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Mining & the mines, 1913

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The Mining Situation. Delegate Board Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 6

Mr. E. Peters, acting president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, who wan in the chair, at the delegate board meeting at Newcastle, yesterday, made a statement…

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To Escape the Tax. German Gold Migrating London, April 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 5

The Geneva correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that £10,000,000 of German gold has reached the banks in Basel, and Zurich, Switzerland, during the past…

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Colliery Casualty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 4

Henry Baxter, a shot-firer, was admitted to Kurri Hospital on Wednesday suffering from injury to the eyes and face, caused it is stated, by the accidental explosion of a…

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Mining Matters Conference in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 6

It transpires that a conference is to be held in Sydney this evening between the executive officers of the Northern and Southern Miners Federations and…

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The Mining Situation. Minmi Agreement and the Federation. To-night Conference. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 4

The mining situation in this district has become extremely serious, owing to the Southern strike remaining unsettled, and also on account of the inability of the…

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South Greta Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 April 1913 · page 4

Some discontent existed amongst members of the South Greta miners lodge in consequence of "some of the employees not being members of the federation, while others were…

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Minmi Miners Expulsion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 April 1913 · page 5

The expulsion of the Minmi miners weakens the Miners' Federation by about 500 men, and it causes Minmi coal to be branded as non-union coal. Whether…

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Mining Situation. Big Strike Inevitable. [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 April 1913 · page 5

[?] Monday. Whether or not the Miners' Delegate Board will endorse Saturday night's conference's decision to declare Minmi coal "black," and put…

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Maitland Colliery Railways. Companies' Statement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 2

With reference to representations made by a South Maitland district deputation to the East Greta and A.A. Companies on April 9, regarding increased fares and…

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Miners' General Secretary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 4

Last week Mr. William Brennan, general secretary of the Colliery Employees' Federation, was seized with a sudden attack of illness, which took a very severe from and…

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Minmi Miners Expulsion

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 2

The expulsion of the Minmi miners weakens the Miners' Federation by about 500 men, and it causes Minmi coal to be branded as non-union…

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The Southern Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 5

The men appear more determine than ever to hold out until the owners grant the terms asked for. A few express the opposite view, but they state that they are…

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Northern Mining Crisis. Serious Possibilities

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 2

It is feared that the trouble among the northern coalminers over the Miami agreement will lead to a strike. A secret meeting of representative unionists…

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The Mining Situation. Delegate Board Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 5

The Miners' Delegate Board, loaded with important business sat from 10 a.m. until shortly after 5 p.m. at Newcastle, yesterday, Mr. E. Peters, acting president of…

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The Mining Situation. Serious Developments. General Strike Said to Be Inevitable

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 2

The coal-mining trouble on the South Coast remains unsettled, and on top of it, there have been developments of a most serious nature…

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The Mining Situation. Southern Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 5

The South Coast miners are quietly waiting for the next move. They hope that some definite arrangement will be come to at the conference with the Premier and Mr…

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Coal-lumpers Divided

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 5

The Sydney Coal-lumpers' Union held a meeting yesterday to consider the situation, the chair being occupied by the president, Mr. J. Findlay, There were delegates…

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Northern Miners. Strike Practically Certain

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 2

By a large majority the Miners Delegate Board decided to expel the Miami Miners' Lodge from the Federation…

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Mining Matters the Duty of Proprietors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 6

Mr. Edden, the Minister of Mines, had something to say on Tuesday with regard to the throatened mining trouble in the north Like many others," said the Minister, "I…

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The Northern Collieries. the Northern Collieries. Position Unchanged

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 2

There has been no change in the mining position at Newcastle, and there is not likely to be any development, until the result of the conference with the…

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