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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 5

Suspension applications are again in thE sir. On Monday next the Warden will bear the following applications:—Cobar Gold Mines, one…

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Queen Bee Copper Mine

The Cobar Herald · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 5

Report for two weeks ending 20th November:— Mining.—Stoping done at Nos. 1 and 2 levels on carbonates, also at No…

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Mr. Hughes to meet Mr. Learmonth. Bowling Annoyed Railway Department and the Union Mines. Action of Strike Congress in Regard to Bowling. 47 Vessels Laid Up in Sydney. [?] Seamen Paid Off. Inquiry into the Alleged Coal Combine. Sydney

The Cobar Herald · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 3

The Strike Congress has accepted the offer of Mr Hughes to meet Mr Learmonth. Bowling is annoyed and declares…

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The Coal Strike. A Compulsory Board to be Appointed. Owners and Men Given till Thursday to Make Arrangements

The Cobar Herald · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 5

Sydney, Wednesday, 6.6 p.m. The Acting Premier states that steps will be taken for the appointment of a Compulsory Board…

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Government to Intervene. To Command the Whole Coal Output as Required. Penal Provisions of the Act to be Enforced. Sydney, Tuesday, 5.7 p.m

The Cobar Herald · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 3

The Government have decided to intervene in the coal strike and to command the whole of the output of the State as required for the…

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Nationalisation of Coal Mines. Mr. D. Macdonnell's Speech

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 3

About 300 or 400 people gathered in front of Mr. G. Gilbert's Macqqarie View Hotel on Tuesday evening to hear Mr. D. Macdonnell, M.L.A, speak on a subject…

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Nationalizing the Coal Mines. Address by Mr. Donald Macdonell, M.LA

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 3

ON Tuesday evening last the 30th of November, Mr. Donald Macdonald, M.L.A. for cohar, addressed a large gathering from the balcony of Galber's M[?]qurie View Hotel on the above…

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The Dobbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Saturday, December 4, 1909. Coal Mines and the Labor Party

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4

The impression left by the speeches which were delivered in the street on Tuesday evening by Mr. D. Macdonnell, M.L.A., and Mr. Thrower, is…

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The Coal Miners' Strike. The Censure Motion Defeated. Wages Board to be Appointed. Mr. Wade and Mr. Hughes Confer. Peter Bowling at Lithgow

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, in reply to Mr. Latimer, the Acting-Premier said that the Government had acted in accordance with its determination of yesterday and…

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The Coal Strike.—peter's Punch. To the Editor of the Western Herald.)

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4

"No doubt but yo are the people and wisdom shall die with you."—Job. Chaldea. 4015. B.C.—Sir,—Now that Mr. Peter Bowling has delivered his "punch," it is…

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The Latest. SYDNEY, 3.46 p.m.. Japanese Coal Not to Be Handled

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4

The Coal Lumpers' Union has unanimously rejected the strike committee's instructions to handle Japanese coal. The crisis has now reached a most critical…

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The Lumpers and the P. and O. Coal. What Bowling Says. Supposed Impending Arrests. Friday afternoon

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4

The manager of the P. and O. Coy has received no reply to his letter to the Strike Congress regarding the discharging of coal from the Palermo, not withstanding the announcement of…

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LATER. (By Telegraph.) Mr. Wade's Mediation Falls. Application to the Court. The Situation Critical. Japanese Coal

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4

Mr. Wade's efforts at mediation having failed, application will accordingly bo made to the Court to-day for the compulsory appointment of an Industrial Board. The Government may…

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A Mammoth Strike. the Government Takes a Hand. Commandeers All Coal. Will Enforce Penal Provisions and Appoint Compulsory Board. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, November 30

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4

The Government has decided to intervene in the coal strike and command the whole [?]oal output of the State as required for railway and other services and, unless the…

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Mining

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 December 1909 · page 3

Reports from Hill End speak encouragingly of the prospects of the famous old field At Rowley's claim excellent results are being obtained,…

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The Coal Strike. The Premier Fails Again. Board to be appointed To-day. Hughes' Threat. Japanese Coal to be Handled. Some of the Lumpers Object.—Meeting To-day. Labor Party Intervening To-day. Split in the Strike Congress Becoming Wider

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 3

Mr. Wade's efforts at mediation have failed, and application will be made accordingly to the Court to-day for the compulsory…

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LATER. Southern Miners Weakening. Trial of the Leaders. Suggested Change of Venue

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 2

Messrs, Bowling, Brunnan, and Burns addressed an enormous mass meeting at Newcastle on Sunday. The meeting was very enthusiastic, but orderly. Many miners tramped long…

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A Railway Coal Mine

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 December 1909 · page 4

IT is only necessary for a resident of the country, to sit down and think consecutively for thirty seconds to realise what would happen if the…

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Later. the Union Mines. Messrs. Hughes and Bowling. Government Importing Coal

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 4

The Union Mines produced 1500 tons of coal on Wednesday which was taken by the railways. In a speech at Wallsend, Mr. Bowling said…

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King Coal Dethroned

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 7

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

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