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Mining & the mines, 1909

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Other Mining Troubles a New Difficulty at South Greta

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 8

WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.--When the district officers reported the result of their interview with the manager of the South Greta Colliery, to the meeting of the men on…

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N.z. Coal Mines Closed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 9

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.--The coal mines at Huntly and Whangarel are at a standstill. As supplies in Auckland are short, it is expected there will be an immediate increase in…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 10

Business will be resumed as usual this morning on the Sydney and inter-State Stock Exchanges, otter the Christmas recess. The gold yield of the Araluen Valley dredge…

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Greta Colliery Trouble. Fixed Up Again

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 8

WEST MAITLAND, Monday.--As the result of the visit of the district officers, the temporary difficulty at South Greta colliery, which cropped up on Saturday, was satisfactorily settled, and…

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Mining. Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 9

The Araluen Valley Gold Dredging Company report a yield of 61oz of gold for the week. For the five and two-third weeks ended December 31 the B.H. South Company treated…

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Other Miners Join In. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 6

The Hikurangi coalminers are refusing to submit to the medical examination, and were not allowed to enter the mine to-day. About 250 men are idle at Taupirl. The miners…

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Carcoar Ironstone Mines. Carters on Strike

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 3

CARCOAR, Tuesday.—The carters engaged at G. and C. Hoskins' Carcoar ironstone mines struck work on Monday owing to refusal of Mr. Hoskins to grant them an increase in wages…

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Colliery's Narrow Escape. the Town Surrounded. Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 8

Yesterday was the hottest day for four years, the thermometer recording 117 degrees. The heat was intensified by a number of bush fires all round the town. The fire brigade…

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Newcastle. Coal and Other Exports. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 10

The following vessels cleared at the Customs house to-day:—Muniara, s, for Gilbert Islands, via Svdney, with 700 tons bunkers; Romata, s, for Wellington with 2950 tons coal…

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Proprietary Mine Closed Down Workmen Mobbed Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 7

Thirty of the police were withdrawn from the Proprietary mine this morning. Nearly all the men engaged there have been paid off. When they left the mine they…

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Coal Loading at Newcastle. M'myler Holst at Work

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The new M'Mylor coal hoist installed by the Railway Commissioners at the dyke commeced operations tills morning, when the Union Company's…

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Miners and Phthisis The Question of Compensation Deadlock in New Zealand

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 6

The N.Z. Workmen's Compensation Act makes miners phthisis a complaint for which compensation is payable. This seems a just and reasonable thing from the…

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Miners' Complaint. Serious Situation in New Zealand. Men Decline to Be Examined

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 9

WELLINGTON (N.Z.),--Monday.--The Inangahua Miners' Union unanimously endorsed the recommendation of the federation that the men do not submit to examination for pneumonimocosis…

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Strike at Carcoar. Draymen Come Out. at Whitney Iron Mines. Carcoar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 6

The draymen at the Whitney iron mines, two miles from Carcoar, came out on strike this morning for higher wages. On Friday last, the fortnightly pay day, they asked the…

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Broken-hill Upheaval Miners and Police. Officers Stoned and Retreat Threaten to Draw Revolvers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 8

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--A sensational development occurred in connection with the Proprietary trouble this afternoon. After the men had been paid seven officials…

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Riot at Broken Hill. Mine Officials Attacked. Saved by a Women. Police Stoned by the Crowd

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Tuesday Morning.—Great excitement prevailed yesterday afternoon when the men who had been working at the Proprietary Mine during the holidays were paid off…

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Second Edition Further Barrier Riot. Mine Officials Maltreated. Under Protection of the Union. Medical Man Turned Back. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 7

Excitement has run high all this afternoon, The crowd has already got beyond control because slight official notice was taken of this morning's happenings. The Proprietary…

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Barrier Riot. Railway Line Blown Up. Police Hooted and Stoned. They Save the Situation. Mine Officials Jostled. Proprietary Practically Deserted. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 7

To-day has been a day of excitement. Early in the morning an outrage was committed. A portion of the railway line leading to the mines was blown up. The incident…

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A Promising Centre. Gold-copper Mines. Millthorpe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 11

A mining centre which promises to become an important one in the near future is the locality known as Slattery's Creek, about seven miles from Millthorpe. The Calvort copper…

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Teralba Mining Award. Meeting of Miners. Award Not Satisfactory. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 7

A combined meeting of miners or the Teralba district was held at Teralba this evening to discuss the award delivered on Thursday last by the Royal Commission…

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