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Mining & the mines, 1903

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 10

A telegram received from Wollongong on Monday states that the National Colliery, Employees' Federation proposal has been agreed to by the unions of New South…

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Pelaw-Main Colliery. Wheelers to Be Prosecuted. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 13

There was, a special sitting of the Arbitration Court to-day, to determine an application in connection with the trouble at PelawMain, coal mine, near Maitland. The…

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Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 5

An extraordinary meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company was hold at the Royal Exchange, Sydney, yesterday morning for the purpose of considering a…

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Maitland Coal Mines. Stanford-merthyr

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 October 1903 · page 2

Mr. George Leitch, manager at Stanford-Merthyr colliery, having resigned to accept the management of Pelaw-Main, in succession to Mr. Richard Thomas, was on Friday…

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Shale Miners' Lockout

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 October 1903 · page 3

The owners of shale mines in Scotland [?] given notice of a lockout to 4000 [?] because the latter had refused to submit to arbitration the question of an…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 October 1903 · page 4

The income of the Wallsend Miners' Accident Relief Fund for the last pay amounted to £26,19s 3d, and the expenditure to £12 11s 2d. The balance of £14 8s 1d was remitted to the central secretary…

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The Lake View Consols Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 October 1903 · page 3

Mr. F. A. Govett, the chairman of the late View Console Gold Mining Company, [?]storn Australia, in addressing a meeting of the shareholders yesterday, referred to…

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Maitland Coal Mines. Pelaw-main

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 October 1903 · page 3

A meeting of the members of the Methodist and Congregational Churches was held in the Methodist Church on Saturday night, to make arrangements for the farewell of…

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Mining

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1903 · page 2

J. HEINSON and V. Tilse, Moonan Brook, crushed 5 tons of quartz for aboat Hoz. of gold, or 2oz 4dwts. to the ton…

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South Africa. the Labour Commission. White Labour Proved Successful. Fears of the Mining Magnates. Union of Butch Churches. London, October 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 October 1903 · page 5

Giving evidence before the Rand Labour Commission, Mr. F. H. P. Cresswell, manager of the Village Main Reef Gold Mine. Johannesburg. stated that he had recently…

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Maitland Coal Mines. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 October 1903 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of the Progress Committee was held in the Central Hall on Monday evening. In the absence of the president and secrstary owing to work, the chair was occupied by…

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Strike at Waratah Colliery. Dispute About Safety Lamps. Mine Closed Down. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 October 1903 · page 3

Waratah colliery was thrown idle to-day by the minors going out on strike this morning. The management required the miners to use safety lamps in portion of the…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 October 1903 · page 3

The Queensland Minister of Minos, Mr. Browne, has issued instructions to all the mining wardens, stating the indiscriminate granting of exemptions from labour covenants in detrimental to the best…

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Maitland Local Mines. Pelaw-main

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 October 1903 · page 2

A very enjoyable picnic was spent by the members of the Independent Order of Good Templars at Mr. Bromage's paddock, about two miles from Pelaw-Main. They left about…

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Maitland Coal Mines. Abermain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1903 · page 4

Good progress continues to be made in the development of the Abermain Colliery, under the capable direction of the manager, Mr. Blackwell, and there can be no doubt…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1903 · page 8
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

The Colonial Iron and Coalfields Construction Company of New Zealand, which has a capital of £600,000, has been floated, and representatives are shortly expected from…

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Stormy Mining Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1903 · page 5

At a meeting of the Associated Northern Blocks Gold-mining Company of Western Australia, held yesterday, stormy and disorderly scenes occurred. A committee of…

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Lake View Consols Mine. London, October 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1903 · page 2

Mr. F. A. Govett, the chairman of the Lake View Consols Gold Mining Company. Western Australia, in addressing a meeting of the shareholders yesterday, referred to…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Splendid Gold Find

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 24 October 1903 · page 2

Several large nuggets of gold, ranging from 10 to 27 ounces, have been found at the Dee River, Queensland. SYDNEY LABOR COUNCIL…

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