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Mining & the mines, 1910

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The Coal Supply. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 2

The Acting-premier states that in view of the probability of an early settlement of the strike. additional foreign coal had not actually been…

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Last Stages of the Coal Strike. Peter Bowling Gives In. Cheers for "Peace." 100,000 Tons of Coal Afloat. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 2

Mr. Peter Bowling, the strike leader, at a meeting at Bulli to-day, moved, "That communication be sent to the various lodges, urging them to…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 9

Bealiba, V., Government battery, idle for the past six months through lack of the an milling stuff, has been ordered by Mines Department to be removed to…

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Mount Kembla Miners

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 3

At a meeting of the miners at Mount Kembla it was decided by a email majority that work would not be resumed before an open conference was held…

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The Coal Strike

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 2

All the indications are that the coal strike is practically at au end. From the outset the labor organisations were divided among themselves on the…

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More Miners to Be Prosecuted

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 3

More prosecutions of miners are to take place. The Government has decided to proceed against bine miners in the Kuril Kuril district, under section…

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More Calcutta Coal Arrives. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 3

The steamer Quito, with 4500 tons of Calcutta coal for the N.S.W. Government, arrived this morning. A curious feature about the loading of the steamer…

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The Strike. Coal From Japan. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 2

The steamer Quitto, with a cargo of coal for the Government, arrived this morning. The work of unloading will commence to-morrow…

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The Coal Strike. the £100 fines, further time asked for. Judge Rogers Emphatic

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 3

An application was made to Judge Rogers in the Industrial Court on Tuesday afternoon for an extension of the time allowed for the payment of the £100…

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Mining. Ferguson Bros' Mine

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

FERGUSON BROS are engaged carting 12 tons of stone to the Reefer Battery from their mine at Windowie The mine is commonly known as Purcell and Ferguson's, and has been…

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Gibraltar Mines

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

The re-cellaring of O'Brien's shaft at the Gibraltar mines is nearing completion It has taken somewhat longer than anticipated, on account of difficulty in obtaining timber…

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Bell Bros' Mine

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

Bell Bros are still working at their mine at Laurel, with satisfactory results, and now and again they obtair some excellent specimens which have broken away from the cap…

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Broken Hill Mines. More Closings Possible

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 2

There is even possibility of more of the Broken Hill mines closing down shortly unless the coal strike is quickly terminated. Several of the mines…

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Imported Coal Trouble. Carters Turned Back

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 2

Carters employed by the Redfern Council were dispatched this morning to the steamer Quito, which arrived on Friday, with a cargo of coal…

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The Strike. Miners Seek Conference. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 2

The colliery proprietors to-day received from the Miners' Federation a request for a conference, but state they can say nothing about it till…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 9

Creswick, V., branch A.M.A., notwithstanding the dullness of the district mining, reports last year fairly prosperous. There are now 410 financial members in…

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Collieries Dispute

The Worker · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 9

A dispute occurred last week between the miners and the management of the Austral Colliery Co., Korumburra, and a strike resulted. one of the grievances…

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The Bellbird Colliery. Work Proceeding Quietly

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

The work of removing coal from the Bollbird colliery, which caused demonstrations last week, is now proceeding without interruption…

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Mine Explosions Disaster in America. Hundred and Eighty-nine Miners Entombed. Over a Hundred Bodies Recovered. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

An explosion occurred yesterday in the Colorado Iron and Coal Company's mine at Primero. One hundred and thirty-nine miners…

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The Conspiracy Charges. Miners' Leaders on Trial

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

The hearing of the charges of conspiracy conferred against Bowling Brennan, Burns, Lewis and Gray, in connection with events that preceded…

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