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Mining & the mines, 1911

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The Coal Vend. Newcastle v. Collie Coal

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 2

The prosecution in connection with the Coal Vend was continued before Mr Justice Isaacs in the High Court, Sydney, on Monday…

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Mining Disaster

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 4

Vancouver, Tuesday.—A disastrous ex piosion occurred in a mine at Elk Garden, Virginia, yesterday, 21 miners being killed. Hope of rescue has been…

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Miners Angry

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 2

The Tingha miners, at a mass meeting yesterday, unanimously passed a resolution demanding that the Political Labor League should take steps to expel from…

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Miners Federation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 5

The Miners' Federation of Great Britain has decided to ask the Cambrian combine to agree to submit the Ely pit dispute to arbitration…

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The Pelaw-main Colliery. Another Stoppage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 4

Further complications have arisen at Pelaw-Main Colliery, which resulted in a dislocation of work yesterday, and which may lead to another total cessation of…

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Mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 5

The balance-sheet of the Scottish-Australian Mining Company. Limited shows a profit of £11,055. The sum of £1805 has been carried forward…

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The District Collieries. Fortnightly Pay. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 5

The district collieries have worked well for the fortnightly pay to be drawn by the miners on Friday next. Eighteen collieries put in full time, and eleven more than half time,…

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Tingha Miners' Demand

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 3

The Tingha miners, at a mass meeting, unanimously passed a resolution, demanding that the Political Labour League should take "steps to expel from the…

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The Coal Vend

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 6

The prosecution in connection, with the Coal Vend was continued in Sydney on Thursday, before Mr. Justice Issacs, in the High Court. Newcastle, four books and other de[?] ments ware handed to him. Certain p[?] of a bhok belonging to the Defence Ax[?] ation were missing. The secretary [?]…

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Commissioners at the Mines

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 12

At Kurri Kurri the Commissioners were met on Friday by the captain of the local lire brigade, Mr. F. Percival, and other members. The Commissioners spent some…

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The Hebburn Colliery Case. Alleged False Pretences

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 7

"William Lambert and John Lemon were charged at the West Maitland Police court on Monday, before Messrs. M.H. Fitzhardinge, P.M. and J. W. Pender, J.P. with…

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The Pelaw-Main Colliery. Work Resumed. Pelaw -Main

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 7

The Pelaw-Main miners drew a fresh cavil for places on Saturday afternoon, and work was resumed this morning after five weeks' idleness…

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Miners in South Africa. Dealing with Phthisis. Capetown. [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 14

The Miners Phthisis Bill has been [?]in the Union legislature. Mr. J. C. Smuts. Minister for [?] introduced a short bill levying £25,000 [?]…

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Pelaw-main Miners' Lodge. Colliery Still Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 May 1911 · page 3

The Pelaw-Main colliery is still, and the horses have again been sent away. The Miners Lodge discussed the trouble on Friday, when the lodge officers reported having…

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Coal and Shale Workers' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 May 1911 · page 2

The Pelaw-Main miners took a ballot on Friday on the question of whether the Northern Federation should continue its affiliation with the Coal and Shale Workers'…

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Newcastle Collieries Idle the Coal Owners' Vend. Newcastle, Tuesday. [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 5

All four collieries of the Teralba series are idle again to-day, and are likely to remain so, as the Proprietors' Association has by resolution declined to pay the men a higher scale…

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Visit to Stanford-Merthyr Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 4

Some of the directors and several shreholders of the East Greta Coal Mining Company, Limited, visited the Stanford-Merthyr colliery yesterday, and were shown over the…

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Stanford-merthyr Miners' Lodge. Monthly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Stanford Merthyr Miners' Lodge was held on Sunday. The chairman, Mr. T. Whyte, after opening the meeting, tendered his resignation owing…

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The Waihi Mine. "Enormous Potentialities." London, May 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 5

The report of the directors of the Waihi Gold-mining Company, Limited, emphasises the fact that no more bodies below the No. 9 level have been tested; nevertheless, though…

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Pelaw-main Fatality. Mine Manager Prosecuted. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 5

A case of considerable interest to the mining community was opened at the Kurri Kurri Police Court this morning, before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, P.M., when Robert Scott,…

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