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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

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Coalcliff Getting Ready. an Up-to-date Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 8

CLIFTON. Monday.--Work in connection with the new mine at Coalcliff is proceeding very satisfactorily. The shaft has been sunk 100 feet and bricked, and sinking will be continued…

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"No Award, No Work!" Men Busy at Owen's Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 8

WOLLONGONG,. Monday.--The Mount Pleasant" miners held their weekly meeting this morning, when there was a large attendance. Messrs; T. R. Morgan (secretary), H. Dunlevy…

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The Southern Miners. Confidence in Lodge Officers. Wollongong

The Star · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 4

The Mount Pleasant miners held a meeting of a very stormy nature yesterday morning. Mr. T. R. Morgan, secretary; Mr. H. Dunlcavy, president; and Mr. A. Waugh,…

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Mining in the State. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 10

The directors' report presented at the annual meeting of the Welcome Jack G.M. Company stated that prospecting operations having failed to disclose any payable ore,…

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Foreign Coal Cargoes. Arrangements for Unloading. No Difficulties Expected

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 8

Mr. Lee, the Acting Premier, stated yesterday that the steamer Strathfillah, which arrived on Sunday night, was taken to the Fitzroy Dock yesterday. She was sent there because the…

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At the Quito. Coal for Dredges and Pilot Boats

The Star · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 4

The work of carting the Quito's coal from Walker's wharf was progressing steadily this morning, though it was rumored that three or four carters had been persuaded to turn…

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The Coal Strike. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 8

Sir,—In your leader of to-day you say: "We want to make it plain that there is no penalising of the striker once he has returned to work." Now, I want to ask why should not…

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Unloading the Quito. the Size of the Coal Baskets

Evening News · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 8

Mr. R. F. Hansen, acting secretary Coal Lumpers' Union, writes:—Seeing that the Acting Premier has stated, through the Press, that the Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union had been…

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RAilway Employees on Strike. They Refuse to Load Coal

Evening News · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 3

KURRI KUKRI, Tuesday Afternoon.—Twenty three railway employees of the East Greta Company were sent to Stanford-Merthyr Colliery this morning to load coal for the company…

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Latest Edition. the Coal Crisis. May Work on Monday. Southern Miners' Decision. Good Prospect of Settlement. If Wages Board Meets To-day. Interim Award Asked For. Wollongong

The Star · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

The position in regard to the Southern Wages Board has now became extremely interesting. The district officers, Messrs. Morgan,…

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The Strathfillan Discharging More Coal for the Gasworks Other Vessels Expected

The Star · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

A start was made to discharge the Strathfillan's coal at Cockatoo island at 8 o'clock this morning. After a portion of her cargo is discharged…

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Coal Importations. Arrivals in Nice Sequence. Help for South Australian Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 7

The Acting Premier states that the steamer Strathfillan, which arrived on Sunday night, was taken to the Fitzroy Dock yesterday. She was sent there because the Government had…

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Position at Adelaide. Coal From England. Railway Department Relieved. Adelaide

The Star · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

The anxiety of the local railway department regarding coal supplies has been relieved by the arrival to-day of the steamer Counsellor, with 5700 tons of English coal on…

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The Guthrie in Commission. Coal From the Quito. 700 Ton Bunkers

Evening News · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 4

The steamer Guthrie, of me Burns, Philp Singapore line, after a long delay in port on account of the coal strike, is again in commission, and is expected to leave Sydney to-morrow…

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The Quito's Coal. Carters at Work This Morning. Fuel Foe Private Consumers

Evening News · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

There was a scene of activity at Walker's Wharf, Miller's Point, this morning. After two days of negotiation and disappointment, the carters, who had refused on Saturday…

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The Coal Trouble the Strike Leaders. Charged with Conspiracy. Bowling and Others on Trial

The Star · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 4

The trial of Peter Bowling, William Brennan, Albert Burns, Amram Lewis, and Andrew Gray on a charge of conspiracy in connection with the coal strike, was commenced…

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State Coal Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 50

The Victorian Minister for Mines (Mr. M'Bride) states that the 100 tons of coal was being sent daily by teams to Inverloch from the Powlett River field; but the actual daily…

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Colliery Disaster. Explosion in Colorado. 149 Miners Entombed. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 9

A terrible explosion occurred yesterday in the Colorado Iron and Coal Company's mine at Primero. One hundred and forty-nine miners…

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The Western Coal Mines. Work on Pay Saturdays. Another Difficulty Presented

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 12

After the inquiry before the Western Collieries' Wages Board, presided over by Judge Scholes, closed yesterday, with regard to working certain mines on Pay Saturdays, when the…

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Karitane's Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 10

Yesterday the Union Company's steamers Paloona and Atna were taken alongside the company's collier Karitane, which has been lying in the stream since the commencement of the strike. The Karitane has…

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