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Mining & the mines, 1912

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Victorian Labor News. Gold Miners' Wages. Scandalous Board Award. General Discontent with Its Provisions

The Worker · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 9

Little was expected by miners in the Improvement of their conditions from the work of the Gold Miners' Wages Board, and less has been received. The…

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Maitland Collieries. Uneasiness As to General Strike. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 2

Much ancasiness prevails throughout the Maitland district lest the extremists should induce the clippers and wheelers to cause a general…

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Wyalong Mining Disaster

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 2

The public meeting convened by his Worship the Mayor, Alderman Dobney, at the Town Hall last night was but poorly responded to. His…

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Further N.s.w. Mining Enginedrivers' Award

The Worker · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 26

An award, the fifth made by the N.S.W. Engine Driving and Firing (Sundry Industries) Board, is gazetted under date January 24, 1912, and is to enduro for…

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Rich Mine. £10,500 Worth of Gold. Two Picks Earn £9,000 Profit

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 3

It is questionable whether a more remarkable mine that that of the Long Tunnel, at Gundagai, exists in any other part of the Commonwealth…

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Trifling Cause. Minister for Mines and the Strike. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 2

Mr. Edden, Minister for Mines, states it is a thousands pities the Brisbane Tramway Co. had not more sense than to disallow the employees…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 9

It is reported that a new quartz vein has been opened out at a depth of 60 feet on the old Scandinavian lease at Hill End, N.S.W…

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The Toll of the Mines. Some Broken Hill Figures, Facts and Fatalities

The Worker · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 5

There were twenty-three fatal accidents along the Broken Hill line of lode last year. And there were probably ten times its many, more accidents of a more or less…

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The Storage of Coal

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 3

Experiments have been made in Germany, says the "English Mechanic," with a view to ascertain the best means of preserving coal from…

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Crisis in England. Miners' Conference. Men Ignore Agreements. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 2

The National Conference of Miners reached a crisis owing to Mr. Edwards, M.P., president of the Miners' Federation, stating that the miners…

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Killed in Train Smash. One of Eight Miners Injured In Welsh Collision Dies in. Hospital

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 6

One of the eight miners injured in a train collision near Dowluis on Saturday died in hospital at night (says a London paper of November 26)…

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Wyalong Mining Disaster

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 2

The entertainment in aid of the bereaved ones connected with the late mining disaster at Wyalong takes place at the Pastimes Picture Gardens, on…

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Local and General News Wyalong Mining Disaster Fund

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 2

At the Municipal Council meeting on Thursday night a letter was received from the Executive Committee of the Now South Wales Public Disaster Relief…

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Miners' Conference

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 2

Delegates representing 41,000 of the Derbyshire miners met in a conference at Chesterfield. The discussion was very healed. It was pointed…

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South Greta Colliery. Unionists on Strike. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 2

Serious trouble occurred at the South Greta colliery to-day owing to the employment of non-unionists. Unionists struck this morning,…

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Wyalong Mining Disaster

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 2

The public are reminded of the entertainment to be held at the Pastime Picture Gardens this evening in aid of the widows and orphans…

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Coal Miners. Minimum Wage Difficulty. Threaten an Early Strike. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 2

The Miners' Federation has resolved that a settlement of the difficulties between the men and the coal owners is impossible unless the principle of…

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Wyalong Mining Disaster

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 2

A picture and variety entertainment in aid or the Wyalong Mining Disaster Fund was held at the Pastime Picture Gardens on Tuesday evening, and…

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The Newnes Industrial Dispute. Miners Offered Reduced Rates

The Worker · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 20

It is stated that during the conference regarding hewing rates at the Newnes mines of the Commonwealth Oil Corporation, the company offered 5s. 9d. per ton…

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Miners' Dispute in England Minimum Wage. a Serious Crux. Notice Given to Stop. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 5

The Miners Federation has resolved that a settlement of the points at issue with the coal owners is impossible unless the principle of the…

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