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Mining & the mines, 1911

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Broken Hill Miners. Statement by Minister for Works. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 September 1911 · page 3

The Minister for Works, referring to the resolution passed by the Broken Hill Miners' Association, calling upon him to resign, stated that the great…

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Miners Indignant. Mr. Griffith Called to Account. Personal Explanation Demanded. Broken Hill

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 September 1911 · page 3

A large meeting of the Amalgamated Miners' Association on Sunday carried the following resolution:—That the association is appalled at,…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 7 September 1911 · page 31

The Cobar A.M.A. executive decided that on and after September 1 no unionist will be allowed to work with a nonunionist or an unfinancial member of the…

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Sydney Coal-lumpers. Demand More Wages

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 September 1911 · page 2

The Sydney coal-lumpers are demanding an increase in wages, which, if not conceded, may result in a strike…

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The Coal Strike. Situation at Newcastle. a Strong Leader Wanted. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 September 1911 · page 2

The mining situation at Newcastle is unaltered to-day. The wheelers on strike are talking of forcing those who are still working into line with…

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Crisis Approaching. Mining Trouble Spreading. Forcing the Wheelers. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 September 1911 · page 5

The mining situation at Newcastle has experienced no material changes since yesterday. If anything the crisis is more acute on account of the…

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Local Mining Returns

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 3

The following is an extract from the Report of the Mines Dept, for 1910.-- Batlow Division…

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Miners Strike. Cost to the Unions

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 2

The strike of Rhondda Valley miners cost the South Wales Miners' Federation £100,000 and an additional £75,000 was contributed by…

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Mining News. The Long Tunnel. Another Rich Find. At the 250 Feet Level

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 4

THERE was another flutter of excitement in Gundagai on Wednesday over the new find at the 250ft level in the north end of the winze in the…

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Newcastle Collieries a Grave Outlook. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 2

The position at Newcastle is unchanged, but the outlook is grave. Not only the leaders but the rank and file of the Miners' Federation are…

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Two Miners Killed. Drop Several Hundred Feet. Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 2

Two minors named Murphy and Marchetti, employed at the North mine, Broken Hill, were ascending the shaft in a cage at the find of the…

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Miners' Deaths. Fall Down Pit Shaft. Bodies Shockingly Mutilated. Broken Hill

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 4

Two miners, Michael Murphy and Marschitti, met with awful deaths at the North mine, Broken Hill, to-day. They and five companions were…

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Newcastle Miners. General Strike Almost Inevitable. Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 September 1911 · page 2

A meeting of Wallsend miners has rejected the delegate to the Board's advice that the wheelers should resume work. The miners' district…

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No Room for Miners. Australian Message to Mr. Keir Hardie. Alleged Mis-statement by Mr. Fisher. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 September 1911 · page 2

A cablegram has been received by Sir George Reid, from the secretary of the New South Wales Miners' Federation, asking that Mr. Keir Hardie…

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Financial Panic. Big Falls in Bank and Mine Shares. Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 2

The news of the Bourse panic has spread to the provinces and brokers have received shoals of telegrams in instructing them to sell at any price…

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Recalcitrant Miners. Refuse to Perform Wheelers' Duties. Federation Difficulty. Danger of Internal Conflict. Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 2

The delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation is meeting serious difficulty in the effort to straighten out the trouble with the…

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State Parliament. Newcastle Miners' Strike. "Position Not So Critical." Important Statement by Minister for Lands. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 September 1911 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Speaker announced that the address-in-reply had been presented to the Lieut.-Governor…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 14 September 1911 · page 5

Last month Broken Hill exported minerals valued at over a quarter of a million pounds. Nothing much is doing at Rockley,…

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New Zealand's State Coal Mine. Success of Government Enterprise

The Worker · Thursday 14 September 1911 · page 30

The State coal mines of New Zealand, which capital in New South Wales has persistently cited as an example of the failure of Government business…

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The Murder of Miners

The Worker · Thursday 14 September 1911 · page 13

According to the report of the British Chief Inspector of Mines for 1910, that year was a record one for fatalities to miners. These are called deaths from…

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