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Mining & the mines, 1912

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The Mining Situation. Machine Undercutting of Pillars. Another Hebburn Stoppage. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 July 1912 · page 5

Through the intervention of the Minister of Mines negotiations were opened on Saturday, with a view of settling the difficulty that has arisen concerning the cutting…

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Bellbird Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 6

The matters that had not been included in the general agreement for Bellbird colliery were further considered yesterday by the joint committee, and the hearing was…

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Lambton B Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 6

The chief matters in dispute at Lambton Colliery, which was idle yesterday, are the questions of the payment, for what are known as "jumps" in the seam, and for soft…

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This Idle Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 5

Hebburn and Durham Collieries are still on strike. These stoppages involve a total of about one thousand employees…

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Broken Hill Miners. Proposal to Break Agreement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 7

A special committee of the A.M.A. appointed to investigate the alleged increase in the cost of living and high rentals obtaining in Brokrn Hill presented its report at a…

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Mining Matters. the Hebburn Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 6

Mr, Edden. the Minister of Minos, cannot understand Mr. Harle's repudiation of his promise not to ask the machine men to work the Hebburn pillars until after the…

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Barrier Mines [?]. Cost of Living. Proposed [?] (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 2

The Broken Hill Miners' Association on the receipt yesterday of a rep[?] garding the increased cost of [?] the Barrier, decided to take a refe[?]…

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Topics of the Day. Gold Stealing in W.a

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 6

What may be described as [?]an official estimate of the quantity of gold stolen from mi[?]s in West Australia is given by the Chamber of Mines of that State as 14[?](says…

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Mining Matters. Whitburn Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 4

The joint committee met again here yesterday, Mr. C. Hibble, chairman, presiding. The case of two miners at Whitburn…

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Two Collieries Idle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 3

Two collieries in Newcastle district are idle. The Hebburn men refused to cut pillar coal with machines when the…

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Hebburn Colliery Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 4

Yesterday a test was made of machine work on pillars in Habburn Colliery in the present of a party comprising Messrs. A. A. Atkinson, chief inspector of collieries, Inspectors Humble and Hutton,…

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Lambton B Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 4

A special meeting of Lambton B. (Durham) Miners' Lodge was held last night, for the purpose of appointing a deputation to interview the manager, and to consider the…

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The Gold Production

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 2

From Messrs Joseph Falmer and Sons' monthly report we excerpt the following:—: The enormous increase in the…

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Colliery Strike. Riot and Injuries. London. Tuesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 5

A strike of 6000 colliers at Cromtillery over the dismissal of a miner for posting trades union notices led to serious rioting on the colliery promises. The manager's…

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Hebburn Colliery Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 July 1912 · page 7

There is no change in the position of affairs at Hebburn Colliery concerning the cutting of pillars with machines, which difficulty led to a stoppage of work. The o…

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Coal Mining Unrest a Serious Situation Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 July 1912 · page 2

The opinion is prevalent at Ner[?] that a serious situation in [?] with the coal mining industry exists. The northern colliery proprietors [?]…

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German Colliery Explosion. Synthetu Rubber Company. Berlin, Wednesday. Destructive Criticism. London. Wednesday. evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 July 1912 · page 5

Several persons were killed through tin explosion at Essen colltery colliery. The force of the explosion wan so great that benzoline and ammonia works near the pit mouth were A Synthetu Rudder Company is being formed with a capital of £500,000. "Truth alleges that the output dose not exceed £2. and other journals subject the scheme to…

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Miners in Revolt. 6000 Men Strike. (By Cable}. London, Wednesday-

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 July 1912 · page 2

The dismissal of a coal miner at Cwm Tillery, Wales, for posting up a trades union notice, led to a strike of 6000 miners…

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Mining Matters. Problems of the Future. Newcastle. Thursday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 July 1912 · page 4

Hebburn and Lambton B collieries are the on strike, and causing great uneas[?] throughout the district. The former [?] which employs nearly 1000 hands, has [?]…

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Views of Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 6

The report of the Chief Inspector Herles on the trial made with [?] ting machines in pillar work in [?] Colliery did not come as a [?]…

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