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Mining & the mines, 1910

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Miners' Wages Board. Further Evidence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 May 1910 · page 6

The Miners' Wages Board, consisting of Judge Scholes (chairman), and Messrs. H. S. Forsyth and J. Paterson, employers' and employees' representatives, respectively,…

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A Lady Coal Expert. Experiences in Japan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 May 1910 · page 6

Few books on Japan are as full of instruction and amusement as that by Dr. Marie C. Stopes, the title of which, "A Journal from Japan, a Daily Record of…

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Empire Day at the Mining Towns. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 May 1910 · page 4

Empire Day was celebrated throughout the mines district to-day. In most cases the celebrations were curtailed owing to the death of the King. At the Kurri Superior Public…

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Diseask of Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 May 1910 · page 3

King George has approved of the reconstitution of the Royal commission on Mines and Quarries to inquire into the health and safety of person employed in metalliferenus mines and…

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Miners' Wages Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 May 1910 · page 3

The Northern Miners' Wages Board sat on Wednesday at the Newcastle Courthouse, when Mr. S. Croudace, manager of the. Lambton B ? Col'HJaiiy, 'was cross-iexamined…

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Miners' Wages Board. Evidence Continued

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 5

The Miner's Wages Board (Judge Scholes chairman, and Messrs. H. S. Forsyth and J. Paterson, employer's and employees representatives respectively) sat again…

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In a Western Mining Camp

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 6

A gentleman interested in gold and silver mining writes:—"Assayers are the common butt in all mining camps, and, as a rule, I believe, they 'get it in the…

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Anti-trust Action. Coal Vend and Shipping Combine to Be Prosecuted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 5

On Thursday afternoon the Federal Attorney-General, Mr. Hughes, stated that writs were to be issued against the coal vend, the shipping combine, and the Union…

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Miners' Wages Board. Evidence Continued

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 8

The Miners Wages Board (Judge Scholes, chairman, and Messrs. H. S. Forsyth and J. Paterson employers and employees representatives respectively) sat again…

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In a Western Mining Camp

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 6

A gentleman interested in gold and silver mining writes:—"Assayers are the common butt in all mining camps, and, as a rule, I believe, they get it in the…

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Empire Day at the Mining Towns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 6

Empire Day was celebrated throughout the mines district on Tuesday. In most cases the celebrations were curtailed owing to the death of the King. At the Kurri Superior Public…

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A "Blackleg Mining City." Another Leg-Iron Story

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 3

Mr A. Griffith, M.L.A.,, addressed a meeting at Cook's Hill, Newcastle, on Wednesday; night, in the course of his remarks he said that Newcastle, was the…

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2. James Stephen Waddell's Essay. (Awarded Gold Medal—Boys' Section)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 3

We cannot read of the noble achieve ments or the many pioneers without feel ing a. thrill of kinship and pride in those first Britishers, to whom we owe the…

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Prize Competition Essay. The Winners' Compositions. Young Imperialists Discuss Great Question. Why Should Australia be Loyal to the British Empire? 1. Jessie Saunders, Essay. (Awarded Gold Medal-Girls' Section)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 3

Australia, our island continent and home, helps to form part of the great British Empire, and we are proud of it. England is our motherland, and we, the…

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A Colliery Matter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 3

At the West Maitland Police Court, this morning, before Mr. J. McKensey, P.M., Charles Henry Mears was charged with having- absented himself from his…

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Colliery Disaster Fund

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 3

The fund for the relief of the sufferers from the disaster at the colliery of Whitehaven, Cumbecland, has reached [?]32,997, the London Stock Exchange contributing [?]2660…

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Whitehaven Miners Cease

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 3

As a sequel to the disaster in the Wellington pit, Whitehaven 900 workers in the pit adjorning have decided to cease work for a fortnight, alleging that blackdamp has appeared in the…

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Hand Drill, for Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 5

Theo prize of [?]5000 0ffered by the Transvaal Government for the invention of a satisfactory hand drill for mines has been divided between the Holman and the Saskol drills, which will…

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Coal for South Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 3

The existing contract for the supply of coal for all South Australian Government purposes expires on June 30, and last wee k the Government accepted a contract for the…

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Premier and Coal Owners. Not Related by Marriage

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 4

The Premier, Mr Wade, has found it necessary to refute a statement that he is related by marriage to a leading col liery proprietor. "To show the extent…

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