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Mining & the mines, 1907

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Impending Coal Strike

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 2

It has been officially given out that the coal miners of the Newcastle district will go on strike to-day unless te terms tey now demand are…

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The American Crisis More Gold Wanted London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 2

Gold is still urgently needed in New York to restore public confidence in the banks. In addition to the heavy shipments which were announced two…

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News From the Capital. Sydney, Monday. the Coal Crisis

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 2

The Government has taken action in the coal crisis at Newcastle and the premier is [?]that his suggestions will lead to an amicable settlement of…

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The Coal Crisis. the Premier Intervenes. Suggestions for a Settlement

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 2

The Government has taken action in connection with the coal crisis at Newcastle, and the Premier is very hopeful that the suggestions he has…

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Very Latest The Coal Strike. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 2

This morning the position at Newcastle assumed a very serious aspect. The strike commenced, and only five colleries began work, and they only…

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Telegrams. To-day's News. Coal Strike. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 2

A mass meeting of Maitland coalfield miners yesterday agreed to the strike resolutions. The committee of management met…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 5

The main head race of the Lobb's Hole (N.S.W.) mine is completed, and is two miles long. The Gold Hill Company has been…

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Coal Kings Declare War. They Refuse the Premier's Offer and Throw the Mines Idle

The Worker · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 11

On Friday, November 8, the committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation took decisive action regarding the dispute with the proprietors…

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The Coal Strike

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 2

There can be no disguising the fact that the general strike which has been declared in the Newcastle and Maitland collieries, laying the whole of the…

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Newcastle Coal Trouble a General Strike. Thirty Mines Affected. a Serious Situation. Mediation Refused. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 2

The strike of coal miners in the New castle and South Maitland district is now an accomplished fact. A mere handful of men in an appearance at five…

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Great Coal Strike. Mediation Rejected. Serious Struggle Inevitable. Coal at Famine Prices. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 2

A mass meeting of 2000 miners at Wallsend to-day approved of a strike. The proprietors to-day refused the Premier's mediation. This…

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Stolen Gold. Two Thousand Half-sovereigns Vanish

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 2

A box containing 2000 half-sovereigns part of a consignment of £4000 intended for Brazil, disappeared yesterday from a parcels van on the way from…

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The Airly Miners' Dispute. Wealthy Corporation Refuses to Restore 9D

The Worker · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 9

Mr. J. Mays, president of the Coal and Shale Miners' Association, Airly (N.S.W.), has given The Worker some particulars regarding the dispute between the association…

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New York Finance the Drain of Gold. Two Large Orders Cancelled. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 3

The gold now proceeding to New York, together with what has already been imported, amounts to 52,000,000 dollars (£10,500,000)…

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Coal Miners on Strike. Shipping. Paralysed. Coal 50 Per Cent, Dearer

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 15 November 1907 · page 2

PRACTICALLY the whole of the miners in the Newcastle and South Maitland districts went out on strike on Wednesday. Only one small colliery…

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The Coal Strike

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 15 November 1907 · page 4

The shipping trade in Newcastle is quite paralysed, there being absolutely no coal available for shipment; and the steam ferry…

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The Coal Strike

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 2

The fur-reaching effects of a coal strike are not to be gauged off hand, and possibly least of all by those who recklessly [?]ter into a deplorable…

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Seeking More Gold

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 5

Mr. Pierpont Morgan is negotiating with the Bank of France to transfer to New York £3,000,000 worth of gold. The total imports of gold up to…

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Miners Going South. Possible Cause of Friction. Earnings of Southern Miners

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 2

A great number of the Newcastle strikers are making application to the South Coast for work in the coal mines. Fears are expressed that if the district…

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Secretary of Treasury. Gold in Proper Channels

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 5

Mr. Geo. Cortelyou, Secretary of the United States Treasury, in the course of an interview, said that if the money which was now being hoarded…

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