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Page 307
... miners are paid by scale , increasing in proportion to the quantity of coal sent up to the pit mouth per week . Thus , if a miner should send up twelve tons per week , he is entitled to payment at the rate of 5s.6d . per ton for large ...
... miners are paid by scale , increasing in proportion to the quantity of coal sent up to the pit mouth per week . Thus , if a miner should send up twelve tons per week , he is entitled to payment at the rate of 5s.6d . per ton for large ...
Page 341
... miners , that their calling and pursuits did not permit of their being resident for the specified time in any one district , yet under present circumstances a liberal interpretation of the clause of the Act would enable the miners to ...
... miners , that their calling and pursuits did not permit of their being resident for the specified time in any one district , yet under present circumstances a liberal interpretation of the clause of the Act would enable the miners to ...
Page 627
... MINERS ASSOCIATION FORMED In February 1872 a union of miners was formed at Sandhurst ( later Bendigo ) in Victoria to improve working conditions in the gold mines . The men hoped to secure an eight - hour shift , to safeguard current ...
... MINERS ASSOCIATION FORMED In February 1872 a union of miners was formed at Sandhurst ( later Bendigo ) in Victoria to improve working conditions in the gold mines . The men hoped to secure an eight - hour shift , to safeguard current ...
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