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Mining & the mines, 1908

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Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 4

Broken time has been experienced on the South Maitland Coalfield during the past fortnight, and a much smaller pay than usual will be drawn next Friday. bAt East Greta and Stanford-Merthyr, the…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 11
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The now coal mine being developed ty the South Clifton Company at Scarborough, is opening up well. The export of coal from Newcastle to…

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South Greta Colliery. Over One Hundred Men Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 4

Trouble has arisen at the South Greta Colliery and at present about 120 men are idle. Dissatisfaction has been expressed for some time with regard to certain working conditions, which…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 August 1908 · page 2

On the property of the Great Northern Colliery Company at Kalingo, near Ellalong, two seams of coal have been struck with the diamond drill. A top seam three…

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South Greta Colliery Trouble. the Men Still Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 August 1908 · page 3

The trouble at the South Greta Colliery remains unsettled, and the majority of the men, with the exception of a few shiftmen, are still idle…

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South Greta Colliery Trouble. Deputation to the Manager

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 5

In connection with the trouble at South Greata colliery, the men, in explanation of the refusal to sign as requested by the manager, state that by signing on they would…

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South Greta Colliery. Over One Hundred Men Idle

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 1

Trouble has arisen at the South Greta Colliery, and at present about 120 men are idle. Dissatisfaction has been expressed for some time with regard to…

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Colliery Engine Drivers. Matter Before the Industrial Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 August 1908 · page 5

The application for the appointment of wages boards without election in respect of the industry of engine-drivers, firemen, and pumpers employed in the Newcastle and…

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South Greta Colliery Trouble. Men Return to Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 August 1908 · page 5

An amicable arrangement has been arrived at in connection with the difficulty at the south Greta Colliery, as a result of which the men returned to work this morning…

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South Greta Miners. Issue of Summonses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 3

Fresh developments have occurred in connection with the recent difficulty at the South Greta Colliery. In accordance with the decision to give the new conditions…

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Local and General. Pay at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 4

Owing to broken time the customary fortnightly pay distributed at the South Maitland collieries to-day was not as large as usual. At East Greta and Stanford-Merthyr…

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Mining Matters. Wages of Coalminers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 3

His Honor Judge Heydon remarked during the hearing of the coastal shipping dispute in the Industrial Court in Sydney, yesterday, that the coalminers were getting higher…

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Work at Hebburn Colliery. Number Op Mew to Be Discharged. Slackness Op Trade. Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 5

A shortening of hands is to take place at the A.A. Company's Hebburn. Colliery, about 150 miners employed in No. 2 tunnel having received 14 days' notice. No…

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The Hebburn Colliery. Meeting of Miners. Hebburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 5

A largely attended meeting of Hebburn Colliery employees was held at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, to discuss matters in connection with the notices served on the…

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Hebburn Colliery. Men to be Discharged

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 4

A lessening of the hands employed at the A. A. Company's Hebburn Colliery is to take place, and about 150 miners employed in No. 2 tunnel have received…

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The Hebburn Colliery. Meeting of Miners. Hebburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 August 1908 · page 2

The adjourned meeting of the Hebburn Miners' Lodge was held on Sunday morning, when matters in conneceion with the notices served on the employees of No. 2…

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Transvaal Mining Law

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 August 1908 · page 3

The Legislative Assembly of the Transvaal has adopted the most contentious clause of the Gold Bill, empowering the Government to confiscate all insufficiently worked claims. This clause of…

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When Queen Bess Made a Corner in Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1908 · page 7

In the sixteenth century coals were sold in London at 4s a chaldron, but the price fluctuated violently. The shrewd business eye of the great Elizabeth seized at once on the…

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Victorian Goldfield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1908 · page 5

Shareholders in the Lodden Valley Goldfields Company of Victoria have resolved that it is not advisable to raise further funds to continue tho undertaking…

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