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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

1,214 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 61

Gold Seekers' Disaster Leader Dies from Thirst

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 2

News has been received in Adelaide by the Exchange Tanami Syndicate of a disaster to a prospecting party sent out by that company. A telegram received…

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Coal Strike. a New Development. The Proprietors Meet

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 4

A meeting of the members of the Hunter River District Colliery ProprietorsDefence Association was held on Friday at the offices of the association, in…

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Miners' Meeting at Weston. Asks Government to Resign. Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

The last meeting of miners and other citizens of the South Maitland district was held at Weston this morning, at which the following resolutions were carried:— (I) That in the opinion of this…

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Miners Apply the Closure Mr Lonsdale, M.L.A., Denied a Hearing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 2

Mr. Edmund Lonsdale, M.L.A., was announced to deliver a lecture at Kurri Kurri on Friday night, under the auspices of the School of Arts, on land values…

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Miners' Lodges Meeting. Proprietors Asked to Confer with the Men. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

Three minors' lodges— Burwood, Hetton, and Glebe— met to-day and adopted the Delegate Board's resolution to ask the proprietors to meet the miners in conference, with a view to…

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Colliery Disaster. 149 Miners Entombed. London. Feb. 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 5

A terrible explosion occurred yesterday in a Colorado Iron and Coal Company's mine Primero. One hundred and forty-nine miners are entombed, and the rescue of any of them…

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American Miners' Demands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 5

The United Mine workers' wage seale committee of Indianapolis has recommended the suspension of bituminous coal-mining on April 1. unless an advance of 10 per cent. in wages…

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Coal-mining Strike. the Conspiracy Charges. Further Evidence. Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 5

In addition to this witnesses mentioned in last issue as having given evidence at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, yesterday, in the trial of Peter Howling, William Brennan,…

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The Coal Strike

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 3

Commenting upon the present state of affairs in connection with the coal strike the Cessnock "Express" says:—"Admitting the New law is severe—…

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Miners' Mass Meeting. Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 5

A mass meeting of citizens of the South Maitland district, principally minors, was held at Jewell's Hall yesterday afternoon. The meeting was to have been held on the park, but…

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Coal for 12,000 Years

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 3

Mr. R. E. Young, chief geographer and superintendent of railway lands under the Canadian Government, contributes to the current number of "Britannia," some…

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Coal From India. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 5

The steamer Den of Airlie arrived to-day from Calcutta, with 4600 tons of coal…

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Loading Coal. Stanford-merthyr

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 5

Ten railway employees of the East Greta Company loaded 20 waggons of small coal at Stanford-Merthyr yesterday. A few police were near the scene of operations, but their duties were light, as…

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Coal-mining Strike. the Conspiracy Charges. Evidence Continued. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 3

The trial of Peter Bowling, William Brennan, Albert Hums, Albert Lewis, and Andrew Gray on a charge of conspiracy in connection with the coal strike continued at the Central…

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Lost Coal Trade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

The demand for coal for home consumption and for the inter-State trade is far too small to keep our collieries briskly employed, so that brisk work at the mines is dependent upon the…

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Southern Miners' Wages Board

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 4

The Government has determined to intervene In connection with the Southern Miners' Wages Board,[*] a view of urging that the hearing should proreed…

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Fatal Mining Explosion

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

Intelligence from the United States states that an explosion has occurred in the Colorado Iron and Shale Company's mine at Pumero, entombing 149…

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Applications for Coal. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 3

Applications continue to come in to the Government for coal. They are mostly from manufacturers. The applications are being met in nearly every case, while the Government is…

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Coal Strike. a Somersaulting Union

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 3

Another turn in the remarkable : gyrations of that remarkably eccentric and uncertain body, the Wharf laborersUnion, was given on Tuesday might at a…

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Coal Strike. Separate Federations Mooted

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 4

It may now be regarded as certain that one of the results of the, present industrial trouble will be the establishment of a separate federation to…

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