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Mining & the mines, 1906

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 3
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

A message was received in Sydney on Friday, from Moruya, stating that Messrs. Willson and Curtis had just lodged in the Commercial Bank there 144oz., 8dwt. of retorted…

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Mining Accidents

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 6

Thomas George Heydon, a miner, was. killed at Cue, Western Australia, on Wednesday. He was knocking out some time for firewood in an…

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Aberdare Miners. Acceptance of Agreement

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 3

Yesterday morning there was a meeting of Aberdare miners in Aberdare Hall, Cessnock. There was a large attendance ; Mr. C…

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An Immense Coal-Field. Another New Discovery

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 3

What an immense coalfield is the South Maitland district ! Coal is abundant everywhere. It has been asserted by high authorities that the…

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The Miners' Federation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 September 1906 · page 2

The executive committee of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain reassembled on August 9 in Birmingham under the presidency of Mr. Enoch Edwards, M.P.,…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 September 1906 · page 2

The report that a valuable discovery of petroleum had been made in York's Penin[?] in South Australia, is not borne out by the report of the Government Geologist of that…

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Gold and Silver Fish

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 September 1906 · page 6

Dr. Owen Coleman, writing to the [?] says, concerning gold and silver fish:—twelve or fifteen years ago I put some[?] fish into a pond in my garden, about [?]…

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Mining

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 September 1906 · page 2

FROM Stewarts Brook, we learn that W. Parker crushed 11 1/2 tons of stone from the Imperial Standard at Kiloride's battery for a return of…

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Mining Appeal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 September 1906 · page 3

Mining Appeal Court the case in [?]an Lveett was the appellant, [?]land Mining and Crushing [?] respondents, was called on…

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Fresh Mining Trouble. the Hew Agreement. Miners Refuse to Sign It. Alleged Breach of Faith. East Greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 September 1906 · page 3

A meeting of the East Greta Miners' Lodge was held this morning to consider the position with respect to the men signing on at the colliery. Mr. J. Phillips (chairman of the lodge) presided, and there…

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The Coal Trouble. a Strike Averted

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 September 1906 · page 4

All danger of a strike by the miners of the Newcastle district is now at an end, and there is every probability that the Maitland miners will resume…

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The Coal Trouble. Peace Once More

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 September 1906 · page 4

ALL fears of a general coal strike in the Newcastle and Maitland districts were ended on Saturday. In the Maitland district, lodge after lodge…

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Hebburn Miners' Lodge. Hebburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 September 1906 · page 5

A special meeting of the Hobburn Miners' Lodge took place at the King's Hall this morning. Mr. R. Jarvis occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance…

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The Mining Difficulty. the Mew Agreement. Meeting of Heddon-greta Lodge Satisfactory Settlement. Heddon-greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 September 1906 · page 5

A meeting of the Hoddon-Greta Miners' Lodge took place at Champion's Hall last evening. Mr. G. Fenwick occupied the chair. There was a large attendance, including Mr…

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East Greta Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 September 1906 · page 2

We are informed that the employees of the East Greta Colliery who have been idle since the mining trouble, will start work on Monday next…

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New Coal Crisis Position Critical

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 September 1906 · page 2

A difficulty has occurred at the East Greta Colliery owing to the management requiring the men to sign a new agreement, which they absolutely…

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A Hero of the Nile. a Thrilling Romance. Chapter I. the Gold Scarabaeus

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 September 1906 · page 4

Sunset on the mysterious Nile. The splash of the busy shadoof was no longer in evidence, and the monotonous Squeak of the sakiyeh water wheel had…

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Mining

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 September 1906 · page 3

THE coal difficulty, which was again assuming very serious dimensions in the Newcastle and Maitland districts, owing to the masters submitting a new…

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A "Gold Brick" of Old Time

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 28 September 1906 · page 3

In one of the.Tell-el-Amarna letters Written during the eighteenth dynasty, the King of Babylon accuses Amenoph[?]s III. of Egypt of sending him…

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