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Mining & the mines, 1912

6,172 stories in Sydney's papers · page 81 of 250

Late Cable News. Received To-day. "Sticking Plaster." for Coal Strike Cancer. the Coal Mines Bill. No Penal Clauses. Belief Operations in the North. Socialists and Syndicalism

Evening News · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—The wakefield Guardians are granting non-unionists is a week, repayment of which is expected, and 114 The field [?] employing 40,000 hands are…

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Gold and Cost of Living

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 21

An interesting opinion as to the effect of the increased production of gold on the cost of living comes from an American source. "Probably there is no single explanation of…

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Irate Colliers. Paid Upon Coal Vans

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 9

LONDON. Monday Evening.--Three hundred colliers at Burton made a raid upon a number of coal vans, which they overturned, seizing the contents…

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British Broken Hill Mine. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 21

The manager of the British B.H. mine reports for the week ended March 16 as follows:—"No. 2 level (section G16), south drive carries full face fair grade ore; No. 3 level…

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Steel Purse, With Gold Centre Round

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 40

This purse measures nearly 2½in in depth, is worked in two parts, in gold and steel bt No. 6, with fine crochet cotton. In wor the purse the wrong side should be towards…

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Coal Goes Up. the Supply and Demand

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Evening.--The price of coal was advanced is per ton to-day. There is a growing belief that tho Government will suspend the operation of the Eight…

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Miners' Wages. Mistake in the Wording of an Award

Evening News · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 3

Owing to a technical error in the wording of an award under the Industrial Disputes Act with respect to miners wages, a charge which has been laid by an inspector under the Act…

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Buying Gold Watches. Either One Thing or Another

Evening News · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 4

At the Central Police Court this morning before Mr. Smithers S.M. William M'Carthy 21. and Alfred Henry Price 30 were charged with obtaining the sum of £1 18s from…

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Broken Hill Junction Mine. Mill Nearly Ready. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 21

Excellent progress is now being made with the reconstruction of the mill on the B.H. Junction mine, and the management expects the lead mill will be ready for production by…

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Mining News. New South Wales Fields. [?]NDERIE

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 55

Government has granted a further £100 driving on the lode at the end of the at the Ruby Creek Silver- Lead -Mine, Werong. Work is also being done to…

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The Collieries Trouble. Proprietors and Men Confer. Afternoon Shift Question to Be Discussed. Referred to the Joint Committee

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--In accordance with the arrangements made last week, a conference was hold to-day of representatives of the proprietors and the men at the collieries in the…

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American Miners. Averting a General Strike. President May Intervene. Chicago

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 7

One of the Chicago papers says it is probable that President Taft will take a hand in the coal trouble in order to avert a strike on the anthracite fields…

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Let the Buyer Beware. Cheap Gold Watches. City Auction Room Purchases

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 11

"One man was in the pulpit," said Frederick George Bygrave at the Central Police Court this morning. "Was the other down the aisle?" asked…

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The Coal Strike. Minimum Wage Bill. to Be Passed This Week. Ministerial Announcement. London, March 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 19

The Premier stated in the House of Commons this afternoon that he would introduce the Minimum Wage Bill to-morrow. He added that it was highly important that…

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The Billiard Boom. Capfuls of Coin for Cute [?]Ists—george Gray's Gain in Good Gold. London. February 16

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

No wonder Australian boys who can play billiards really well prefer to come in London to take their chances of "getting into the swim' rather than settle down as a…

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Newcastle. Collieries Conciliation Committee. Adjourns Until Tuesday Next

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 15

The sitting of the Collieries Conciliation Committee did not last long yesterday. In accordance with the resolutions arrived at by the conference on the previous day, the chairman…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 11

At the Mount David gold mine, the No. 1 crosscut at the No. 2 main shaft was last week extended 12ft, making the total 126ft. The country being driven through became…

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A Coal-owner's Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 9

Mr. D. A. Thomas, chairman of the Cambrian Coal Combine, in an interview in regard to the Government bill, declared that it did not deal with the underlying cause of the trouble,…

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The Supply of Coal

Watchman · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 2

Professor Engler, director of the Institute of Mineralogy at Berlin, estimates the total reserve of coal in the earth at the beginning of the year 1911 to have been 3,000…

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Coal Trade of Newcastle

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 4

Messrs. Earp Brothers and Company's trade and shipping report for, March, in dealing with the coal trade of Newcastle, states:…

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