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Mining & the mines, 1910

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Improving the Mines. Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 8

The officials of the South Clifton and Coalcliff miners' lodge, have made every effort to watch cases of distress among miners. All families have been placed outside the state…

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Unloading Foreign Coal. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 8

Members of the Port Phillip Stevedores' Association did the loading on the R.M.S. Morea, which arrived at the Port Melbourne railway pier from Sydney to-day, having been…

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Coal From Calcutta. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 8

The stemer Irish Monarch, which is bringing about 6000 tons of coal from Calcutta, for the Railway Commissioners, will arrive tomorrow…

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Seventy Years W Coal-pit

Evening News · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 3

Joseph Walton, of Darklands, Swadl[?]ncole, Burton (England), who has recently retired to spend the evening of his life in a house" next to that in which he was born, has achieved the…

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The Irondale Colliery. Only Free Labourers Employed. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 8

With regard to the position at Irondale, another of the Mudgee line collieries, a statement received here states that when the other western mines resumed work Mr. Bottoms,…

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The Coal Strike and Its Lesson

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 12

Now that the coal strike has practically fizzled out, the lesson to be learned from it is easily discernible, and points out all too clearly that a…

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Looking for Coal. a Skipper's Dilemma

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The captain of the steamer Lord Derby, which arrived in Newcastle on December 9, was to-day chasing round with a view to securing 200 tons of coal to take…

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Coal From the South. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 8

This morning the collier Palmerston took away close on 100 tons of slack that had been gathered up by the Mount Pleasant Coal Company whilst cleaning their incline. A…

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B.H. South Mine. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 9

The B.H. South mine mill, for the period from November 21 to December 31, treated. 31,245 tons of crudes, assaying 14.3 per cent. lead, 5.8oz silver, and 13 per cent. zinc,…

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The Strikers' Mines. No Work To-day

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Although the representatives of Messrs. Kethel and Co. expected a start to be made at the Ebbw Main and Young Wallsend mines this morning, the men did not…

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The Coal Strike. Ninth Week. the Outlook. Early Arrival of Government Coal. the Southern Ballot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 7

In a lull in the industrial storm 1909 passed away, and yesterday saw the new year commenced with the coal strike entering upon its ninth week. There was practically no change…

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Eight Hours for Miners. Dissatisfaction in the North

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The operation of the Eight Hours (Mines) Act in Northumberland has evoked some dissatisfaction with the shift system…

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A Coal Ship. Chartered to Load Wheat

The Star · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 5

The big Italian ship Antares returned to Sydney from Newcastle to-day, having been unable to procure a cargo of coal for her outward voyage. The Antares originally…

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The £100 Fines. Will They Be Paid. Miners Prefer Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The impression is gaining ground that the members of the delegate board who were recently fined £100 each will go to gaol rather than allow the money to…

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The Mt. Pleasant Miners. Support the New Congress. Wollongong

The Star · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 4

The Mount Pleasant miners held their usual weekly meeting on Monday morning, when there was a large attendance. Messrs. T. R. Morgan (miners' general secretary) and F…

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Broken Hill Mines. Partial Resumption of Work. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 9

The mines resumed work to-day, with the exception of the B.H. South, which has decided not to open at present, owing to the coal strike, and the B.H. Block 10, which for the…

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When Will It End? Miners Getting Restless. Will Demand a Ballot

Evening News · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday Afternoon.—Opinions" as to the probable duration of the strike are now very much divided. The feeling of the general public is that it will continue till the…

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Hughes and Bowling May Meet. Miners' Meetings To-day. Complications Threatening

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Monday.--Mr. W. M. Hughes, M.H.R., who is expected to cut into the ranks of the followers of the Bowling party, was said by a railway official to have boarded the 5.55…

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Newcastle District Apathetic. No Light Ahead. Strikers' Mines Idle. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 7

The apathy of the whole district in regard to the strike is, if possible, more pronounced since the holidays than it has ever been, and to all outward appearances a settlement is…

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Burwood Extended Mine. No Resumption of Work. Afraid of "Blackleg." Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 7

The proprietors of the Burwood Extended mine stated last week that they intended to start work at the colliery to-day. It was not believed here, however, that their…

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