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Mining & the mines, 1912

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 17

The Temora syndicate, which took up a lease at Muttama, Cootamundra, N.S.W., have struck a fair thing. It has put up a five-head battery, and has put through…

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Sydney Coal Carters' Hours and Wages

The Worker · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 8

The Trolly and Draymen (Coal Carters) Board's Award was fried with, the N.S.W. Industrial Registrar last week. It provides for a working week of…

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Grahamstown Gold Estates. a Contradiction

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 2

In our last issue was published a statement that the above company had sold its leases to the bucket dredge people on Adelong Creek, and we…

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Miners Troubles. "Too Many Questions Raised." London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 2

Mr. Burt, in a circular to the Northumberland Miners' Association, says too many big complex questions are being simultaneously raised. First…

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The Proposed State Coal Mine

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 5

Though his officers suggested the advisability of making three bores in connection with the search for coal at the proposed Lithgow mine, the…

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English Miners. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 4

A ballot has been commenced among English miners to decide whether there shall be a National stoppage of work to enforce the minimum wage…

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Coal Under Sydney Harbor

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 3

There has been considerable activity at the Balmain coalmine since November 13, when operations were resumed. Driving has been continued…

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Miners and a Minimum Wage a National Strike. London, Thursday afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 2

The English miners have begun a ballot for a national stoppage of work in order to enforce a minimum wage for all underground work…

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Labor Trouble. Threatened Colliery Strike. Masters Resent Outside Interference. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 2

The recent efforts made by the chairman of the Cambrian Combine Collieries to effect peace by a compromise, have been set aside and now…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 26

An important discovery of silver is reported from the Gladstone district, Q., but particulars are meagre and lack official endorsement…

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Tin Mining in Victoria

The Worker · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 20

Tin mining development in Beechworth district, V., was the subject of recent official report by Victorian Director of Geological Survey, E. J. Dunn. Tin mining…

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Illawarra Items. Coal and Coke Trades

The Worker · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 16

With the passing of the Christmas and New Year holiday, the trade of the Southern collieries has once again picked up the buoyancy which…

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Mining Fatalities. Barrier Resolution Rejected. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 2

The Carrier miners have rejected a resolution recently passed that all members of a miners association should cease work for one shift in…

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Gold Yield in Our State in December Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 2

The State gold yield for December shows £11 increase of £36,813 in value over the corresponding month of the previous year, being 18,865 ounces, of…

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The Great Coal Strike

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 2

The result of the ballot at Cardiff on the minimum wage is 7 to 1 in favour of a strike, and 611,000 miners are expected to go out on…

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Un-english Englishman. Miners and Fishermen

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 2

Leaving out the first item, the Cornish toast, "Copper. Un and fish," still expresses the hopes of a large number of the inhabitants, who in the course of…

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Special Cable News. the Great Miners' Strike

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 2

As a result of the miners' ballot on the question of a national stoppage of work, in order to enforce the adoption of the minimum wage for…

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Coal Tar—the Most Protean Substance in the World

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 3

Speaking recently before the Society of Chemical Industry, Mr. H. Schweitzer summarized a number of the products of the coal-tar industry. Since…

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Rush of Gas. Terrible Mining Disaster. a Scramble for Life. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 2

A shocking disaster occurred in the May Queen Gold Mine, Wai[?]i district, this morning. An unexpected rush of gas occurred while the miners…

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Standard of Primary Education. Qualifying Certificate Questions of Public Schools. Gold Watches for the Best Paper on Arithmetic

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 3

Recently over 12,000 boys and girls attending the Public Schools were examined in arithmetic, dictation, English, geography, and history, with the…

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