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Mining & the mines, 1912

6,172 stories in Sydney's papers · page 75 of 250

The Coal Strike. Minimum Wage Principle. Latest Conference. Miners' Firm Attitude. London, March 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 9

The executives of the coalowners and the miners have conferred with the Premier (Mr. Asquith), the President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Sydney Buxton), and Sir G. Askwith…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 11

The Great Britain Sluicing Company's Moore's plant cleaned up, after sluicing 409 hours, for 12 tons l0cwt. of tin ore. At Buchanan's tin mine, Martin's shaft was…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 13

Mount Lyell Company has consigned 1027 tons of blister copper during the current half-year. Sungel Raja plant worked 5-10 -hours for 10 tons of the oxide…

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Gold Shipments. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 11

Gold shipments by the Marmora amounted to £162,013, as follows:—P. and O. Co., £7000 for London; English, and Scottish Bank, £150,000 for Bombay; Commercial Bank, £5013 for…

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For Oil Fuel or Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 10

The steamer which Messrs. John Brown and Co., Clydebank, have contracted to build on behalf of the Union S.S. Company, Ltd., of New Zealand, will be 522½ feet long, 66 feet beam, and 37½ feet depth…

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Northern Miners. Will the Government Take Action?

Evening News · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—The decision of the coal owners yesterday to meet the miners in conference on the question of the abolition of the second shift has dispelled the general…

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Broken Hill Junction Mine. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 11

At the Broken Hill Junction mine last week the work of opening out one set above the 400ft sill was proceeded with, going east. A lode of splendid milling ore is said to be…

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Colliery Crisis. Position More Hopeful. Proprietors Split. a Serious Difference

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 9

NEWCASTLE. Wednesday.--Although the Proprietors' Defence Association, at the meeting held in Sydney to-day, has decided to accept tho proposal for a conference with the…

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Agriculturalists, Miners, and Tradesmen. Contingent for New South Wales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.--The steamer Pakeha has sailed for Australia with 1150 immigrants for New South Wales. These include 200 agriculturalists, 25 Cornish miners, and 60…

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Coal Conference. Hopeful Report. District Agreements. at the Earliest

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 10

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The Miners Federation has offered to negotiate with the owners in the various districts for a settlement on all points at the earliest date…

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Mining in the State. Forest Reefs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 11

Messrs. Harrison, Johnson, and two others have disposed of their local claim for £1400. The buyers, after the lease is transferred, contemplate further sinking to 200ft, as well…

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"On All Points." Offer by Miners' Federation. March 13, 12.50

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 9

The Miners' Federation has offered to negotiate with the owners in the various districts for a settlement on all points at the earliest moment…

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"Nationalise the Mines." Welsh Clergyman's Views. Attack on the Capitalists. London

The Sun · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 8

In addressing a meeting [?] the Welsh miners, the Rev. Meredith Morris, vicar of Clydach Vale, and he believed in the nationalisation of the mines and the land…

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Mining. London Market Very Firm. Australian Exchanges Follow Suit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 11

There was no doubt or hesitation about the market yesterday morning, and telegrams from Adelaide and Melbourne showed that the Stock Exchanges of those cities were equally…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. District By District. Settling the Coal Strike. Result of Conference. General German Strike

Evening News · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 8

LONDON, Wednesday Evening—Mr. Albert Stanley, M.P. (Labor) for North-West Staffordshire and agent of the C[?] Midland Miners' Federation, stated that the…

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The Coal Miners' Strike in England. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 14

Sir,—The article dealing with the coal strike in Great Britain, which appeared in your Tuesdays issue, is somewhat misleading, and as I am fully cognisant of affaire in the South Wales coalfield (having occupied…

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Collieries Situation. Conference on Tuesday. Truce in the Meantime

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The situation in the colliery industry has resolved Itself into a truee, during which both sides are merely waiting for 1,10 conference, which has now been fixed for…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 13

Black Range main shaft has been stink below No. 10 level, 227ft. The stone, 30in. wide, value[?] At No.6 level, the south drive has been extended 25ft. The stone is 1ft wide…

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Mining. Barriers Irregular

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 13

Most of the Broken-hill lines met with a loser tone on the Sydney mining market yesterday- British (old) weakened to 53s Od, com[?] with their former level of 54s 6d, and…

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The Coal Strike in Britain

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 6

The one pleasant feature of the British coal strike is the way in which those affected have behaved themselves. Everything is very quiet in the…

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