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Mining & the mines, 1904

5,050 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

Export of Newcastle Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 7

It is understood that negotiations are proceeding for regular shipments of Australian coal for the use of the Japanese navy, and that arrangements have already been…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 8

The American ship W. H. Smith cleared at the Customs to-day for San Francisco with 2428 tons of Duckenfield coal; the German barque Undine, for Ju[?]n, with 2709 tons of Wallsend coal; the barque…

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Northern Colliery Proprietors. Strong Resolutions Adopted. "The Men Deserve Prosecution."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 7

A full meeting of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association was held at the boardroom in the City Bank-chambers yesterday afternoon. The mining trouble arising out of…

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Arbitration on Trial. the Teralba Colliery Strikes Proprietors Will Not Prosecute. a Colliery Owners Pronouncement. the Act Only Good for One Side

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 5

"Every time the award is in favor of the men," said a prominent coalowner yesterday, "It is all right, but directly there is an award in favor of the employers, there is a very different…

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Newcastle. Colliery Employees' Federation. Annual Meeting of the Delegate Board. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 8

The annual meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held to-day at the Trades Hall, Mr. J. Bower (president) in the chair. The statement of finances showed that on…

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Broken-hill Mines. Protest by Shareholders. Against Continued Idleness

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 9

BROKEN-HILL., Thursday.-- The inactivity of the North group of mines during the past three years has long been the subject of adverse comment in Broken-hill. Since the new year the situation, as far as Broken-hill…

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Mining in the State. Queanbeyan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 9

Bromley, Baxter, and Wakefield's crushing from the Hard Cut Mine, Gundaroo, gave an aggregate yield of 10oz from 10 tons of stone…

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The Junction North Mine. Meeting of Shareholders. Adverse Criticism. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 5

The inactivity said to have been exhibited by the directorate board of the Northern group of mines has for some time past been a source of irritation on the Barrier, and last…

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Some Opportune Suggestions. Better Mining Titles Wanted. Supineness of Members of Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 5

Mr. D. K. Inglis and Mr. George Robson, of the firm of Messrs. Inglis, Robson, and Co., mining agents, Post Office-chambers, were yesterday interviewed by a "Herald" reporter…

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Chinese Labour. Its Importation for the Rand Mines. a Cable to Mr. Deakin. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 6

Mr. Deakin has received a reply from the Colonial Secretary of the Transvaal regarding the importation of Chinese labour. It points out that unskilled labour in the South…

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Newcastle Mining Situation. Meeting of the Proprietors. "Uselessness of Being an Industrial Union." Warm Resolutions Adopted. Decision Not to Prosecute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 7

The Newcastle mining situation has reached a crucial stage, so far as its hearing on the Arbitration Act is concerned. That the Act has received a severe blow is the general…

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How Mining Is Handicapped. Obsolete Laws and Harassing Regulations. Driving Capital Out of the Country. Another Government Measure Promised. to Be Introduced Next Session

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 5

The correspondence which has appeared in the "Herald" during the last few days commenting on the severe handicaps and disabilities under which those engaged in the…

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Mining

Evening News · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

BENDEMEER, Saturday.—The Scottish Consolidated Tin Mine, at Watson's Creek, shut down some time ago. Owing to the grade of the tailrace net being sufficiently low to unwater the…

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West Australian Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 11

KALGOORLIE, Friday.--It is staled that the North Kalgorli will shortly prospect from the 1000ft. level for the lode that developed so splendidly at the corresponding level of the Kalgurli. Steady work is being done in the…

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N.z. Gold

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 5

The Huddart, Parker liner Westralla, which arrived from Auckland late yesterday, brought 16 bars of gold bullion, valued at £13,500 for transhipment…

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Congo Gold Find

The World's News · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 12

The Congo Department admits that-there has been a rich find of gold in the Congo Free State, but Iwill:not say where. It is believed that the goldfields are-situated…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 13

Considering the hardness of the country rock in the Junction North's oblique northerly crosscut from the main shaft at the 1137ft level, good headway is being made. So…

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Newcastle Mining Situation. Miners Decline to Return to Work. the Labour Point of View. What the Emsloyers Say

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 11

The news reached Sydney yesterday afternoon that the disaffected miners of the Northern Extended Mine had taken a ballot, and had decided by 99 votes to 11 not to resume…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 12

The steamer Mildurs cleared at the Customs to-day for Brisbane, via Sydney, with 200 tons of coal and 58 case, biscuits, the barque Mennock, for Guayaquil, with 1105 tons of coal and 111 tons of…

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