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Mining & the mines, 1913

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Stanford Merthyr Colliery Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 4

A ballot of the employees of Stanford-Merthyr colliery has resulted in favour of the abolition of the office of dirt checkers by 139 votes to 82. The office was created…

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South Coast Miners

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

Mr. Broomfield mentioned the dispute in the South Coast collieries on Monday, in the Industrial Court. He said that an application for an injunction to restrain…

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Streets of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 2

The Frobes Municipal Council recently considered a request by Harry Daveeridge and party to be allowed to prospect for gold in William-street leading off Wombat-street…

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Southern Miners' Strike. Four Thousand Men Out

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 5

Nearly 4000 men engaged at the different collieries on the South Coast have struck work as an expression of indignation at the action of the Public Serice Board in…

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South Coast Miners. Another Strike. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 2

A strike occurred at the South Bulli mine owing to the discharge of some miners over working at a place about which they cavilled…

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Mining Matters. Lambton B Resumes Work

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

The Lambton B pit resumed work on Monday morning, as a result of a meeting of the lodge on Saturday. The meeting was attended by Messrs. E. Peters…

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Miners Strike

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 2

A strike has occurred at South Bulli in consequence of the discharge of two miners. All the South Coast mines are new idle, except Keira and…

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Entombed Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 5

The men who were entombed in Townhead Mine, Cumberland, owing to an inrush of water will, it is confidently expected, be released to-morrow…

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Southern Miners' Trouble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 4

The sudden cessation of work at the Southern collieries adds another to many instances in the Australian industrial world of the risking of a huge industrial…

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Southern Miners' Strike. Latest Developments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 5

A message from Wollongong dated yesterday says:—The position in the southern collieries is very grave. The employees at Mount Keira and Mount…

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Fatal Explosion. Two Miners Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 5

An explosion occurred on Monday night in the stope over No. 4 level in the Mount Elliott mine (Q.) through a machine boring into an unexpected charge, by which two men…

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Mining Rescue Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 2

It is understood that, on behalf of certain mine-owners and proprietors and others interested in the establishment of a mining rescue station in the South…

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Nationalisation of Mines. Trades Union Demands. London, March 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 5

The Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, in replying to a deputation presenting the resolutions agreed to at recent Trades Union Congress, said he considerably…

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Miners Entombed. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 March 1913 · page 2

One hundred and thirty miners were imprisoned in a coal mine at Pittsburg owing to a cave in…

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Southern Miners. Four Thousand Men Out

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 March 1913 · page 3

Nearly 4000 men engaged at the different collieries on the South Coast have struck work as an expression of indignation at the action of the Public…

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Southern Miners' Strike. Decision of Aggregate Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 March 1913 · page 5

The South Coast miners to-day decided that they will not return to work unions or until James Russell and Critcher and son, the two men who were dismissed from…

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Southern Miners' Strike Prolonged Struggle Anticipated. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 March 1913 · page 2

Indications are not wanting that the South Coast coal strike is unpopular among the strikers themselves, though it is not considered likely that to-day's…

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Strike in the South. Coal Mines Idle. Wollongong

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 2

THE position in the southern colleries is very grave, the mines and some 4000 miners being idle. The employees at Mount Keira and…

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Miners Rescued

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 2

London, Wednesday-The two entorubed Towahead miners, who were shut in by a rush of water, and had to be fed through a bore hole, have been…

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Miners on Strike

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 2

About 4000 miners employed at South Coast mines are on strike. The cause of the trouble appeals to be that Russell, who was dismissed from…

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