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Mining & the mines, 1910

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Bendigo Mines and Dividends. a Fat Year for Owners. a Lean One for the Miner

The Worker · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 9

The Bendigo mining field has, since 1851 to the end of the year closed, yielded the capitalist owners 19,020,877oz. gold, or 582 tons, of the total value (estimated at £4…

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English Coal Troubles Shift System Objected To. Over 20,000 Men Idle. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 2

Upwards of 20,000 miners are now idle in Northumberland and Durham as the result of the dissatisfaction evoked by the shift system…

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The Coal Strike Still On. Wade Government Makes Another Blunder. Prosecutions Under the Coercion Act.—peace Prospects Again Blighted

The Worker · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 15

Another series of prosecutions of union loaders has been launched. The Coercion Act, which was forced through Parliament at the close of last session, is being put…

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New Goldfield in Papua

The Worker · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 19

While malarial fever and other drawbacks prevent any great influx to Papua of miners or others from the mainland, there is an interesting official report to…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 3

The Lady Clare Company, at Donkey Hill, has resumed work after the holidays, and intend shortly to commence sinking their shaft, is…

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The Coal Strike. Mr. Bowling Active. Is the Strike nearly over?

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 2

It is now definitely announced that no more work will be done at the Ebbw Main and Young Wallsend mines during the continuance of the…

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Coal Short at Broken Hill. 1500 Miners Compulsorily Out

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 2

Fifteen hundred miners are out of work at Broken Hill owing owing to the stoppage of South Broken Hill and Block 10 mines through the coal strike…

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English Coal Mines. the Trouble Extending. Men Determined. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 2

Seven thousand additional miners are idle in Northumberland and Durham as the result of the general dissatisfaction with the shift system…

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70,000 Miners Idle in England. London, Jan. 7

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 2

Seventy thousand miners are idle in Northumberland and Durham. The coal owners expect a settlement of the trouble, but the miners' executive are…

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The Coal Strike. Explanation by Mr. Lee. Strike Funds Low. Southern Miners to Ballot. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 3

"THE rash statements being made by desperate men involved in the coal strike," says the Acting-Premier," are not likely to have much weight with…

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The Gains of the Coal Strike. to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 3

Sir,—Now that this great coal strike is drawing to its inevitable close, some of the metropolitan papers are trying to count up the losses…

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Wages Board. Will the Miners Accept? Judge Scholes' Advice. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 2

When the Compulsory Wages Board met at Newcastle to-day Mr. bowling asked for an adjournment for a fortnight to enable miners to decide by…

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The Strike. Japanese Coal. Non-unionists Strike. Wages Too Low. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 2

About sixty non-unionists went on board the steamer Mooltan this morning for the purpose of handling the Japanese coal by the Poona but came…

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Actual Flowers Changed Into Gold

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 6

In more than one direction nowadays science is producing results that would have amazed Cagliostro and all the old alchemists who…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 9

Another good gold find has been found on Gerards Creek, Drake, N.S.W., some considerable distance south of the previous find…

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Charged Under the Coercion Act. Miners' and Coal Lumpers' Officers. "Nothing Against Their Characters."

The Worker · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 23

The prosecution under the Coercion Act of P. Bowling and D. Hutton (Northern Miners' Federation) and J. Butler and W. O'Connor (Coal Lumpers' Union) on a…

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Colliery Proprietors Meet "Strike Not Mentioned."

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 3

A meeting of the Colliery Proprietors' Defence Association was held to-day, but no information could be obtained an to the nature of the business discussed…

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Coal for the Railways

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 3

The supplies of coal for the railways are now fairly good, and with equipments to arrive any day the department expect to be able to spare enough to set…

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Coal Trimmers Strike. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 3

The coal Trimmers Union decided at a [?] this morning to trim no [?]…

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The Gold Yield. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 2

The gold yield of N.S.W. last year was valued at £869,546, showing a comparative decrease of £83,000. The total gold output to the end of last…

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