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Mining & the mines, 1912

6,172 stories in Sydney's papers · page 79 of 250

Money-lenders Hold Up. Gold Got at Revolver's Point. Escape of Desperado

The Sun · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 4

A Bristol moneylender's office has been the scene of a dramatic incident that might have figured in a story by Bret Harte. The moneylender-- Mr. Morse, who…

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Disillusioned Miners. Dreamed of a Golden Age. Reckoned Without Their Host. Governments Difficult Problem. London

The Sun · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 8

Realising that there cannot be any settlement of the great coal strike just yet, the nation is calmly facing another week of industrial warfare…

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Oil Ousting Coal. Great Developments in America. Warning to New South Wales Honolulu, Feb. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 8

In spite of the fact that Hawa[?] is close to California, where all the cheap oil fuel for steaming purposes comes from, Newcastle coal is used almost exclusively by the…

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All in Vain. Negotiations Fail. Coal Conference Abortive. Government to Introduce a Bill an Underground Minimum

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 9

LONDON, Friday Evening.--Negotiations between the miners' representatives and the coal- owners have been broken off. The Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, has decided…

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Menace to Health. Mining and Water Supply. Pollution of the Murrum- Bidgee Strong Tuotest From Wagga

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 10

WAGGA, Sunday.--The Kyamba Shire Council at its last meeting strongly deprecated the action of the Mines Department in granting sluicing leases up stream in the Murrumbidgee,…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. Coal Crisis. the Minimum Bill. Fierce Debates Anticipated Owners and Their Contracts. Riots and Free Fights

Evening News · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 8

LONDON, Sunday Evening.—Many mis[?]owners are asking that a class be inserted in the Bill the Government proposes to bring in order is pett[?]e the strike, to enable them to very or…

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Strike and Starvation. Horrors of the Coal War. Two Millions and a Half Idle. Thousands of Famished Families. Meat and Vegetables a Luxury. London

The Sun · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 1

So far there has been a remarkable absence of violence among the miners on strike, but there are now indications of more serious outbreaks, in the Lanarkshire district. That…

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Work at the Collieries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 12

The fortnight just passed has been a fairly busy one in the colliery industry. Ten pits worked full time, and 13 others secured eight days and over during the period. Details of…

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Miners' Troubles Settled

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 14

LITHGOW, Monday. -- A conference was held a day or two ago between representatives of the Oakey Park miners and the manager of the mine, in reference, to the recent discharge of a…

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The Coal Crisis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 8

The industrial crisis in Great Britain is now a malignant growth, whose development daily gathers speed. The summary furnished by [?] cables is, of necessity,…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. Tense the Coal Crisis. Rush Legislation. Loss of Wages, £5,658,000. Miners Raid Coal Vans

Evening News · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 8

LONDON, Monday Evening.—The premier, Mr. Asquith, stated in the House of Commons that he would introduce the Minimum Wags Bill to-morrow, and that is was highly…

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Gold for China

Evening News · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 6

The Japanese mail [?]tasmer Fawata Mar[?] which leaves Sydney at noon to-morrow for Japan, via ports, takes a shipment of sold, comprising 10 boxes valued at £18,624, shipped…

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Founds of Gold

The Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 9

A nugget of gold which weighed 9½lb. has been obtained from Endacott and Blane's claim at Merrendee…

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Gold and Prices

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 11

F. F. P. writes:— Sir,—Your correspondent, "Economist," amid a mass of argument, which you have disposed of too effectively to need any further comment, seeks to dismiss…

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Mining. Bathurst

Evening News · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 5

Mining matters, with the exception of foasicking, are very brisk in the Bathurst district at present. At Napoison Reet, the mine known as the Mosquite Reef had been taken over by a syndicate, and…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 13

The Associated Gold Dredging Company rePorts a yield of 112oz for a run of 239 hours. The Victoria Araluen Company, for the fortnight ended March 16, obtained 56oz gold…

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Coal and Other Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 12

The following vessels cleared at the Customs House—Strathgarry, s. for United Kingdom of Continent, via Adelaide and Port Pirie,with 750 tons' bunkers and through cargo; [?]…

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German Coal Held Up

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 9

Dockers at Middlesbrough refused to discharge a cargo of German coal for the municipal gasworks…

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More Coal From Newcastle

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 4

The barques Lysglimt, Lynton, and Obotrita have been chartered to load coal at Newcastle for the West Coast of South America…

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Broken Hill South Mine. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 13

At the Broken Hill South mine last week section D2 winze from the 826ft level was deepened 7ft to [?], and the bottom is in fair-grade sulphides. The rise from the 970ft…

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