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Mining & the mines, 1910

6,749 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250

South Coast Miners. Wages Board at Wollongong

Evening News · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 7

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday. — The Wages Board sat during the forenoon. Continuing his evidence, J. C. Jones, manager of Keira Colliery, expressed an objection to the miners…

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Miners' Wages Board. Evidence in the South

Evening News · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 3

The Wages Board of the southern, district was opened at Wollongong on Tuesday. J. G. Jones, manager of Keira, gave evidence, and supported the claim for a redaction of 2d in…

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Kalgoorlie Mines. Gwalia South Prospects. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 13

The Gwalia South Company Issues a very satisfactory managerial report for the halfyear ended January 31. It gives the actual ore in sight at 53,756 tons, of the average…

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Eight Hours for Miners. Effect of the Legislation

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Monday "Afternoon.—Sir William Bull, M.P. (Unionist) for Hammersmith, in a letter to the newspapers, says the Eight Hours for Miners Act has caused…

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Mining. Improved Business Prices Steady

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 13

Cabled information received yesterday morning showed that the London Stock Exchange on Monday displayed a steady feeling for most Barrier shares, with…

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Mining. Lead Lower; Barriers Firmer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 15

Lead fell 1s 3d on Monday; but this did not tend to slacken the buoyancy of Barrier shares on the local market yesterday. On the contrary, rates were higher. Junction advanced…

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Delegate Board's Recommendation. Discussed by the Miners. West Maitland

The Star · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 5

At a large meeting of miners at Kurrl Kurrl the delegate board's recommendations were under discussion. A lengthy debate took place on the minute recommending that Mr…

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A Great Tin Mine. Mount Bisghoff's Improved Output. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 13

The earnings of the Mount Bischoff Tinmining Company for the half-year amounted to £22,864. After payment of dividends, and writing off amounts for depreciation, there…

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Newcastle Miners' Wages Board. Men Ask for Adjournment. Ballot Next

Evening News · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday Afternoon.—At the courthouse this morning, the Compulsory Wages Board, Judge Scholes (President) and Messrs. H. S. Forsyth and John Paterson…

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The Coal Strike. Effect on Eastern Trade. Another Ballot Ordered

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 50

As was anticipated, the coal strike has had an unsettling effect upon trade with the East, Mr, J. B. Suttor, Commercial Commissioner for New South Wales, having made that very…

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Japanese Mail. Effects of the Coal Strike. Bloodthirsty Russian Immigrant

The Star · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 7

An early arrival in port this morning was the Japanese mail steamer Yawatu Maru from the East. She had a rather rough trip through the China seas, meeting strong…

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Bulli Indignant. May Go Back on Monday. "Get the Mines Ready"

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 10

BULLI, Tuesday.--"Between two stools we may fall to the groud" is a proverb that fairly expresses the views of the southern miners today when they discussed the southern miners today when they discussed the attitude of the…

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Eight Hours Act. Coal Output Decreased. Workers Dissatisfied. London, Feb. 7

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

Sir William Bull, M.P., In a letter to the newspapers, says that the Eight Hours in Coal Mines Act has caused all-round disappointment…

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Anxious to Resume. Mt. Keira Men Uneasy. Stampede to Mines Feared. Wollongong

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

A meeting of the Mt. Kembla miners was held this afternoon, when there was a large attendance. Mr. Poland presided. A resolution was carried inviting Mr. H. A…

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Mount Morgan Company. Decreased Gold and Copper Values. Increased Tonnage Treated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 13

Despite a falling-off in the value of the contents of the gold ores treated last month by the Mount Morgan Gold-mining Company, together with a decline both in the average gold…

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Latest Edition the Strike. Southern Wages Board. Employing Wheelers on Coal. the Conditions at Mt. Keira. Wollongong

The Star · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 5

The Southern Wages Board continued its sitting at the Courthouse this morning, when Mr. J. C. Jones, manager of the Mount Keira Colliery, continuing his evidence, said that…

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From New Guinea. News by the May Flower. the New Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 9

A cargo of New Guinea cedar, amounting to 57,000 feet, arrived yesterday from Papua, by the barquentine May Flower. The vessel loaded at the Vailala River, which the captain describes…

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State-owned Coal Mines. Labor League's Suggestions

The Star · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 7

At the last monthly meeting of the Hurstville branch of the Political labor league, at which there was a good attendance, the following motions were carried, and the…

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Free Labor at Hebburn Colliery

Evening News · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 8

KURRI KURRI, Thursday.—Twenty-three additional free laborers arrived at Hebburn Colliery to load coal for trucking to Sydney. Subsequently 10 of the man ceased work and left…

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Southern Miners' Ballot

Evening News · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Thursday Afternoon.—The miners' delegate board met to-day at Wollowngong, and decided that a ballot be taken to-morrow on the question of resuming work on…

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