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Mining & the mines, 1910

6,749 stories in Sydney's papers · page 77 of 250

Powlett Coal Leases. Melbourne, Saturday Night

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 20 February 1910 · page 3

The Secretary for Mines cannot yet say whether the Sydney syndicate is taking up leases of the coal mine at Powlett, though among the leases applied for is one called…

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Short Hours and the Exportation of Coal

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 February 1910 · page 6

A leading Federal politician lately urged the coalminers of New South Wales to shorten their working day, the present length of which was the cause of the…

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Millionaire's Palace. Mine Owner's Home Cost £1,400,000

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 20 February 1910 · page 2

The magnificent Fifth-avenue palace of ex-United States Senator W. A. Clark, the finest private residence in the United States, is now ready for occupancy, after having taken seven…

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Victorian Miners. Support a Wages Board. MELBOURNE, Saturday Night

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 20 February 1910 · page 8

At to annual excursion of the Balarat miners to Melbourne speeches were delivered strongly supporting a miners' wages board and a tribute agreement…

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The Northern Mines. Situation Still Gloomy. Newcastle, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 February 1910 · page 7

Until the result of the ballot is made known on Monday next it is difficult to say what the Wages Board will do on Wednesday. The position at present is…

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The Barrier Mines. Brighter Prospects. Broken Hill, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 February 1910 · page 7

The prospects of Broken Hill mines to-day look better than they have for months past. Coal is coming forward freely, and although portion of it is of poor quality…

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Victorian Mining Matters. Melbourne, Saturday Night

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 20 February 1910 · page 1

The Mines Department has ac[?]pted a lender for the election of 50 miners' cottages at the Powlett coalfield. A temporary railway line between…

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For Business Men Finance, Commerce, Shipping, and Mining. "Enterprises of great pith and moment." -- Shakespeare. Busy Man's Budget. Items of Interest

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 20 February 1910 · page 14

"Trade is the goldon circle of the globe." -- COWPER. "That clerk of yours seems to be a hard worker." "Yes; that's his speciality." "What,…

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Southern Collieries' Workers

Evening News · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 3

Judge Heydon, sitting in the Industrial Court this morning, gave judgment in the application made by the A. and A. Company and southern collieries' proprietors to vary the…

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Gold Miners' Return. Fresh From New Guinea

The Star · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 6

The now Dutch steamer Van Heemskerk, flying the flag of the Royal Dutch Packet company, arrived from Batavia tills afternoon and berthed at Woolloommooloo Bay…

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Southern Miners' Board

The Star · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 5

The Southern Collieries (miners, &c.) Wages Board resumed its sittings this morning at 54 Young-street, Mr. W. Edmunds presiding…

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Southern Collieries Workers' Board. Varying the Constitution

The Star · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 4

Judge Heydon gave judgment this morning in the industrial Court in the matter of the implication by the A.A. Co. and Southern Collieries to vary the constitution of the…

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The Coal Mines. in the South. Mines Working Briskly. Opening New Properties. Probable Mediation at Clifton. (From Our Special Reporter.) Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 10

Considering that the miners on the South Coast have been out of work for over three months, the manner in which they rallied together in getting coal in the first week of…

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This Bulga Copper Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 6

Mr. G. Gander, at Lucknow, writes as follows:—"The report re Mount Bulga Copper Mine in your issue of 11th inst is not altogether correct, and I trust that, in fairness…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 6

Stoping has been resumed in the central stope of the 410ft level, Girofla section of the Mungana (Chillagoe) Company. Good-quality carbonates are being won. Copper sulphides…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 11

A consignment of 500 tons of concentrates from the South Blocks mine, which is being sent to Port Pirie on account of the Proprietary Company, was unloaded and stacked at Burns,…

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Latest Edition. "Evening News" Office, 4.45 P.M. South Clifton Colliery Work to Resume To-morrow Conference with Mine Manager

Evening News · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 5

There is every prospect that the long-existing strike at South Clifton will be over to-morrow worning. The efforts last week of the Southern Collieries' (Miners) Wages Board to bring…

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Special Mining Wardens

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 6

Mr. James A. Gegg, of Braidwood, writes:— "1 noticed with great pleasure in your issue of February 3 instant a paragraph stating it was the intention of the Government to…

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The Coal-lumpers. Mailboats Coaling

The Star · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 6

The majority of the members of the Coal Lumpers Union were busy Coaling various vessels in port to-day, having superseded the non-unionsts again. There were no fewer…

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Coal Lumpers at the Orontes

Evening News · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 5

The coal lumpers employed at the Orient R.M.S. Orontes Circular Quay ceased work this afternoon for the some reason as that given by their fellow unlo[?]ists at the R.M.S…

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