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Mining & the mines, 1907

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Charge of Feloniously Killing. Colliery Manager Acquitted

The Worker · Thursday 20 June 1907 · page 3

At Sydney Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, John Wilson, mine manager, was charged with having, at Scarborough (N.S.W.) on April 13, feloniously killed Arthur Albert…

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Ascot Gold Cup. Audacious Robbery. London. June 19

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1907 · page 2

The Ascot Gold Cup which was exhibited behind the grandstand in charged of the maker's representative and a constable was stolen their…

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Ascot Gold Cup Stolen From Racecourse. a Daring Theft, London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 20 June 1907 · page 3

A great sensation was caused at Ascot racecourse yesterday, by the disappearance of the Ascot Gold Cup. The Cup was being exhibited behind the…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 3

At the Tumbarumba police court last week Chas. Heinecke, of the we known mining firm of Heinecke Bro was charged with wilfully destroy…

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More Gold at Ballarat

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 2

There was great excitement at Ballarat North yesterday by the announcement that gold-bearing stone,19 inches wide, had been stuck in the old…

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Colliery Disaster Miners Entombed. in a Burning Mine. Wellington (N.z.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 5

A serious fire broke out but night in the Caps Colliery, at Southland, and as a result several miners are entombed. It is feared there is no possibility of…

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Tho Coal Lumpers

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 2

Women accompanied the coal lumpers in a procession along Pitt-street yesterday, and a stand was made opposite the Southern Coal-owners'…

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Tragic Fire. a Colliery Outbreak. Two Lives Lost. Auckland

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 2

A fire has broken out in the Night Cap Colliery, Southland. Three men Duncan, Carson and Walsh were entombed. The body of the first named…

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Mining

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 26 June 1907 · page 2

MESSRS. Roper, Wells and party, who have taken over the Prince mine, Reno, on tribute, are getting ready to commence the tribute. They…

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Mining. YALGOGRIN

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 June 1907 · page 2

At Pine Grove, about six miles from Yalgogrin, Messrs. G. Troy, Jan., and R. Crisp, bath Cootamundra'ct men, have struck a lucky find. In an ironstone…

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The Recent Mining Law Suit. to the Editor

Tumbarumba Times · Wednesday 26 June 1907 · page 2

Sir, -- In your" issue of Jane . 19th Ontine a report of the recent mining suit of Police C. B. Heineken in…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 17

Mining is pretty quiet round Wiseman's Creek (N.S.W.). The Phoenix is the only mine which seems to very active. The South drive of the Canbelego…

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Stuffing the Mines

The Worker · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 15

IN order to investigate the complaint that the Kurri Kurri collieries are overmanned, an officer of the N.S.W. Intelligence Department, visited the district. He…

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Graveyard Gold

The Worker · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 15

Wild excitement prevailed at Ballarat (V.) when the announcement was made that gold-bearing stone, 18in. wide, had been struck while sinking a grave in the…

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A Coal-lumpers' Item

The Worker · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 13

SOLIDARITY among workers can move mountains of capital. Even a few workers standing together with full faith in one another may become the leaven…

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A Rowdy Coal-lumper

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 2

At the Police Court to-day, Thos. Murray (29), a coal-lumper, was charged with breaking windows, the property of the Government, and doing damage to the…

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Gold Medals for Wagga Schools

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 2

At a meeting at the Wagga Parents' Association at the School of Arts last night, mention was made of the gold medals promised by the Wagga School…

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Mining on a Road

The Worker · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 15

For constructing a water-race across a road at Tumbarumba (N.S.W.), and thereby wilfully damaging it, Charles Heinecke was fined ,£20. Defendant had used the…

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"Mine Will Be Next." Carrier of a Coffin Killed

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 4

A man named Joseph Walters, farmer, at Byawatha, was killed on Friday night on the road near North Wangartta, (reports the Wangaraata…

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A Miner's Gold Two Mates Implicated. Dramatic Court Denouement Old Crime Revived

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 4

A sensational development arose out of a charge of gold-stealing preferred against Walter Sulliven at the Bairnsdale police court on Tuesday (reports…

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