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Mining & the mines, 1913

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Mining' Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 3

A stoppage of work at the Stockton Borehole Colliery occurred yesterday, as the result of a dispute between the men and the management. It is stated that, a number…

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Mining Conference. Prospects of Industry' Bright Newcastle, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 5

The conference between the representatives of the Colliery Proprietors' Association and th Miners' Federation was resumed this morning and discussed the latter's proposals for…

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Collieries Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 3

The Stockton-Borehole Colliery was again Idle yesterday, the miners having failed to come to terms with the managements. The Lambton B mine also suspended. The Lumbton B mine also…

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Mining Matters. Conference Again Suspended

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 3

The conference between representatives of the Colliery Employees' Federation and of the Hunter River District Colliery Proprietors' Defence Association, was resumed on…

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Stockton Borehole Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 3

This colliery was again idle yesterday, as a result of the trouble which arose there on Wednesday. It is alleged thai two or three men had been put to work in the…

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Miners' Accident Relief Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 4

The last meeting of the Miners' Accident Relief Board, as at present constituted was held in Sydney yesterday. At the conclusion of the meeting the Minister of Mi[?]s…

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Miners' Delegate Board. Difficult Situation. Newcastle, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 5

There was a full attendance, at a special meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board, held at the Trades' hall to-day, to consider the serious position that has arisen in the…

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Mining Matters. the Suspended Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 3

Mr. A. Lewis, treasurer of the Colliery Employees' Federation, commenting on the statement made by Mr. Cant in regard to the suspended conference, said that so[?]…

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Blown to Pieces. Man Killed in Mining Explosion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 5

At midday yesterday an explosion occurred at the True Blue mine Wyalong, resulting in a miner, Edward Hoskins, being literally blown to pieces, and youth named John…

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Mine Disaster. Capetown

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 5

The fusing of an electric wire ignited limbering at the Jage[?] mine, causing an enormous fall of real, and the suffocation of four natives…

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Work at the Collieries. a Slack Time. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 5

A slack time is being experienced by the collieries for the fortnight ended to-day. Only about half a dozen have got in the full 11 days, while about half of them have worked…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 6

No change has taken place in regard to the mining situation since yesterday. The delegate board of the Coliery Fmployees' eration sat for the greater part Of the…

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The Hunter Country. Mining and Agrarian Pursuits. Interesting Statistics

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 12

In the course of his remarks at the opening of the Newcastle Show last week, the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, produced figures dealing with the…

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Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1913 · page 6

Everyone has sympathy with your lot, which is hard, and even to-day it is often a case of "out of sight—out of mind." A nice cup of "Milkmaid" Coffee and Milk,…

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Mine Flooded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1913 · page 5

An inrush of water has entombed two miners at the Towerhead mine, Cumberland. The men are being fed through a borehole, and the water, which has risen…

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Southern Miners Dissatisfied

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1913 · page 6

The peaceful conditions which have prevailed in the ranks of the Illawarra miners for some considerable time past have received something of a set-back by the action…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Miners President's Loss

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1913 · page 2

Locally much sympathy is expressed with Mr. D. Watson and family in their recent loss by fire at Newcastle, and the miners are contemplating the holding of a series of…

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Mining Matters. Three Pits Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1913 · page 6

There was no new development in regard to the mining situation yesterday, and it is hardly likely that anything of importance will happen until the adjourned meeting of…

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South Coast Miners Idle. What Do the Men Want? Sydney. Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1913 · page 5

A strike occurred at South Bulli, consequent on the discharge of two miners, over a working place, for which they cavilled. An application to reinstate them, pending…

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Shortland Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 6

Messrs. Peters and Lewis visited the Shortland Colliery, and had an interview with the manager, with regard to the complaint of the lodge, that a young man had…

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