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Mining & the mines, 1913

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Big Mining Deal. Mount Morgan Interests Sold

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 1

The largest individual mining deal that has ever taken in Australia has just been completed. The entire interest of the late Mr W. R. Hall and Mr…

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The Mining Situation. Rule 76 to Be Enforced. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 6

The Miners Delegate Hoard began a meeting this morning at the Trades Hall with a full attendance of members, presided over by Mr. E. Peters, acting district president…

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Mining Matters. Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 7

Work at the collieries of the northern district has been brisk during the past fortnight, this being again due in a large measure to the temporary diversion of trade from the…

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Miners Presidents Views

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 5

Seen in Sydney on Saturday evening Mr. Willis, the president of the Illawarra Colliery Employees Federation, said that he had been away to Melbourne for a week. While there…

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The Southern Miners. Ministers Terms Accepted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 5

Residents of the Wollongong district and miners are jubilant as a result of the delegate board meeting that was held on Saturday, deciding to accept the proposals of the…

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Pelaw-main Miners' Lodge. Against Local Agreements. Favours Expulsion Minmi Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 5

At a meeting of the Pelaw-Main miners, held yesterday (Sunday) the treasurer of the federation, Mr. A. Lewis, refined to the tribunal that has been appointed to…

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Gunnenah Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 5

Mr. Lewis left Newcastle last night for Gunnedah for the purpose of representing the federation at the court presided over by Judge Scholes, which will be called upon…

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Pelaw-main Colliery. Growing Dissatisfaction

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 5

Great dissatisfaction exists amongst the miners of Pelaw-Main Colliery at the present working conditions in the mine, which they consider are very unsatisfactory. It is stated…

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American Mine Disaster

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 2

Pittsburg, Saturday.—Two men have been rescued alive from the mine at Finlayville, where they had been imprisoned for three days. The rescuers are…

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Coal-Mining Strike Over. Minister's Terms Accepted. Men to Return to Work. Wollongong

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 2

Residents of the district and miners are jubilant as a result of the delegate board meeting, that was held yesterday, deciding to accept…

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The Mining Situation. Position Unchanged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 5

No change has taken place in regard to the mining situation during the past few days. Mr. A. Lewis, treasurer of the Colliery Employees' Federation, when asked…

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Northern Mining Situation. The Question of the Separate Agreement

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 3

The position in regard to the coal trouble at Newcastle is still peculiar, though all danger of a strike is considered to be over for the present. The…

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Victoria's New Agent General. Mining Prospects. London, Monday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 5

Mr. P. M'Bride, Victoria's new Agent-General on being interviewed, referred to a likelihood of an improvement in gold mining in Victoria, particularly in the case…

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The Southern Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 5

Although the miners have, decided to return to work as soon as the collieries are ready for them, there is a possibility that the wheelers will refuse to go to work. A "Herald"…

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The Coal Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 5

A deputation representing the Newcastle colliery proprietors waited upon the Chief Railway Commissioner, and pointer out that considerable inconvenience was being…

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The Southern Coal Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 5

The Southern Collieries have not yet resumed work…

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Scottish Miners. London, April 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 5

[?] conference of delegates of the Scottish Miners' Federation, a resolution was agreed to, approving of the principle of the establishment of a National Union of…

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Mining Matters. Position in the North

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 5

Mr. A. R. Cant, secretary to the colliery proprietors, referring to the report of a meeting of the Pelaw-Main miners held on Sunday last to the effect that the delegate…

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Mining Matters. Pelaw Main Colliery. Grievances Considered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 5

The Pelaw-Main colliery was idle yesterday in consequence of the miners having taken a day off to hold a meeting of both shifts to consider what action should be…

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Black [?] Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 5

Mr. A. Lewis, treasurer of the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation, has returned to Newcastle from Gunnedah, where he had been attending the court under Judge…

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