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Mining & the mines, 1906

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Purchase of English Collieries. LONDON

The Temora Star · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 2

Negotiations are proceeding for the purchase of five collieries. The Swansea Valley, South Wales, for £250,000. The "Daily Mail" states the German…

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British Gold. LONDON, Thursday evening

The Temora Star · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 3

Another quarter of a million of gold has been withdrawn from the Bank of England for Egypt. It is rumoured another million is…

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Colliery Explosion

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 October 1906 · page 2

A treble explosion has occurred at Wingale Colliery, Durham. The bodies of 27 victims have been recovered. Thirty miners were rescued…

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Colliery Explosion. LONDON, Monday Afternoon

The Temora Star · Wednesday 17 October 1906 · page 2

An explosion has occurred at Wingate Colliery, Durham. There was great loss of life. Twenty -seven bodies were recovered…

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British Gold. LONDON

The Temora Star · Wednesday 17 October 1906 · page 2

Seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling in gold has been with drawn from the Bank of England for Egypt…

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Welsh Coal In Demand. LONDON

The Temora Star · Wednesday 17 October 1906 · page 2

There is a large increase in the export of Welsh coal. Foreigners are contracting heavily for supplies…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 18 October 1906 · page 8

Livingstone, one of the small, sweet things that served co-operative parties so well on Mt. Wills, East Gippsland, has crushed 63 tons for 97 1/2oz…

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Colliery Disaster Many Miners Entombed, Twenty-four Deaths. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 October 1906 · page 2

A terrible explosion, involving a great number of deaths, occurred yesterday at a colliery in the well-known coal mining parish of Wingate, in Durham…

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Submarine Mines Adrift. Six Missing

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 October 1906 · page 2

During recent Admiralty experiments, eighteen gun-cotton, electrical concussion mines got adrift in the Solent, between the Isle of Wight and the…

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English Colliery Disaster. Twenty-four Victims. London, Oct. 18

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 October 1906 · page 2

A terrible mining catastrophe, involving heavy loss of life, occurred yesterday morning in the county of Durham…

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The Labor Members and the Mining Bill

The Worker · Thursday 18 October 1906 · page 7

DEAR WORKER,—Will you permit me to say a few words through your columns to the miners of this State on the above subject. There are in the Mining Bill, which…

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Labor Criticism of the Mining Bill. Mr. Meehan's Speech

The Worker · Thursday 18 October 1906 · page 3

Speaking on the second Tending of the Mining Bill in the N.S.W. Assembly, Mr. J. C. Median, Labor Member for The Darling, said:—…

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Coal Mine Idle. SYDNEY

The Temora Star · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 2

The Abermain Colliery was thrown die yesterday owing to the Wheelers striking…

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Mine Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 2

Richard Shields, a miner, was fatally injured by an accident at South Mine, Broken Hill, yesterday morning…

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Mining

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 24 October 1906 · page 2

A recent wash-up at Aldridge and party's claim (Prospector's), Mingay, gave half-an-ounce to the load, the biggest piece of gold weighing…

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English Gold. LONDON

The Temora Star · Wednesday 24 October 1906 · page 2

A further chaw of gold valued at £990,000 has been made from the Bank of England for Egypt. The usual late wires are committed…

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Mining. GUNDAGAI

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 October 1906 · page 3

Next week operations will be resumed at the old Show ball Copper-Mine. Twenty years ago the mine employed 600 men…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 25 October 1906 · page 6

Ballarat Branch, A.M.A., is appealing to Andrew Carna[?] for a donation its Worn-out Miners' Fund. The No. 4 east crosscut of the Birthday…

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Price of Welsh Coal

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 October 1906 · page 2

The colliery owners have fixed upon 17s an the price of best Welsh steam coal for 1907 contracts…

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The Mining Bill

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 2

The Legislative Council last night dealt with nearly all the non-contentious clauses of the Mining bill Several amendments were carried…

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