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Mining & the mines, 1909

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British Coal Trade. Scottish Crisis Averted. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 2

The Scottish coal masters have given three months' notice of their intention to terminate the Conciliation Board's agreement, under which the…

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The Welsh Trouble. Keir Hardie's Forecast. Nationalisation of Mines. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 2

Mr. Keir Hardie declares that if a lock-out occurs in South Wales the fight will not be for an eight-hours' day and 6s a day wages, but for the…

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Coal Industry. Big Lockout Pending Fight for Nationalisation. London, June 16

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 2

The Scottish Coal Masters have given three months notice to terminate the conciliation board. Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., says if a…

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The Gibraltar Mine

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 2

The April returns for this mine have just come to hand, and show that during that month 880 tons of stone were treated at the battery for a total…

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Ascott Gold Cup

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 2

The Ascott Gold Cup was won by Bomba, son of Carbine…

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Goodwood Gold Cup. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 4

The Goodwood Gold Cup, run yesterday, was won by Bomba, with Santo Strata second, and Siberia third…

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English Racing. Ascot Gold Cup. Another Successful Carb[?] Lodon, June 18

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 2

The Ascot Gold Cup, run on Thursday, was won by Bondia, a son of Cath[?], with Santo Strato re[?] and Sib[?] third…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 24 June 1909 · page 19

The miners at Yarranderie, N.S.W., have started a co-operative dining room, with 20 members. Eight men were temporarily thrown idle…

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Colliery Explosion Twenty-four Miners Killed London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 2

A serious explosion has occurred in the Wehrum Colliery, Pennsylvania, and 65 miners were entombed. Of this number 24, mostly Poles and…

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Colliery Explosion 63 Men Entombed. Many Killer. London, June 23

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 2

An explosion at Webrum colliery, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.) entombed 63 miners, and 21, mostly Hungarian and Poles, were killed…

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Today's Cablegrams. Flooded Mine Disaster. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 2

An underground river flooded a coal mine in Portugal, and fourteen bodies were recovered, 47 miners still being missing…

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Wagga Mining Warden's Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 2

Application was made by John Horation Nelson to Mr. G. Stevenson, Mining Warden, at the Wagga Courthouse yesterday, for a dredging…

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Mines and Miners. Comradeship!

The Worker · Thursday 1 July 1909 · page 9

They toiled on tribute side by side, They shared their delvings few; They took in toil a manly pride, And fast their mateship grew…

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River Floods a Coal Mine. Heavy Loss of Life. London, 28th June

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 July 1909 · page 2

A shocking disaster, attended with heavy loss of life, has occurred at Carbajo, a mining town in Portugal. An underground river flooded a coal…

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Illawarra Miners. the Industrial Agreement

The Worker · Thursday 1 July 1909 · page 6

The new industrial agreement came up for consideration at a number of the district lodges during the week and so far has been dealt with by Mt. Kembla, Mt…

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Newcastle Notes. the Coal Crisis

The Worker · Thursday 1 July 1909 · page 23

Matters have now reached a mott critical stage. and the outlook is very black indeed. The latest pit to cease work is Hetton, one of the best working collieries in…

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A Serious Situation. Welsh Miners Supported London, June 30

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 July 1909 · page 2

The miners federation conference in London unanimously supported the Welsh miners and in the event of a lockout recommended a national…

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Great Strike Threatened the British Coal Industry. Decision of the Men London June 30

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 July 1909 · page 2

A conference representing 156,000 South Wales miners resolved that the proposals of the coalmasters for working the mines under the Eight-hours…

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Accident at Gibraltar Mine

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 3

Mr. Arthur Bird met with a painful accident at the Gib. Mine on Monday morning. He fell some feet from a ladder and, putting out his hand to…

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Gold at Harden. East and West Extensions of the Lode

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 July 1909 · page 3

The prospectus has been issued of the Harden Future Goldmining Co., No Liability, to work a block of land immediately adjoining the…

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