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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

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Mr. Mauger and the Miners

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 8

SERGEANT SNUSHALL, of Kurri Kurri, was seen on Wednesday morning by a Mercury representative with regard to a statement published in last evening's…

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Miners' Accident Fund. Annual Report of the Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 3

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Wood, has received the annual report of the New South Wales Minor' Accident Relief Board, which deals with the operations of the board for 1007…

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Special Mining Court. the Teralba Case. an Adjournment Until Wednesday. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 5

At the Court yesterday, after our report closed, Mr. Isaac Chapman deposed that he was general manager of the Seaham and Abermain Colliery Companies, Limited, and selling…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 6
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

The coal trade of the North of England is thus referred to in the Newcastle "Weekly Chronicle":—"Some of the large contracts for coal for shipment over the season have…

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The Mining Situation. Miners' Federation. Resolutions at To-day's Meeting the Special Court. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 5

After sitting all day yesterday, and practically all day to-day, the miners' management committee this afternoon came to a decision with regard to the crisis brought about by the…

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Special Mining Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 1

The Special Mining Court at Newcastle was paralysed for several hours an Thursday during a discussion of the objection raised by the Miners…

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London Mining Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 5

On the Stork Exchange to-day quotations of Australian mining ventures were:—Broken Hill Proprietary, b 50s 7d, s 51s 10d; North Broken Hill, b 35s 7d, s 36s 10d; South Broken…

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Mr. Mauger and the Miners. Charges Repeated

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 7

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Melbourne Total Abstinence Society on Monday night, the Postmaster-General, Mr. Mauger, remarked that every word he had…

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Charges Against Miners. Protests in the Senate

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 6

for some time past efforts have been made daily by Senator Nield to obtain from Ministers in the Senate an expression ot opinion regarding the allegations…

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Mr. Mauger and the Miners. His Statements Refuted. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 5

A mass meeting of miners and citizens of the South Maitland district was held on the plantation reserve this afternoon to protest against the statements of the…

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Explosion in a Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 3

Ail explosion occurred yesterday in the mini of the Monterey Steel Company at Sabinas, Mexico. Twenty men were killed…

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Mr. Mauger and Maitland Miners. Indignation Meeting. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 4

A public indignation meeting of miners citizens was held at the Band Rotanda on the Plantation Reserve at Kurri Kurri on, Saturday afternoon. Although the…

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The Mining Lodges. "In Camera" Evidence Trouble Hebburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 2

A special meeting of the Hebburn Miners' Lodgge at which Mr. R. Jarvis presided, was held at the King's Hall, Weston, yesterday to consider the resolution and amendments…

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South Greta Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 5

A meeting of the South Greta Miners' Lodge was held at Walsh's Hotel, West Maitland, last evening for the purpose of taking into consideration the minutes of…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 3

The Newcastle Coal Company, now working the Glebe and other pits, at Newcastle, has purchased the Parnell estate, adjoining the town of Greta, which is shown on…

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Another Mining Quibble

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 2

Since the establishment of the Miners Arbitration Court at Newcastle, which it was fondly hoped would put an end to the continuous industrial friction and…

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Heddon-greta Colliery Idle. Sympathy for Dismissed Men. Hkddon-greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 5

A stoppage of work has occurred at Heddon-Greta Colliery, owing to the manager's refusal to reinstate four men who refused to work in what is alleged to be an unsafe place. The lodge…

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Local and General. Mr. Mauger and the Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 4

M..J.F. writes concerning the agitation over the statements of Mr. Mauger about the intemperance of South Maitland misers, expressing the opinion that a great…

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Mr. Mauger and Maitland Miners. Mr. Mauger's Statement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 5

Mr. Manager, Postmaster-General, is forwarding to the Kurri Kurri branch of the Colliery Employees' Federation a copy of his speech referring to the insobriety of mine;s. Portion of…

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