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Mining & the mines, 1911

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Australian Mining Shares

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1911 · page 5

On the Stock Exchange shares in Australian mining ventures were quoted as follow:—Broken Hill Block 10 b 38s 9d s 41s 3d: Broken Hill South, b 118s 9d; s 121s…

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Workers' Share in Gold Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 3

The other day at a Miners' Wages Board meeting, one of the delegates of the unions declared that if the industry could not pay the scale of wages proposed by the workers…

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Maitland Collieries Commission. Working of Thick Seams

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 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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Coal Porters' Agreement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 5

Mr. G. R. Askwith, of the Board of Trade, has arranged a settlement between the coalporters and their employers, and an agreement has been signed, giving increased wages…

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Baths for Miners. Clause Reintroduced. London, Thursday Night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 5

The Government has reintroduced in the Coal Alines Bill in amended form, the clause relative to the provision of baths for miners. It stipulates that the owners shall provide…

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Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 12

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 2

In the House of Commons, to-day despite Hip objection of Mr. C. F. Masterman Under-Secretary of State, Home Office, the Committee on the Coal Mines Regulation Bill…

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Deep in the Mine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 16

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-rate is less than…

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Coal Porters and Carters. Settlement Arrived At. London Aug. 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 5

The conference arrived at a settlement of the carters' dispute after an all-night's sitting. It agreed upon a six-days' week of 72…

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Maitland Collieries Commission. Working of Thick Seams

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 August 1911 · page 2

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

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Maitland Collieries Commission. Working of Thick Seams. Safety of Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 4

The Royal Commmission 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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Cambrian Coal Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 August 1911 · page 5

The Cambrian Combine miners, after a strike which has lasted 10 months, have decided to resume work…

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Maitland Collieries Commission. Working of Thick Seams. Safety of Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 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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Won't Fight for Capitalists Miners and Compulsory Service

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 1

The Stanford-Merthyr Lodge, a body about 700 strong, has passed the following motion, and sent it on to the Northern Miners' Federation, requesting that…

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Gold Reserve Against Federal Notes. a Reduction Probable

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 1

It is likely that the Federal Government will move to reduce the gold serve held against the Federal notes. At present it is to be 25 per cent, up to…

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Maitland Collieries Commission. Working of Thick Seams. Safety of Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 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 ut the courthouse,…

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Idle Collieries and Ships

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 5

It is expected that 20,000 collieries will be idle to-morrow, The collieries at Nottingham are held up, and the goods traffic is at a standstill. One hundred and fifty…

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King Solomon's Mines

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 9

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

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Maitland and Newcastle Collieries. Fortnightly Pay. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 5

So well have the Newcastle and Maitland district collieries worked for the fortnightly pay to be drawn by the miners next Friday that it would appear to…

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Baths for Miners. Clause Reintrouduced. London, Thursday Night

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 3

The Government has reintroduced in the Coal Mines Hill in amended form, the clause relative to the provision of baths for miners. It stipulates that the owners shall provide…

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