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Mining & the mines, 1909

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Police Court Cases. Mr. Wade's Effigy. a Proud Witness. Mine to Close Down. Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 2

Two esses were heard in the police, court to-day. William Lane, convicted of using insulting language to the police troopers, was fined 30/ or 14…

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Coal Steamer Wrecked. Crew of Seventeen Perirh

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

The British steamer Tedra, laden with coal, hag been wrecked off Amrum, a north Frisian island, off the coast of Sleswick, Prussia…

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Warden's Court Cancellation of Mining Tenements

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 2

Mr Lyon, warden's bailiff, at the instance of the Mines Department, called upon the following persons to show cause why their mining tenements should not be cancelled:…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 31

Claim holders at Emmaville, N.S.W., are complaining of the scarcity of water, and already several claims are idle. The bismuth mine at Torrington, near…

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New Zealand Notes the Mining Deadlock

The Worker · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 24

As predicted in these notes a few weeks back, the mining trouble on the West Coast reached a crisis with the coming of the New Year. The situation created…

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Coolgardie Goldfields. Story of the Discovery

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 6
Also in Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review

Few mining districts have such a romantic history as Coolgardie (says the "Engineering Magazine"). The leading mining centre, CoolRardie, from which…

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Kerosene Shale. the Wolgan Mines

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 6

Sir William Lyne has returned from a visit to the Wolgan shale mines, more convinced than ever of the necessity for a duty on kerosene. In the…

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Illegal Gold-buying. Fifteen Arrests at Bendigo

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 2

A number of persons including two publicans and a well-known resident, carrying o business in Eaglehawk, were arrested at Bendigo on…

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New Zealand Mining Troubles. "Blacklegs Must Be Removed." Trade Paralysis the Alternative. Wellington (N.z.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 8

The Huntley mining trouble is growing more acute, but the men are waiting quietly till Saturday. It is feared that if war is declared, and…

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Barrier Trouble. Assault on Mine Officials. Miners Charged. Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 2

At the Police Court to-day, Vivien Shipley was charged with having, in company with several others, assalted Reginald Groin, one of the mine officials. He…

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Our Mines

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 2

IN response to the request of miners and others, we have pleasure in urging the Minister for Mines to give his authority for testing local fields by…

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Assault on Mine Officials. Arrest of a Suspect

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 2

The police have at last made an arrest in connection with the cowardly outrage perpetrated on the unoffending officials at the Proprietary mine on…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 17

Mining, is dull at present in the Forest Reefs district, N.S.W., only a few shows being worked. A number of small co-operative parties,…

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Colliery Explosion. Rescue Pabty Entombed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 2

A serious explosion has taken place in the Boswell coal mine, in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Three miners were killed by the…

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Victorian Gold Buyers' Act. Amendments Proposed

The Worker · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 17

Victorian Minister of Mines, Mr. McBride, announces that he will introduce a bill early in the coming session of the Victorian- Parliament to make urgent…

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New Zealand Notes. the Mining Trouble

The Worker · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 23

Excepting for a slight aftermath in the Huntley district, the mining trouble iu tko Dominion is now at at end. In Huntley work has not yet been resumed. Four…

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Mining Disaster Thee Men Killed. Rescue Party Entombed. London, Jan. 27

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 2

An explosion in the Boswell coal mine, Pennsyslvania (U.S.A.), killed three miners. A subsequent fall entombed a rescue party of 50…

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Adelong Mining

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 5

AT Laurel Hill, a syndicate consisting of Messrs, Rutherford, Treweek, Timmis, Jackson, Allen, O'Brien and Leary cleared up the fail race for…

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Broken Hill Trouble Assaulting the Police. Two Miners Sentenced. Mann Released on Bail. Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 2

The hearing of Charges preferred against 23 accused, was commenced at the police court to-day. John Robert Byrne, for an assault on a constable,…

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