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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

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Cobar Gladstone Mine

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 3

Report for two weeks ending December 10:— South drive extended 16ft., total 14ft. from main shaft. At a point…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 3

Contractor of Parker's Perseverince Gold Mining Syndicate reports on 13th December, 1909, as follows:—100ft level: The north…

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The Coal Strike. Congress's Attempt at Settlement. Ballot Suggested. Legislating for the Occasion. House Still Sitting. Putting up a "Job" at Newcastle. Miners' Mine Men on Strike. Sydney's Gas Supply Assured

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 3

At the Strike Congress meeting last night resolutions were passed all dealing with a means of settling the strike…

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Later. Difficulties in Settlement in Western Mines. Policemen Enter a Meeting. Southern Miners to Abide by Congress's Decision. Governor's Assent not yet Given to Industrial Disputes Act

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 3

A hitch occurred in the West connected with three matters. In the first case the miners objected to the police entering the meeting…

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Premier Replies to Mr. Hughes. Bowling Defiant. the Hitch at Lithgow. a Miners' Mine Strike

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 3

The Lithgow miners did not begin work on Monday morning. The citizens of Lithgow consider it a pity that more discretion was not used on the part of…

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The Great Coal Strike Western Miners at Work. Hopes of the South. the North Dissatisfied

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 3

Lithgow residents are assured of much more cheerful conditions than those which have obtained for some weeks now, as definite arrangements have been made for Western…

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The Latest. Lithgow Miners Working. the Southern Ballot. the Conspiracy Charges. Sydney, Tuesday afternoon

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 3

All the men went back to work at the Lithgow, Hermitage, Zig-Zag, Oakey Park, and Vale of Clwydd mines. No word has been received concerning the…

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The Coal Strike, Lithgow Men Starting. Strike Congress Won't Meet. Dislikes New Legislation. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 2

It was announced on Saturday that the Strike Congress had advised the Western miners to agree to a conference with the proprietors. The…

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The Coal Strike. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 December 1909 · page 8

All hopes of an early settlement of [?] strike at the southern mines has [?] abandoned until after the new [?]…

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A Goldfields Christmas Eve. (Copyright.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 December 1909 · page 6

It matters not what high-sounding names are selected by ambitious parents and scaled by the orthodox baptismal rites on infant brows, for, in…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 5

The Mt. Boppy Copper Co. was granted four months' suspension on Wednesday. Mr. G. Marshe appeared for the company…

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The Coal Strike. North Sydney in Darkness. Western Miners Return to Work. The Premier Requests Police to Act with Discretion. Trains to Run as Usual. Sydney

The Cobar Herald · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 4

The North Sydney gas supply failed last night, and the whole of the northern suburbs was in darkness…

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Western Miners at Work. Management of Strike on Wade's Shoulders. Government Considering Disposal of Union Funds

The Cobar Herald · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 4

Matters regarding the strike were quiet yesterday. The Western miners resumed work but the Southern and…

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The Coal Strike. The Conspiracy Charges. Committed for Trial. Strikers' Mines Idle. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 4

Peter Bowling, William Brennan, Andrew Grey, and Albert Burns were committed for trial at Newcastle yesterday on charges of conspiracy. Bail…

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Coal for the Gasworks

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 4

Eight tons of coal from Lithgow were received at the Gasworks on Thursday, or about sufficient for one week on the present consumption of gas in…

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The Latest. Southern Miners Firm. Labor Council's Protest. the Death Knell of Strikes. Sydney, Friday afternoon

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 5

The Sydney Labor Council have placed on record a minute of its executive protesting against the new strike legislation. In a speech by Mr. Kavanagh, which was…

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The Great Coal Strike Feeling in the South. the Wages Board. Bowling's Protest. the Strike Congress

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 5

THE Southern miners have abandoned all hope of a settlement of the trouble before next month. Work is proceeding briskly at Lithgow, bub it…

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Mr. Hughes Interviewed. Strike Leaders Committed. No Confidence in Paterson. Miners Strike Against Levy. North Sydney Gas Employees

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 5

Mr, Hughes, when interviewed yesterday, charged Mr. Wade with introducing the Strike suppression Act, at a moment when he knew there was every chance of peace and that the…

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A Goldfields Christmas Eve. (Copyright.)

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 3

It matters not what high-sounding names are selected by ambitious parents and sealed by the orthodox baptismal rites on infant brows, for, in…

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The Miners’ Conditions

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 28 December 1909 · page 1

Preaching at St. Saviour’s Cathedral,. Goulburn in regard to the coal strike Archdeacon [?] quoted the [?] as the workmen that it was impossible…

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