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Mining & the mines, 1905

4,906 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 246

Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 13

The directors of Golden Pole have declared a dividend (the 5th) of 6d per share, payable on February 10, to shareholders registered on February 6. The mid-monthly report for…

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The Colliery Strike. Disappointed Strikers. Further Trouble Brewing

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 4

WEST MAITLAND, Saturday men on strike at the Pelaw Mala Colliery have received a communication from the proprietor, Mr. John Brown, intimating that he would not…

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Scheelite Mining at Hillgrove

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 16

HILLGROVE, Friday. -- The scheelite industry in this locality continues to give good returns, and a good proportion of those engaged in this class of mining are doing well. Pease Brothers have taken 8 tons from…

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"Conversions" in a Mine. Revival Meetings Underground

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 8

Underground prayer-meetings are the latest feature of the Welsh revival, commenced some weeks ago by Even Roberts, the young collier. In one mine at Treorchy, a master haulier has…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 12

The American ship Paul Reverie cleared at the Customs to-day for Manila, with 2335 tons of Lambton coal; the steamer Pilbarra, for Noumea and Fiji, via Sydney, with 530 tons of bunker coal; the…

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Newcastle Mining Trouble. Owners Refuse a Conference. Strikers More Determined Than Ever. Miners Holding Aloof. Situation Distinctly Unpromising. One Wheeler Committed for Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The refusal of the owners to meet the miners and wheelers in conference was not altogether a surprise here. The brisk refusal which on Wednesday met the…

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Gold for London. £80,000 by the India

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 11

The P. and O. liner India, which sailed for London at noon to-day, took a big gold shipment for London. She had seven consignments, shipped by different banks, valued in…

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Coal in the Arctic Circle. Interesting Discovery Near Sfitzbergen

The World's News · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 7

A band of enterprising commercial men in Sheffield have lately turned their attention to the Arctic Circle as a means of employing surplus capital…

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The German Coal Strike. Kaiser's Influence. London, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 11

Ten thousand men, in addition to those already reported, have gone out on strike at Westphalia, Germany. The number of men now on strike is 185,000…

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CONTRABAND. Coal Ships Condemned. LONDON, Friday, 2.40 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 1

The Japanese Naval Prize Court has condemned the steamers Rosseley and Lethington, which were captured whilst en route for Vladivostok, with cargoes of coal…

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War Risks. On Coal-Ladan Ships. LONDON,Friday, 2.40 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 1

War risks in connection with shipping freights have increased to 70 guineas owing to the recent captures of cool-laden steamers bound for Vladivostok…

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The Coal Strike in Prussia. Ten Thousand More Strikers. Action by the Kaiser

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Ten thousand more men have struck work in Westphalia (Prussia), where all the coalmines are now idle…

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Selling Price of Coal. a South Coast Estimate. Hewing Rates to Continue. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 11

The general secretary of the Illawarra Miners' Association, Mr. D. Ritchie, is in receipt of the report of the accountant appointed by the Court in connection with the…

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This Afternoon's News. the Coal Trouble. Stoppage of Work at Minmi. [By Telegraph.] NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 11

The principal development in the coal trade, trouble outside' of the police court proscutions has been the complete stoppage of work at Minmi. So far this pit has been…

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Transvaal Gold Output. General Improvement. Progress of the "Chinese" Mines

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1905 · page 5

According to an official return published in the latest South African papers, the November output of gold for the Transvaal. has been officially, declared at…

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Mining News

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1905 · page 2

[Letters marked "alining" 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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Newcastle Strike. Settlement Still Far Off. Port Loses £70,000. 3300 Strikers, 1000 Colliery Employees Idle. Storekeepers Refusing Credit. Newcastle, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1905 · page 5

The strike at the collieries, which commenced three weeks ago, is no nearer settlement. At Brown's Back Creek Colliery, where…

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German Coal Strike. Discussion in the Reichstag. Bulow on Trades Unions. Mere Tools of Party Politics." London, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1905 · page 5

Count von Bulow, Imperial German Chancellor, in the Reichstag last night, referred to the coal strike at Westphalia, where the number of men now…

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Coledale Colliery. Miners' Association Dissatisfied, Woonona

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 6

In conversation with a represejtative of the "Herald" at Woonona yesterday evening, Mr. Ritchie, asked about the difficulty at Coledale, said that things were very…

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Wallarah Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 7

At the adjourned meeting of the miners' delegate board held on Friday, a notice of motion from the Wallsend Lodge was carried to the effect that proceedings should be…

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