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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1912

6,172 stories in Sydney's papers · page 82 of 250

Western Miners' Agreement. Outstanding Features

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 6

LITHGOW, Wednesday.--The agreement drawn up between the Lithgow Coal Association and the Western Miners' Association will be considered at a meeting of the district…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

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

Mr. C. F. Courtney, general manager of the Sulphide Corporation, who has just returned from a six-months' trip to England, and who left for Melbourne last night, said…

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The Discovery of Gold in Australia

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 46

In my opinion the most interesting event in history is the discovery of gold in Australia. It is generally referred to the year 1851, but as early as 1814 some conviets,…

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Tasmanian Mining. Queenstown (Tas.)

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

Hopes are now entertained that a third furnace will be started to-morrow, the supply of pyrites from Mount Lyell mine having been increased. The ore being won from the…

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Mining in the State. Forest Reefs

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

Mr. Jaquet, Chief Inspector of Mines, is visiting the district this week, and has inspected Little Cadia and its locality for its ironstone deposits especially. The enormous…

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His Excellency's Impressions. Miners and Bravery. Mr. Edden Finds the Difference

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The Governor-Goneral and Lady Denman were the guests of the citizens at a banquet held to-night. In the Masonic-hall. An interesting feature of the…

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Rushing the Bill Through. Lords Saturday Sitting. Miners Denounce the Measure. London

The Sun · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 1

The Government is anxious that the men should return to work on Monday, and the House of Lords has arranged to hold a special sitting on Saturday in order to…

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Mine Explosion. Ninety Men Entombed. All Believed to Have Perished. New York

The Sun · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 8

Fearful loss of life is believed to have resulted from a colliery disaster at M'Allister, in Arkansas . Through an explosion of gas the San Bois…

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Polluted Water. Startling Statements by Doctors. Gold-dredging Blamed. Wagga

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

At a largely attended public meeting last night, Drs. Warren, Stoker, and Paton emphatically declared that the indescribable liquid now coming into the service p[?] at…

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Latest Cables. the Miners Minimum. Bitter Attack on Ministers. "Surrender to Desperadoes." London

The Sun · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 8

The "Daily Telegraph" makes a bitter attack upon the Government for the way in which it is seeking to settle the coal strike. It's nerveless surrender to the…

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End Drawing Near. Message to Scottish Miners. Probable Resumption on March 31. LONDON

The Sun · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 1

The officials of the Scottish Minors Union in Glasgow have received telegraphic instructions to prepare to resume work on the 31st inst…

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Tin and Diamonds. Mining in Inverell District. Judgment in Equity Suit

The Sun · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 6

Mr. Acting-Justice Rich, sitting in Equity Jurisdiction to-day delivered his reserved judgment in the suit in which Matilda Beveridge and Goddard William Ash were the…

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"A Great Conspiracy." Engineering of Strikes. Minimum Wage for All Trades. Miners Demand Only the Beginning. London

The Sun · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 1

The Minimum Wage Bill, introduced by Mr. Asquith in the House of Commons yesterday, contains only six clauses and a schedule defining 2L coal-mining districts…

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Coal Strike. Minimum Wage Bill. Introduced in the Commons. a Mild Measure. First Reading Carried. London, March 19

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

The House of Commons was crowded this afternoon, when the Prime Minister introduced the Minimum Waga in Coalmines Bill. He said that the Government had decided…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. "An Inadequate Sham." Minimum Wage Bill. Government and Coal Crisis Adverse Criticism. a Make Shift. Tom Mann Again

Evening News · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 8

LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—Discussing the Minimum Wage Bill brought in by the Government as a means of ending the coal strike—the Bill having passed its first reading…

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The Coal Crisis

The Land · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 4

The great coal strike in the United Kingdom continues; all efforts on the part, of the British…

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Coal From Abroad

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 9

Middlesborough is Importing coal from Germany for the relief committee, but the dockers have refused to unload it. The corporation was divided on the question,…

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Miners and [?]Litary Training

Evening News · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, Friday.—A notice of motion from the Balmain Lodge has been received by the general [?]retary of the Minors' [?] to the effect that the [?] min[?] will [?]…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 13

The mine manager of the Cope's Creek Central Tin-dredging Co. advises by telegram that the high pressure nozzle pump burst on March 18. A new one has been ordered…

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Woman Injured in a Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 8

BATHURST, Thursday.--Mrs. Westaway wife of a miner employed at Torbane mine, noar Bathurst, fractured her leg yesterday as a result of trying to extricate her husband from…

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