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Mining & the mines, 1912

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Mining Matters. Joint Conciliation Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 July 1912 · page 2

The joint conciliation committee met again yesterday at Newcastle, Mr. C. Hibble, the chairman, presiding. At the conclusion of the day's…

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Gold Find. an Abandoned Claim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 July 1912 · page 4

On Monday morning Gessner and [?] prospectors, brought into Kanowna, [?] 410oz of gold from their claim at [?] The gold was found about 2½ miles…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 July 1912 · page 3

The quarterly meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation will be held locally to-morrow, when it is expected very important business will be…

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Cadeby Mine Disaster. Death of the Manager. London, July 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 July 1912 · page 5

Mr. Bury, manager of the Cadeby mine. Couisbrough, in which a disastrous explosion occurred a few days ago, has succumbed to injuries he received while assisting in the…

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The Northern Collieries. Stoppage at Hetton

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 July 1912 · page 4

The Hetton colliery, the largest pit adjacent to Newcastle, and employing about 400 men, was thrown idle on Monday by a strike of miners. The trouble…

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Cadeby Mine Disaster

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 July 1912 · page 2

London Tuesday.-Mr Bury, manager of the Cadeby mine, Consibrough, in which a disastrons explosion occurred a few days age, has succumbed to…

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Tin Mining in Malaya

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 July 1912 · page 6

A recent visitor to the Orient is Mr. H. E. Pratten, a well-known citizen of Sydney. Mr.Pratten had been connected with some of the Tongkah companies, and he has had…

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Dissatisfied Miners Minimum Wage Award London, July 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 July 1912 · page 5

A deputation from the Miners' Federation of Great Britain waited on the PRime Minister and complained of the inadequacy of the minimum wage awards…

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Mining Matters the Joint Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 July 1912 · page 4

The joint committee of conciliation in mining disputes sat again at Newcastle yesterday. Mr. C. Hibble, chairman of the board, presided…

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Colliery Doctor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 7

Representatives of the Pelaw Main and Stanford Merthyr medical committees proceeded to Sydney the other day on a certain mission in connection with the doctors'…

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Colliery Employees' Federation. Quarterly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 3

The quarterly meeting of the delegate board of tho Colliery Employees' Federation was held in Fatzeus' Hall yesterday. Mr. D. Watson, president, occupied the chair…

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Gold Discovery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 5

The Capetown correspondent of the "daily Mail" states that a large gold-bearing quartz reef running towards Signal Hill, has been discovered in the course of the…

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Coal-bearing and Grazing Land

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 4

The well-known property, Louisville, adjoining the Rathluba Estate, and having a frontage to the Mount Vincent Road, leading to East Maitland, is to he offered for sale by…

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Gold Find. an Abandoned Claim

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 2

On Monday morning Gessner and Huffor, prospectors, brought into Kanownn, W.A, 410oz of gold from their claim at Kurnalpi. The gold…

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Colliery Employees' Federation. Quarterly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 6

The adjourned quarterly meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held in Fatzens' Hall yesterday. The president (Mr. D. Watson)…

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Brave Miners. Explosions Underground

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 11

The directors of the Royal Humane Society of Australasia have decided to give to Leonard Cullen, a miner, at the Bullfinch Proprietary's mine, Western Australia, the…

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Pockets Full of Gold. a Mysterious Murderer. Oroville (Cal.), July 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 5

An unknown man was found murdered in a dredging pond last night, with his pockets full of gold suggests. The Police theory in regard to the…

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Mining Matters. Work at This Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1912 · page 6

There is no casing off in the demand for Newcastle and Maitland coal; rather the reverse, and there are many complaints that the number of berths for vessels is inadequate…

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Colliery Doctor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1912 · page 4

The Pe[?]aw-Mam, Richmond Main, and ford-Merthy Collieries employees [?] good deal of time yesterday (Sunday) consideration of the question of appointing…

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Industrial Legislation. Coal Shipping Hours at Newcastle. Newcastle, Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1912 · page 5

A serious hitch in the working of the new industrial legislation came to light this morning, when at the Courthouse there sat for the first time the industrial Board recently…

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