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Mining & the mines, 1904

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News by Cable. [Copyright.] Japan and Russia. No Peaceful Issue Expected. Premium on War Bisks Higher. Japan Buying More Coal

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1904 · page 4

LONDON, January 15, 3 p.m.— The premium on war risks at Lloyd's is now 60 guineas per cent. The "Times" correspondent at Tokio states that, in spite of the negotiations, no peaceful…

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Coal Miners Flout the Arbitration Court

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1904 · page 8

In June last the miners at the Rhondda and Northern Extended Collieries, Newcastle, applied to the Arbitration Court for payment on a tonnage basis, instead of by a yardage rate. The Court…

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Newcastle Collieries. a Delegate Board Decision. NEWCASTLE

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 17 January 1904 · page 1

At the courthouse to-day Mr. Addison. Registrar under the Arbitration Act. granted Indiv[?]dual summonses on the application of the Northern Extended and [?]hondda Collieries…

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Chinese for Rand Mines

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1904 · page 8

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada, refuses to support the protest of Mr. Seddon, the Premier of New Zealand, against the introduction of Chinese to work the Rand mines in the…

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Mining News to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1904 · page 3

[?] must reach us not later than WEDNESDAY. No notice is taken of anonymous correspondence. The coupon printed in the "Free information" column must be cut…

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Rivers of Gold Poured Into Railways

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1904 · page 5

Are there any lessons to Australia in this article from a New York paper on the enterprise of American railway companies? The age of American railway building…

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Japan Orders 40,000 Tons of Coal. London, January 15

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1904 · page 5

Japan has ordered forty thousand tons of coal from Norfolk, Virginia…

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Coal for Japan. a Big Order. LONDON, Saturday, 5.10 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 17 January 1904 · page 1

The "Telegraph" reports that Japan is making inquiries in London with a view to ordering 400,000 tons of steam coal…

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Teralba Colliery Dispute. Meeting of the Employees Federation. the Position Serious, Men Advised to Return to Work. Newcastle, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1904 · page 5

A meeting of the Delegate Board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held to-day to consider the position at the Teralba collieries, where the miners have been…

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N.s.w. Coal for Japan. Government Cable to Commercial Agent. Payment for Captured N.s.w. Vessels

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1904 · page 5

The Government yesterday morning dispatched a cable to Mr. Suttor, the State's Commercial Agent for Japan and China, with reference to the probability of Japan…

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In the "Fifties." Experiences on Australia's Goldfields. a Picture of Bushranger Melville

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 17 January 1904 · page 5

Tales of Australia and the brave days of the pioneer gold seeker are now the province of the novelist who has to rely on past records to provide incidents for his pen. It is…

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The Latest Cable News. "Sunday Times" Special Messages From London. War Must Come, Authorities Agree, But the Czar Talks Peace. Japan Banking Up Coal. the Shadowed Cruisers. Russia and the Dardanelles. [?] War Inevitable in Spite of Negotiations. Verdict of the "Times." London, January 15

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1904 · page 5

The Tokio correspondent of the "Times" reports that, in spite of the negotiations between the rival Powers, a peaceful issue is not expected…

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Important Coal-mining Venture. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 6

Negotiations which have been in progress for some months past have just been completed whereby the Caledo[?] Coal Company has purchased the Ab[?] dare Collieries and Railway Company's properties or…

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Coal Miners' Dispute. Several Men Summoned. [By Telegraph.] NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 6

At the courthouse to-day Mr. Addison, Registrar under the Arbitration Act, granted indivdual summonses on the application of the Northern Extended and Rhondda Collieries…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 9

Day Dawn Gold Mines (C. T) crushed 1352 for 988oz. Victoria Gold Mining Association (Charters Towers). —Crushed 62 tons for 101oz. Corowa Deep Leads G. M. Company's yield for the…

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Export of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 6

Chili was the largest customer for Newcastle coal last week, 23,882 tons having been shipped there in seven cargoes. The only other cargo which went foreign during the week was one of 2300 tons to…

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Gold-dredging Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 9

Jembaicumbene Middle Ground Dredging Company for the week ended on Saturday won 33oz 7dwt 6gr of gold for 113 hours dredging…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 9

The British Broken Hill plant, working 12 shifts to January 12, treated 3042 tons of crude sulphides, which returned 396 tons first concentrates, assaying 62½ per cent, lead, 30oz…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 9

The additional 20 head of stamps, making 80 head in all, will be brought into operation at the Great Fingal towards the end of February. The December gold output from the…

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Newcastle. Mining Matters

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 6

After the Delegate Board meeting on Saturday, Mr. James Curley, the miner's secretary, stated that negotiations were in progress which would, it was thought, end in a settlement of the differences between the…

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