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Mining & the mines, 1911

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Mining Coal in Dips. a Test Case. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 5

In the Small Debts Court to-day, before Mr. Adrian, S.M., Arthur Leece and another miner, sued the Abermain Coal Company for an additional shilling a day as…

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Fernie Colliery Strike. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 5

The coal miners at Fernie favour resuming work after a strike for higher wages of several months' duration. Mining has been seriously hampered during the strike…

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Lithgow Miners' Trouble

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 3

Sydney, Wednesday.-At the Lithgow Police Court to-day, the case against the miners of leaving work at the Ironworks tunnel mine was commenced. The…

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Maitland Collieries Commission. Working of Thick Seams

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 2

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

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King Solomon's Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 3

Rhodesia has considerable deposits of gold. The ancients mined and carried away enormous quantities of the precious metal, but under the scientific mining systems of the…

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Deep in the Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 2

Great Britain has nearly a million colliery workers, Germany being third, with 612,000 nearly as many as the United States yet the British death-race is less than…

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Coal Mines Bill. Women at Pit-brows. London, Aug. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 5

In the House of Commons, to-day, despite the objection of Mr. C. F. Masterman, Under-Secretary of State, Home Office, the…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 4

Alexander Samuels, a wheeler, employed at Stanford-Merthyr Colliery, sustained severe injuries at about one o'clock yesterday as the result of a fall of coal. He…

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Lithgow Coal Trouble. Non-Unionists Hooted. Sydney, Friday

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 4

Last night when the non-unionists employed at Messrs Hoskins' Ironworks coal mine left work they were met by a large crowd and hooted at. The police…

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Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 6

A better average of days worked was reached by the Newcastle and Maitland collieries for the fortnight ended on Saturday than for the previous term. Nine out of 37 pits worked…

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Coal Commission

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 4

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the working of thick coal scams in the Maitland—Cessnock district, will resume its sittings at the West Maitland…

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Scottish Miners' Conference. Further Demands. London, Sunday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 5

A conference of the Scottish Miners' Federation has adopted the policy of a five—days' working week, and also demand that employers should pay full compensation to injured…

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Hospital Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1911 · page 5

The management of the Kurri District Hospital appears to be experiencing some difficulty in regard to a regular supply of coal for the institution. Some of the colliery…

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Maitland Collieries Commission. Working of Thick Seams

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1911 · page 2

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the working of thick coal seams and other matters in the Maitland-Cessnock district continued its sittings at the court-house…

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Maitland Collieries Commission. Working of Thick Seams

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 August 1911 · page 2

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the working of thick coal seams and other matters in the Maitland-Cessnock district continued its sittings at the courthouse,…

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Stanford-merthyr Miners Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 August 1911 · page 5

A meting of the Stanford-Merthy Miners' Lodge was held on Sunday, at which Mr. H. Arnall presided. The Aberdare Miners' Lodge wrote inviting…

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Colliery Troubles. New Lambton and Wellsend Idle. Newcastle, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 August 1911 · page 5

New Lampton Colliery was thrown idle to-day the miners employed there going on strike in consequence of the management enforcing what is known as the "dirt scale,"…

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State Coal Mines. "Failure in New Zealand."

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 August 1911 · page 4

Mr E. W. Alison, chairman of directors of the Auckland Ferry Company, who da on a visit to Sydney, made reference in an interview on Monday to the…

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More Colliery Troubles. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 August 1911 · page 2

The Ceal Cliff Colliery, Cliften is again idle to-day, and the proprietors and men will meet in conference tomorrow to settle their difficulties…

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Maitland Collieries Commission. Working of Thick Seams

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1911 · page 2

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire the working of thick coal seams and other matters in the Maitland-Cessnock district, continued its sittings at the courthouse…

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