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Mining & the mines, 1905

4,906 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 246

Miners Refuse to Work

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Friday Afternoon.—Shipping continues to be adversely affected by the continuance of the wheelers strike. Nine out of fifteen coal-loading cranes at the Carrington…

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Mining Towns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 8

One day it is a desert. Not even the birds or the animals will live there. Or it is away among mountains, which monkeys might climb or a goat clamber about; but you would…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 13

Although much interest was manifested in Stock Exchange quotations yesterday, business was not so keen as on the opening day. The reason probably was that most of the…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 12

The steamer Boverie cleared at the Customs to-day for Melbourne with 6150 tons of coal and 50 tons of coke; the steamer New Guinea for Melbourne with 3350 tons; the steamer Norfolk for London, via Bris…

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Boulder Perseverance Mine. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 13

Surprise is expresaed in local mining circles at Mr. Nichola' late estimate ot the Boulder Perseverance are reserves published to-day. So far there has not been the slightest at…

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Theft of a Gold Pin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 8

Before Mr. King, S.M., at the Water Police Court yesterday, Ernest Wilson (29), labourer, was fined £2 or in default one month's imprisonment, on a charge of stealing a gold pin and bell, valued at 10s,…

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At the Pelaw-main Colliery. a Ballot to Be Taken

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 10

WEST MAITLAND, Friday.--The miners at the Pelaw-Maln held a meeting last night to consider the report from a deputation which waited on Mr. John Brown, one of the…

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Newcastle Coal Strike. Special Sitting of the Arbitration Court. Application by the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Federation. Order Made to Resume Work. Penalties for Non-compliance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 11

In consequence of a notification being received by the Acting Registrar in Arbitration, that a strike of wheelers and others had taken placo in the Northern District, the Court…

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What a Lump of Coal Can Do

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 6

A single pound of coal is capable of producing 236 horse-power, and could do the work of an express locomotive for one-fifth of a minute. In other words, it is enough to…

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West Australian Mines. the Boulder Preservance. Royal Commissioners' Report

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 11

PERTH, Friday.--The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into certain matters connected with the Great Boulder Perseverance G.M. Company has completed its investigations,…

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Gold Prospecting. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 12

Sir,—There is a ring of freshness and wholesome energy about tho proposition contained, in the letter of your correspondent, Mr. Henry Leahy, published this morning,…

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Position in Victoria. Coal Importers Conserving Stocks. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 12

The news which was received from Sydney to-day concerning the decision of the Arbitration Court in respect to the Newcastle Wheelers is regarded in Melbourne shipping…

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Mining in New South Wales. Braidwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 13

The monthly police escort took 906oz 9dwt 14gr of gold to Tarago to-day. During the past year ll,347oz 8dwt 17gr went from here by escort. In addition it is well known that…

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Big Gold Shipment. By the R.M.S. Himalaya

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 7

The P. and O. liner Himalaya, which sailed for London at noon to-day, took a shipment of gold valued at over £66,23[?]. Amongst the gold was a box of Jewellery shipped by the…

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South Australian and Broken Hill Mines. an Ominous Outlook. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 12

Tho Newcastle coal dispute is not at present causing much anxiety. The larger importers at Port Adelaide have been laying in considerable supplies lately, and supplies are…

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Newcastle Mining Troubles. Wheelers Refuse to Work. Appeal to the Arbitration Court. Men Ordered to Resume Operations. Penalties Fob Disobedience

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 10

The trouble in the coal-mining industry at Newcastle was advanced another stage yesterday, when an appeal to the Arbitration Court was made by the Northern Collieries…

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The Mining Reductions. the Situation Unchanged. the Arbitration Court's Order. How Will It Be Met? Probable Application for an Injunction. 'A Very Uncertain Situation. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 11

There was very little change to-day with respect to the wheelers' strike, except that it is getting to be a common opinion that there is on the whole a sympathetic feeling existing…

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Mining News

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1905 · page 2

[Letters marked "Mining" must reach us not later than WEDNESDAY. No notice is taken of anonymous correspondence. The coupon printed in the "Free Information" coloumn must be cut…

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The Chinaman As a Mine Laborer

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1905 · page 8

We have received a pamphlet entitled "Chinese Workers on the Witwatersrand Mines," written by Mr. William Mather, and printed in Johannesburg by the…

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New South Wales Coal in Victoria

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1905 · page 4

One by one the Illusions as to what Federation was going to do for Australia are vanishing, Even the preferential railway rates, which some of the…

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