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Mining & the mines, 1909

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The Coal Strike. Western Miners Working. Drastic Legislation

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 4

Last Thursday night the Government introduced a Bill in Parliament imposing twelve mouths imprisonment without the option of a fine upon any leader…

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Last Stages of the Coal Famine. Working in the West. Plenty of Coal for the Railways. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 2

The western miners will resume work to-day, and when the mines get into full swing they should provide about 2000 tons of coal a day. Most…

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The Union Mines. Miners Object to Strike Levy Newcastle

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 2

The Ebb[?] Main and Young Wallsend collieries, which were being worked by the strikers, are idle to-day. The men have stopped work in order to show…

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English Coal Coming. Newcastle

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 2

Advices were received at Newcastle this afternoon that the steamer Fitz Clarence had been fixed to load a cargo of coal at Newcastle-on-Tyne…

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May Resume Work. Secretary and Southern Miners. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 2

Mr. J. R. Little, general secretary of the A.M.A. has received a communication from the secretary of the organisation's branch of Newcastle…

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Strike Congress. Representatives to Approach Owners. Burwood Mine to Start. Output of 2000 Tons Per Day. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 2

An important meeting of the strike congress was held to-day. A motion was carried instructing all the waterside workers to continue working…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 30 December 1909 · page 4

The increased price of wolfram will start working all the shows in the Torrington district N.S.W. after the holidays…

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Coal Lands a National Heritage

The Worker · Thursday 30 December 1909 · page 11

In America the people are beginning to realise their folly in alienating their coal mines. How like our own monopolists are the American coal, kings is shown by…

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Tribute Mining in Ballarat New Form of Agreement

The Worker · Thursday 30 December 1909 · page 10

The Mines Department of Victoria as drawn up, to be enforced next month, a new form of agreement for mining tributes in Ballarat and district. The agreement…

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Rival Congresses. Miners Willing to Return to Work. Tired of Peter Bowling. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 December 1909 · page 2

The rival strike congresses have now started on a separate campaign. The desire of the congress formed yesterday in simply to frustrate the efforts…

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Mining in Victoria. a Languishing Industry. What the Company Shark Has Done

The Worker · Thursday 30 December 1909 · page 4

Last week Victorian Labor-member McGrath dealt frocefully with company promoters and mining directors whose efforts are chiefly directed to promote…

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The Strike That Hasn't Stopped Northern and Southern Miners Still Out Wade Government Powerless. Coercion Act Practically a Dead Letter.—a Break Away From the Congress

The Worker · Thursday 30 December 1909 · page 11

The most important development of the week in connection with the coal strike has been the secession of the striking Unions from the Strike Congress. On…

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Mining Notes. Gibraltar Mines

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 31 December 1909 · page 2

Perkins Brothers, tributors at Perkins' Shaft at the Gibraltar Consolidated Gold Mines, cleaned up 38tons of stone for 41 ounces of gold. This…

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Lady Mary Mine

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 31 December 1909 · page 2

At the Gap, the work going on at the above mine, under the auspices of the South Australian Investment Company, is of a very important…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 31 December 1909 · page 3

Perkins Brothers, tributes ut Perkins' shalt of the Gibraiter Consolidated Gold Mines, cleaned up 38 tons for 41oz. gold. This tribute is nearly exhausted. It is…

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King Coal Dethroned

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 31 December 1909 · page 8

Electrical Process for Iron and Steel. Coal is no longer king in the smelting of iron, for an epoch-making report from Redding, California, says:…

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The Coal Strike. The Strike Congress Defunct. Law-Breakers Warned. Strikers Fined £100 each. Judge Heydon Speaks Out SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 31 December 1909 · page 2

THIS morning a new development in connection with the coal strike took place. A number of the miners' representative declared that they were…

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