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Mining & the mines, 1910

1,214 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 61

The Widrington Colliery Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 June 1910 · page 5

The cash bag missing at the time of the murder of Mr. Nesbit, the cashier of the Widrington Colliery, in March last has been discovered in the air-shaft of a colliery…

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Bellbird Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 June 1910 · page 4

The carting of coal from Bellbird colliery to the railway station has ceased, and the teams have left the district…

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Cessnock Coal Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 June 1910 · page 6

In Sydney on Thursday, before Mr. Justice Sly, N. A. Ormsby proceeded against R. W. Gibbs and J. M. Bolton, carrying on business as Bolton and…

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Very Latest Cables. Miners' Safety Legislation. Churchill on Keir Hardie. London, Thursday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 June 1910 · page 5

Mr. Winston Churchill, Home Secretary, had discussed with representatives of the Miners' Associations prospective legislation, including the establishment of a rescue station in every…

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Miners' Accident Fund

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 4

The quinquennial actuarial investigation of the Miners' Accident Relief Fund is now in progress. The lest was held in 1905, and after the report was…

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Miners' Wages Board. Maitland Collier Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 7

The Miners' Wages Board (Judge Scholes, chariman, and Messrs. H.S. Forsyth and J. Paterson, employees' and employees' representatives, respectively) sat yesterday…

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Coal Cartage at Cessnock. Alleged Breach of Agreement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 3

The hearing was continued in Sydney on Friday before Mr. Justice Sly of the case in which N.A. Ormsby proceeded against R. W. Gibbs and J. M. Bolton, carrying on…

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Labour Demonstration. Affiliation of the Colliery, Federation with P.l.l. Rain Causes a Postponement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 14

With the twofold object of celebrating tins affiliation of the Colliery Employees' Federation of the Northern District with the Political Labour Leagues of the district,…

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Disaster in a Colliery. Several Miners Injured. London, June 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1910 · page 3

A violent shock occurred in Gelsenkirchen, Westphalia, apparently following an explosion in the shaft of No. 3 Consolidation coal mine.There were 400 men…

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Stanford-merthyr Colliery. Alteration in Medical System

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 June 1910 · page 5

A meeting of the employee of Stanford Merthyr Colliery was held on Sunday to discuss the proposed alteration in the system of payment to medical practitioner…

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Lancashire Miners Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 June 1910 · page 5

Three miners at Tyldesley, Lancashire, have been killed while attempting to rescue a workmate whon had been buried in debris from a fallen roof…

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Strike Coal. Verdict for Plaintiff

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 June 1910 · page 2

Mr. Justice Sly and a jury have concluded the case brought by Netterville Arrna Orsmby against Robert Warren Gibbs and John M'Leod Bolton, and Co.,…

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Gold-making Swindle. How a City Firm Was Robbed of £20,000

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 June 1910 · page 7

Sir Robert Anderson, formerly head of the Criminal Investigation Department at Scotland Yard, in his reminiscences in "Blackwood's Magazine," tells the following story in the May…

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Whitehaven Colliery Disaster Fund

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 June 1910 · page 3

The Rand's "Daily Mail" fund for the relief of suffers from the disaster at the Whitehaven Colliery, Cumberland, has reached £1100…

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Tragedy Follows Tragedy. Mystery of Two Midnight Deaths at a Mining Village

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1910 · page 4

Warsop, a Notts colliery village, was thrown into a fever of excitement on Saturday over a double tragedy, which, through of a sordid character, is not without a…

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Disaster in a Colliery. Several Miners Injured. London, June 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 2

A violent shock occurred in Golsonkirchen, Westphalia, apparently following an explosion in the shaft of No. 3 Consolidation coal mine. There were 400 men…

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Cessnock Coal Case

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 7

In Sydney on Thursday before Mr. Justice Sly, N. A. Ormsby proceeded against R. W. Gibbs and J. M. Bolton, carrying on business as Bolton and…

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New Coal Mine. Important Discovery at Muswell brook. Seam to be Extensively Worked. (S. M. Herald)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 2

"I consider this is one of the most important coal discoveries that have been made in the State for many years." This remark was made by an Assistant…

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Some Lidd[?]e D[?]ngs [?] Mine Own

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 2

[?] long [?] I [?] sickness. I was wish [?] hospital [?] better [?]…

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Gold-Making Swindle. How a City-firm Was Robbed of £20,000

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 7

Sir Robert Anderson, formerly head of the Criminal Investigation Department at Scotland Yard, in his reminiscences in "Blackwood's Magazine," tells the following story in the May…

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