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Mining & the mines, 1912

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Mine Labour in Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1912 · page 2

Every mining man in Victoria io interested in the attempt being made by a certain, section of the mine workers in the Ararat district to increase the rate of…

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Topics of the Day. No Coal Bills

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1912 · page 2

The only Swiss alpine resort where the hotelkeepers are free from the expense and worry of getting coal to heat their hotels, or wood, which is dearer than coal, is…

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The Mining Situation. Colliery Proprietors' Complaints. Newcastle, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 August 1912 · page 5

From many points of view the coal mining situation in this and the , Maitland district has again suddenly become very serious. The colliery proprietors regard the matter as…

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Pelaw-main Miners' Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 August 1912 · page 3

At the monthly meeting of the Polaw-Main Minors' Lodge on Thursday, Mr. Frost explained the delegate board minutes of July 18, which were adopted, excepting Nos. 2, 6, 7, 10, 12,16, 20,21,…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 August 1912 · page 3

A special meeting of the delegate board of the Collfery Employees' Federation was held at Newcastle yesterday. Thirty-four lodges were represented. Mr. D. Watson…

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Miners and the Masters. Recent Proposals. Newcastle, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 August 1912 · page 5

The Colliery Proprietors' Association held on important meeting hero to-day to deal with the mining situation. Some of the demands made by the meeting of the…

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Stoppage, at a Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 August 1912 · page 4

For Some time past a feeling of unrest has existed amongst the South Greta miners with regard to working conditions, but work continued uninterruptedly until…

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Principle First. Miners Refuse a Rise

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 August 1912 · page 2

The award of the chairman of the joint committee on the question of abolition of the second shift in the Maitland district has been received with…

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Letter to the Editor. Mines Amending Dill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 August 1912 · page 4

Sir,— In the "Weekly Mercury" of 3rd [?] reference is made to the Mines Amending [?] which Mr. Edden hopes will become law [?]…

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Colliery Explosion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 August 1912 · page 5

BERLIN, Thursday. An explosion of fire damp [?]ntombed 100 at Lothri[?]gea colliery, Bachum. Sixty-five were saved seven were killed, and 16 severely injured…

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Pelaw-main Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1912 · page 6

The Pelaw Main colliery was idle yesterday afternoon, the miners having taken a shift off to consider the alleged bad state of the travelling road in the mine, and…

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Our Coal Export Trade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1912 · page 4

During the year 1911 the total output of the coal mines of the State amounted to 8,691,604 tons. Upwards of 5,000,000 tons of this were exported, and nearly half of…

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German Colliery Explosion. Heavy Death-roll. Berlin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1912 · page 5

One hundred and one bodies have been recovered from the Lothringan colliery, Bochum, where the recent explosion occurred, and 16 are still missing…

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German Colliery Explosion. Many Lives Lost. (By Cable.). Loudon

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 August 1912 · page 5

A terrble disaster has occurred at the [?]gen Colliery, Westphalia, Ger[?]y, owiñg to an explosion of fire [?]p, which set fire to the workings…

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The Mine Disaster. Terrible Scenes. Berlin, Aug. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 August 1912 · page 5

The survivors of the Bochum mine disaster state that there was a sudden, dull roar, and the lower levels were filled with posionous gases…

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Hebburn Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 August 1912 · page 4

The Hebburn Miners' Lodge is dissatisfied with certain matters in connection with the recent award in respect to top hands and they have decided to refer them to the…

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Colliery Strike in Wales. 2200 Idle. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 August 1912 · page 5

There is trouble at Ebbwvale Colliery, where 2200 colliers have struck owing to the lampmen having withdrawn from the Miners' Federation in order to join the…

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Mining Disaster. Over 100 Deaths

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 August 1912 · page 1

Berlin, Saturday.—Rescue parties yesterday recovered 101 bodies from the [?]cked Lothringen Co?iery at Boe[?]. There are still 10 missing…

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Heddon Greta Colliery. Mine Opened and Inspected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 2

A preliminary inspection of portion of the Heddon Greta colliery, which was closed down in in February, 1911, owing to a fire having broken out in the northern workings, was made yesterday by…

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South Wales Colliery Stop-pages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 5

The Ebbw vale colliery owners will not allow 10,000 men to resume work, unless they sign a guarantee preventing future stoppages arising from inter-union disputes…

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