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Mining & the mines, 1911

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Latest Telegrams Teralba Colliery Trouble Settled

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 July 1911 · page 4

Sydney, Friday.-In connection with the trouble at Teralba colliery, where the men have been put for eight weeks, an agreement has been arrived at on…

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Abermain Extension. Mew Well Equipped Colliery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1911 · page 15

Good progress is being made with the development work at the Abermain Collieries Company's new mine, which is situated some four miles to the south west of…

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South Wales Collieries. National Strike Urged. London, July 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1911 · page 3

The South Wales Miners' Federation has issued a manifesto to the miners of Great Britain, pleading for a national strike in favour of a minimum wage in all collieries…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Pelaw Main Colliery. Working of Tops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1911 · page 4

The altered system of working tops at Pelaw Main Colliery, devised with a view of providing increased safety for the workmen, in proving unsatisfactory to the miners, as…

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Pelaw Main Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 July 1911 · page 2

I ai n special meeting of the Pelaw Main Miners Lodge held on Sunday, the difficulty that has arisen over the new system of working tops which was referred to in Saturday's [?] was discussed…

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Wallsend Colliery Strike Wheelers Accept Terms

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 July 1911 · page 2

The strike of wheelers, which threw the Wallsend Collery idle, has now been settled, and work was resumed yesterday…

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The Stahford-merthyr Colliery Presentation to Mr. Traill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 July 1911 · page 6

Mr. R. .J. Traill who has been chief-electrician to the East Greta Company for about [?] who has severed his connection with the company to commence business in…

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Dreadful Mining Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 July 1911 · page 5

Twenty-two miners were killed by an explosion at the Cesscade colliery, Sykesville, Pennsylvania, yesterday…

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Lithgow Colliery Trouble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 5

Mr. Beeby, referring to the trouble at the Lithgow Iron Works Colliery, said the position seemed to be extraordinary, if the statements made by the men were correct. It…

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Mining Explosion

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 July 1911 · page 4

Pennsylvania, Tuesday.— Twenty-one miners have been killed by an explosion in the works of the Cascade Coal and Coke Company. There were no…

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New Caledonia Mine Labourers. Alien Immigration. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 July 1911 · page 5

Mr. Lewis Harcourt, First Commissioner on Works, replying to Mr. Hunt, in the House of Commons, saidhe believed the report that a company had imported 4000 coloured…

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Progress of the Local Coal Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 July 1911 · page 7

The output for the local coal mine continues to be so satisfactory that more powerful machinery is being obtained for its working. A large boiler, weighing nearly 14 tons, has…

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Gold Dust

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1911 · page 5

Always put a scandal under a bushel. He true an steel, and keep your temper well. A man without purpose is a sheath…

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Common Among Miners

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 July 1911 · page 5

"Like many other miners I contracted a severe cold through coming out of the hot mine into the cool air," says Mr W. Crouch, of Tabina-st., Broken…

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The Stanford-Merthyr Colliery. Presentation to Mr. Traill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1911 · page 4

Mr. R. J. Traill, who has been chief-electrician to the East Greta Company for [?] 6 years, and who has severed his connections with the company to commence business in…

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Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 July 1911 · page 4

Less satisfactory than the work done in the Newcastle and Maitland collieries for the preceding fortnight was that for the fortnight ended on Saturday. Three pits…

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Maitland Collieries' Commission. Working of Thick Seams

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 July 1911 · page 2

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the working of thick coal seams and other matters in the Maitland Cessnock district, began its sittings for the taking of…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Work at the Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 July 1911 · page 2

Work at the collieries west of Abermain, viz., Neath, Aberdare, and Aberdare Extended, has fallen off a good deal lately, and the pay to be drawn at those [?]…

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Pelaw-main Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 July 1911 · page 5

Messrs. D. Watson and A. Lewis, president and treasurer respectively of the Miners' Federation, visited Kurri yesterday and paid the last instalment of victimised…

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Lithgow Colliery Trouble

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 July 1911 · page 2

Negotiations for the settlement of the trouble at the Lithgow Ironworks Colliery fell through on Saturday. At a meetinf of the miners a resolution was…

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