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Mining & the mines, 1910

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Hostile Demonstration at Bulli. Mr. Hughes Refused a Hearing. Clifton and Coledale Miners Take a Hand. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 8

The appearance of Mr. Hughes at Bulli this afternoon was responsible for a hostile demonstration on the part of the great crowd gathered to hear the speaker. No provision had…

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Mr. Hughes Down South. Disorderly Meeting. Bitterness of the Crowd. Fight on the Balcony. Miners' Secretary and Holland Come to Blows. (From Our Special Reporter.) Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 7

At Figtree, a centre between Mount K[?] and Mount Kembla, a great crowd gather[?] early this morning to hear Mr. W. M. Hughes air his views on the present situation at the…

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A Gold Mine

The Star · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 11

Sir Thomas Lipton has a keen sense of humor, and tells a good story about a Scotsman who went to a horse race for the first time in his life…

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State Coal Mine Trouble

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 11

The trouble at the State coal mine is satisfactorily settled as the result of a conference between the Minister of Mines, Mr. M'Kenzie, and delegates of the Miners' Federation. The…

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The State Coal Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 11

Advices from Greymouth state that the few outstanding points in the dispute in connection with the new working agreement at the State coal mine have been satisfactorily…

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Seventy Thousand Idle. Through Coal Miners' Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 13

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.—Seventy thousand coal miners are idle in Northumberland and Durham, but coal is dribbling in small quantities to the shipping ports…

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English Coal Strike. Miners Unyielding. London, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 13

Seventy thousand men are idle in Northumberland and Durham. Coal is dribbling in small quantities to shipping ports…

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The Western Award. Vale of Clwydd Colliery. Interim Wages Scale. Miners Dissatisfied. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 13

The interim award of the wages board for the Vale of Clwydd colliery has not given unmitigated satisfaction to the miners. The objection chielly fastens on to the clause…

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The Coal Strike. Position in the South. Question of the Wages Board. Miners Paid for Coal Wollongong

The Star · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 8

Miners who had coal in the Mount Keiramine previous to the strike, and which was moved by the management and shipped the other day, were paid for it at the…

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Dapto Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 14

DAPTO, Friday.—Development work is being pushed on at both West Dapto and Avondale coal mines, over 20 tons of coal being carted daily to the Dapto railway station. The coal…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 16

During the past fortnight, at the B.H. Junction North mine, the 11/20 winze at No. 11 [?] was advanced to 21ft. At No. 13 level the concrete dam at the mouth of the sump…

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Victorian Railway Coal Contracts

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Although the Railway Commissioners are not yet prepared to announce the acceptance of any tenders for the next two years' coal contracts, it is understood…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 17

The Mararoa crushed during December 1632 tons for 1094oz. gold, valued at £3466, and cyanided 1856 tons for bullion, valued at £1174. Mount Lyell has consigned 2006 tons blister…

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Mining Registrar's Suicide

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 14

PERTH, Friday.—Another suicide occurred to-day, when the dead body of Mr. G. F. Schloo, mining registrar of Kanowna, was found at the roar of His Majesty's Hotel. A bottle, which…

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A Gold Discovery. Tenterfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 16

Another rich gold find is reported from Gerard's Creek, Drake. It is a considerable distance south of the previous find…

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[?]Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 16

[?] rather inactive market was experienced [?] morning, but taking into consideration the fact that the prices of copper and lead Showed a decline of 12/6 and 1/3 respectively…

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The Coal Strike. an English Impression

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 4

Commenting on the coal strike, and its effect upon shipping, "Lloyd's Weekly Index," dated December 2nd, says: "Another large cargo of Tyne gas…

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Tired of the Strike. Miners' Mass Meeting

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.-Great importance is attached to the mass meeting of unionists that is to be held to-night from the Grand Hotel balcony, under the auspices of the Labor…

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All That Glitters is not Gold

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 11

"Go!" she exclaimed. "And never speak to me again! " Out into the harsh night he passed, white-lipped and staggering. Beneath a…

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Five Propositions. by Senator Pulsford. Advice to the Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 14

Senator Pulsford lectured before members of the Women's Liberal League last night, and took as his subject, "The Strike and its Lessons…

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