7

Pound some [?] ammonia finely, and apply with a [?] to the lace, rubbing [?]. After a good brushing the lace will look equal to new, and the cloth of…

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British Coal Strike. Widespreading Trouble. London

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 3

Most of the Yorkshire collieries are closed, and the strike, it is believed, will last several weeks. It is possible the present trouble may…

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An Amazing Discovery. Making Gold From Silver

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 3

An Australian amateur alchemist claims to have discovered, how to manufacture gold, and as soon as he can have the necessary machinery erected in Sydney…

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Wallsend Colliery Held up What Miners Regard As Dangerous. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 5

Owing to the miners' objection to drawing out timber from those parts of the mine where pillars had been abstracted, while the pit is working, the…

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Alt is not Gold that Glitters

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 4

WRITES "S.M. Herald":--The general belief is that the American and Canadian markets premise a profitable outlet for Australian…

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Search for Gold. Prospectors in the North. Where [?] Show Fight

Northern Star · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 8

It is notable that the federal Government, [?] retrenching in other directions, is generous in its mining grants for the Northern Territory. Able and…

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The Yorkshire Miners. Determined to Fight. London

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 April 1914 · page 3

Negotiations for the settlement of the Yorkshire miners' strike have so far proved, abortive, the men being determined that their demands shall be…

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Miners to Take Ballot. Serious Position. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 6 April 1914 · page 5

One hundred and thirty men working on the seweres at Adamstrow are idle [?] to dissatsfaction [?] the rates of pay. The men state they are not getting…

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A Fatal. Fall. a Drop Into a Coal Pit. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 April 1914 · page 3

Kelso Kenway, aged 27,a labourer, fell 50 feet into a coal pit at the Mortlake gasworks yesterday. He was injured internally and died…

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Crafton Copper Mining Co. Crafton

Northern Star · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 5

At the annual meeting of the Grafton Copper Mining Company last night Messrs. Varley. W. Zletsch. P. Kritsch, and [?] were re-elected directors. A resolution was…

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General Telegrams. Gold Water on Canberra. Melbourne

Northern Star · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 5

The Assistant Ministr of Home Affairs de[?] that the Federal Ministry are throwing cold water on the Canberra capital site…

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Colorado Miners. [?]Kfeller and the Strike. the Rights of American Workmen. Washington

Northern Star · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 5

Testifying before the House of Representatives investigating Committee, Mr. John L. [?]kef. Her admitted that the conditions of the Southern Col[?]do miners' strike…

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Treasure Trove. Boys Find Bag of Gold. Many Claimants

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 3

For the first time in thirty years the St. Helens (England) coroner held an inquest to determine whether a bag containing £150 10s in gold, found by two boys in a hole three…

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Mine Shuts Down. 1500 [?] Unemployed, Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 6

The [?] copper mine has closed down, 1500 men being out of work in conse[?]…

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March Yield of Gold. Sydney, Thursday. SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 7

The gold yield of New South Wales for March showed a comparative decrease in value of £6000…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Miners' Strike. Men Seeking a Settlement. London

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 April 1914 · page 2

At a monster meeting at Sheffield, the union officials regained control of the miners on strike. The men are beginning to feel the…

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Yorkshire Miners. London

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 April 1914 · page 4

The Yorkshire Miners' Association recommend the acceptance of the Conciliation Board's terms of the ballot ordered…

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Miners Accept Offer. London

Northern Star · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 4

The Yorkshire miners[?] ballot resulted in 27,2[?] to 11,[?] votes in favor of acceptance of the masters' offer…

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[?] Colliery Disaster. Owners and Manager Prosecuted[?] London

Northern Star · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 4

In [?] with the explosion last [?] at Senghen[?] the Home Office has [?] an information against the owners [?] Shaw, [?] of the colliery[?]…

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Stevedores' Mining Wage. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 4

Justice Higgins has fixedc the minimum wage of steve[?] at 1s 9d per hour. He states that all the evidence showed the men only averaged 30 hours work a week…

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