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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 310
... miners were too busy making their own pile to trouble themselves about the Chinese . But a change occurred when the shallow sinkings and surface washings at Ballarat and Bendigo became exhausted , and the miners had to sink deep shafts ...
... miners were too busy making their own pile to trouble themselves about the Chinese . But a change occurred when the shallow sinkings and surface washings at Ballarat and Bendigo became exhausted , and the miners had to sink deep shafts ...
Page 628
... miners ' associations in the colony be amalgamated into one body . 2. That the name of the society be the Victorian Miners ' Mutual Provident Society . 3. The constitution and government of the society . 4. The bye - laws . 5. The ...
... miners ' associations in the colony be amalgamated into one body . 2. That the name of the society be the Victorian Miners ' Mutual Provident Society . 3. The constitution and government of the society . 4. The bye - laws . 5. The ...
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