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Mining & the mines, 1910

6,749 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

Calcutta Coal. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

No time was lost to-day by the steamer Irish Monarch in berthing alongside the railway wharf to unload her cargo of Calcutta coal, comprising 6184 tons for the Railway…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 15

Araluen Valley recovered 26oz. 9dwt. gold during the past week. The manager of the Associated No. 1 dredge is suspending work while putting down a few…

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Gold Shipments. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 11

The gold shipments to-day by the R.M.S. Morea amounted to £10,279/2/7, as follows:— Commercial Bank of Australia, 1193oz bullion, value £5054/2/7, for Calcutta; P. and O. S.N…

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A Rich Gold Find

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 54

A report from Hughenden (Q.) states that George Clements and party, prospecting out on the head of the Flinders, have had 91b weight of specimens and stuff, obtained on the boundary…

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Mining. the London Market

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 15

LONDON, Tuesday.--Among the closing quotations on the London Stock Exchange yesterday, were:-- B. H. Block 10, b 76s, 3d s 78s 9d; B. H. South…

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Miners' Relief Fund. Street Band Performances. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

This afternoon the Kurri Kurri miners band arrived in Newcastle, and played a programme of music in the streets, the object of the visit being to raise funds for relief purposes…

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Southern Miners. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

Sir,—To-day we have started the Doginning of the New Year, and let us wish the people of this grand young country (in a truly patriotic spirit) a truly prosperous and happy 12…

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Balmain Coal. Rumors About Re-starting. Necessary Work Only Being Done. the Quality of the Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 15

Considerable excitement was caused yesterday by a rumor, that a start was to be made raising coal from the Sydney Harbor Collieries, Balmain, and that men now on strike who…

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New Zealand. the Gold Export. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

The quantity of gold exported last year was 506,958oz, valued at £2,060,910, compared with 506,423oz, valued at £2,004,925, the previous year…

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"We Want One Leader." Cry of the Southern Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

CLIFTON, Tuesday.--Meetings of the local miners' lodges were held this morning. At the Coalcliff meeting, the attention of officials was drawn to one or two cases of distress. The…

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The Western Miners. Wages Board Meets. Discussing the Award

Evening News · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 5

A meeting of the Western Colliers (Coal Miners) Wages Board was held in the office of the chairman (Judge Scholes), Probate Court Buildings, Chancery Square, this morning. The…

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Steamer Ardmount Brings Sugar. No Surplus Coal Aboard

The Star · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 4

The stearner Ardmount arrived from Java via Adelaide this morning. On leaving Java the vessel had about 6000 tons of sugar aboard. Part of this cargo was discharged…

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Coal for Noumea. Wellington (N.z.), Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

Mr. Johnson, a resident of Noumea, New Caledonia, for the past 20 years, is at present visiting Westport, where he arrived by the French steamer St. Louis. Mr. Johnson is…

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Coal Ship Re-chartered. Loads Wheat at Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

Owing to the strike the Italian ship Antares, a vessel of 1672 tons, which has been at Newcastle since October last, was unable to secure her coal cargo…

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Coal-lumpers Indignant. Confidence in the Bowling Congress

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

The Coal Lumpers' Union is now drawn more and more into the strife. The men have been out on strike for some time, but as there bas been very little coal to handle the strike…

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The Strikers' Mines. All Work Abandoned. Prospective Settlement Suggested

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--It is now stated that work at the strikers' mines has been finally abandoned. The ostensible reason for this is that the Federation has not, so far, secured…

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In Event of Arrests. Miners' Will March to Police Station

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Reference was made at a meeting of the Hetton Miners' Lodge this morning to the lines recently imposed upon 13 members of the delegate board, and to the…

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Colliery Wages Board. the Engine-drivers' Case. Question of a Sliding Scale. Newcastle

The Star · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 5

The Colliery Wages Board (Mr. Edmunds, chairman) sat again this morning. Mr. Mitchell asked that the case for the mecha[?]es be dealt with, and that the…

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Mining in the State. Forest Reefs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 11

A root was opened up at Baghdad, below the junction, on the Bealabia River, by Messrs. Coghlan and Hammers, some two months ago, the prospects then looking fairly well. Work…

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A Word to the Miners. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

Sir,—With your permission I desire to set before the miners of the south and north a few plain observations regarding their present position. As one who has watched the…

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