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Mining & the mines, 1911

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The Maitland Coalmines. Stanfokd-merthyr Miners' Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 November 1911 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Stanford-Merthyr Miners' Lodge was held yesterday, at which Mr. B. Roberts presided. The East Greta, Lodge wrote, asking that…

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Destructive Fire at Canbelego. Mining Town's Loss

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 2

The township of Canbelego has had a lamentable experience through an outbreak of fire, which at one time, threatened to sweep a whole street of shops and dwellings…

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Miners' Federation. Out of Funds. London, Wednesday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 5

Owing to sectional strikes the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Federation find their war chest drained. A proposed extra levy of 6d a week in a membership of 70,000 was voted…

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Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 14

The work at the Collieries for the fort-night ended on Saturday was as good as at any time during the winter season, and that is a remarkable condition of the trade…

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Colliery Minimum Wage. Satisfactory Settlement. London, Sunday afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 2

After several conferences, the miners of Warwickshire have obtained a minimum wage of 7s per day, with proportionate increase in the lower grades…

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A Conference at Last. Miners and Masters Are to Meet. Bright Outlook for Coal Industry. Newcastle, Saturday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 5

Information that will gratify the ten thousands mmers of the Northern district, and will undoubtedly make for industrial peace, was this morning imparted by the…

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The Miners' Federation. Mr. Bowling's Meeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 10

Mr. Peter Bowling addressed the members of Stanford-Merthyr miners lodge yesterday in connection with his candidature for the presidency of the federation. At the outset…

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Miners and Accidents. Decision of Barrier Minority

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 13

A section of the underground employees on the South mine after several preliminary meetings and a ballot, decided that in the event of a fatal accident underground the…

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Newcastle as a Coal Port It's Disabilities

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 14

Mr. J. field, ex-Mayor or Newcastle attended a special meeting of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce recently for the purpose Jose of reporting on the conference of…

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Miners' Rescue Stations. One to Be Established Tn This District. Newcastle, Saturday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 5

A conference for the purpose of considering the Government's scheme for establishing rescue stations on the Newcastle and Maitland coalfields for use in case of colliery disasters…

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The Minister for Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 December 1911 · page 4

On Saturday evening a number of friends of Mr. Alfred Edden, the present occupant of the important position of "Minister of Mines, entertained him at a social…

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Huge Gold Shipments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 December 1911 · page 5

Samuel Montagu and Company state that there have been unprecedented shipments of gold from China. it is assumed that the reserves of the…

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The Maitland Coal Mines. [?] District Hospital

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 4

A special Meeting of the committee of management. of the Kurri District Hospital was held in the board rooms of the institution on Sunday. Present: Messrs. Hope…

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Coal-Mining Conference at Last

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 2

WORD comes from Newcastle that the proprietors have notified the miners' leaders that at the meeting of their association in Sydney on…

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Colliery Picnic Postponed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 4

Owing to the rain on saturday the [?] employees picnic, which was to have been held at paterson had to be abandoned. The committee made…

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Northern Coal Industry. Owners Agree to Conference

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 4

Information that will gratify the 10.000 miners of the northern district, and will undoubtedly make for industrial pence, was on Saturday morning…

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The Mining Conference, Has Not Been, Granted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 5

We are authorised to state on behalf of the Owners Association and of the Miners' federation Officers that the paragraph which appeared in the columns of your newspaper…

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Decreasing Coal Supplies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 2

In his British Association presidential ad­dress, Sir William Ramsay, you will recall, dwelt upon the exhaustion of our coal supplies. The new Home Secretary (Mr…

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The Coal Vend Case. Cost to Federal Government

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 2

The Information was given, by the Government in the House of Representatives on Tuesday that the total amount paid to counsel in connection with the coal…

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Minimum Pay in Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 5

The Coal Mines Conaliation Board for the federated districts of Britain has discussed the question of minimum pay, and adjourned till the 18th without having arrived at…

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