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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1912

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The Mining Situation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 4

The sudden stoppage of work in the many in the large mines working the obnoxious afternoon shift, which many feared as a result of the proprietors' representatives on…

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The Great Strike in Britain Two Collieries Flooded. London, March 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 3

The strike situation is unchanged There is, so far, no sign of either side yielding. The strike is slowly tightening its grip on every industry…

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German Coal Trouble Berlin

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 4

The Westphalian coal miners on st[?] have been notified that they hire to discharged for breach of contort, [?] that six days will be withheld to…

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Northern Territory. Chinese Control Mining

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 10

Mr. William Lawrie, a resident of Port Darwin, has just arrived in Sydney, and speaking as a result of thirty years' experience in the Northern Teritory he is quite…

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Mining Matters. Joint Committee Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 5

The joint committee on mining disputes sat again yesterday at the offices of the Colliery Proprietors' Association, Watt-street, Mr. C. Hibbie. chairman, presided,…

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British Coal Strike. Conferences Continue. Hopes of Settlement

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 5

London, Thursday.-Official conference yesterday continued a general discussion as to the best means of arriving at a settlement. It then adjourned to…

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The Coal Crisis. Ominous Movements Newcastle, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 5

The coal crisis had not eased this morning in the faintest degree. A visit to the Trades Hall to the officers of the Miners' Federation resulted in the information being gathered…

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The Great Coal Strike. Minimum Wage Demands. London, March 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 5

The conference between the Government the owners, and the miners sat for four hours, and afterwards the bald official announcement was made that there would be…

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A Coal Contract. Brown Bros. v. the King. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 4

Judgment was given to-day in the appeal from the decision of the State Chief Justice in the action in which Messrs. J. and A. Brown, of Newcastle and Melbourne…

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Bank Manager Honoured. Smoke Concert and Presentation of Gold Watch

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 3

When it became known that Mr. W. A. McDonald, the esteemed manager of the Maitland branch or the Bank of New South Wains, was about to retire from the service…

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British Coal Trouble Dreadful Destitution. Prospects of Settlement. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 4

The destitution caused by tie the coal strike in England is increasing, ad tit various industrial and eharitable institutions are unable to cope with the…

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Collieries Restarting. London, March 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 5

The Lowmoor Coal and iron Company, at Cleckheaton. Yorkshire intends to reopen its collieries on Tuesday. on the basis of whatever wages parliament fixes. The bulk…

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Oil Ousting Coal Warning to New South Walks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 4

In spile o.the fact I lint Hawaii is close to California where all I Ho cheap oil fuel for steaming purposes comes from New eastle coal is used almost exclusively by the…

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The Great Coal Crisis. Negotiations Broken Off. London, March 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 5

It is officially announced that the Prime Minister has stated that, though the Government has done its utmost, to effect a of settlement of the trouble. It has regretfully…

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The Second Shift. Little Chance of Its Abolition. Serious Mining Situation. Newcastle, Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 5

Two leading colliery, proprietors, whose identity cannot, for obvious reasons, chief among which is tho undoubted split in the Proprietors' ranks over the question of the…

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Miners Growing Restless

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 5

The non-unionist miners have resumed work at two of the Lanark-shire pits. There is a growing discontent…

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German Coal Held Up

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 5

Dockers at Middlesbrough refused to discharge a charge of German coal for the municipal gasworks…

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Northern Miners. [?]ggested Compromise on Second Shift

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 1

It was reported in Newcastle on Sat[?] afternoon, on what appears to be good, authority, that a couple of big col[?] proprietors who were holding out…

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A Bermain Colliery. Fortnight's Grace to Absentees. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 5

The Abermain colliery commenced work this morning, under the terms of the agreement arrived at by the Conciliation Committee, and ratified by conference. The mine is…

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Germen Coal Striks [?] (By Cable.) Ber[?]

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

Considerable [?] has corres[?] cirmec[?] with the coal [?] and tow re[?] of [?] and form so[?] of [?]…

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