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Mining & the mines, 1911

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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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Newcastle Collieries Idle

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 3

All four collierics of the Teralba series are" idle again, and are likely to remain so, as the Proprietors Association has by resolution declined to pay the men a…

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Miners' Movement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 5

A conference of representatives of the Miners' Unions in the several States commenced in the Trades Hall, to-day, the object being to devise a scheme for the…

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Cessnock Miners' Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 4

The Cessnock Miners' Lodge has tabled notices of motion to be forwarded to the delegate board that the district officers, Messrs. D. Watson and A. Lewis should be censured…

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The Coal Vend Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 5

Mr. Edden, Minister of Mines, has been subpoenaed to give evidence in the coat Vend case before the High Court…

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Mining Conference at Pelaw-Main

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 4

A conference was opened at the Kurri Court House this morning in connection with the Pelaw-Main colliery trouble, the parties being the management of Pelaw-Main colliery…

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Welsh Coal Disputes. Owners Decline Arbitration London, May 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 5

The coal-owners of South Wales nave declined the proposal of the Miners' Fedoration at Britain, that the Cambrian disputes should be referred to arbitration, on the…

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Mining

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 5

The Maikop Orient, Oil Company, which has a capital of £250,000 is to absorb the Victorian Deep Leads, Limited, and the Mooriot Goldfields, Limited…

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Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge. Colliery Still Idle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 14

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

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Newcastle Collieries Idle. the Coal Owners' Vend. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 13

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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Coal Vend Prosecution

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 4

During the hearing of the coal vend case on Wednesday a witness, F. H. Lloyd, stated that he had been a coaldealer, but had gone bankrupt, and was…

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Welsh Colliery Strike. London, Friday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 5

Renewed disturbances have occurred in the Rhondia Valley. The strikers clothe non-unionists in white shirts and mob them until the police interfere, and then stone the police…

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Colliery Disaster. Michigan, U.S.A.

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 5

Fire has occurred at the Negannee Colliery. Five miners are known to have perished, and others have been entrapped…

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Death of a Miner. Case Against Mine Manager

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 7

At Kurr Kurrl Police Court on Wednesday before Mr Fltzhardinge, P.M., John Thomas Tennant, Government Inspector of Collieries, proceeded against…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 3

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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Over a Thousand Miners Idle. a Serious Situation. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 5

A serious condition of unrest is rapidly making itself manifest in the coal mining industry. Yesterday out of a pay drawn for a small fortnight's work, all members…

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Coal for Alaska. Dumping It Into the Sea. Vancouver, May 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 3

Threats are openly made at Cordova, Alaska that when a steamer arrives with coal it will be dumped into the sea. The Mayor is telegraphing for troop to be sent…

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Coal Mine on Fire

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 May 1911 · page 3

Vancouver, Saturday.—A mine at Negaunce, in Michigan, United States, is on fire. Five men are known to be dead, and others are entrapped…

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Welsh Coal Strike

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 May 1911 · page 3

London, Satuday.-Renewed disturbances have occurred at Rhondda. Some of the strikers mobbed the non-unionists, and dressed them in white shirts, until…

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Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1911 · page 4

The Pelaw-Main miners met yesterday afternoon, when arrangements were made in regard to securing the names of those entitled to victimised pay. The chairman said that no news had been…

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