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Mining & the mines, 1913

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Nothern Collieries. The Proposed Tribunal

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 3

The Colliery Employees Federation of the Northern District is concerned about the turn affairs are taking in connection with the proposal to establish a…

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Again on Strike. Wonthaggi Miners

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 3

Another strike of miners employed in N[?]9 and 10 shafts of the Victorian State coal mine, Wonthagg, look place at the, change of shifts on Wednesday…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Hoard Meets

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 6

A meeting of the delegate hoard of the Colliery Employees Federation was held at Fatzeus Hall, yesterday. Mr. E. Peters, Acting-President was in the chair, and…

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How Money Goes. Mining Company's Expenditure

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 9

Mr. C. F. Courtney, general manager of the Sulphide Corporation, in the course of a letter of apology for non-attendance at the annual banquet of the institute of…

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Mining Matters. Unsatisfactory Position

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 8

A letter was sent on Saturday by the Proprietors' Association to the Minister stating the decision of the proprietors at their meeting in Sydney on Friday in connection…

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Mining Fatality. Pittsburg, June 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 2

Thirty, miners have been imprisoned in the Susquehanna Coal Company's mine, Shamokin. as a result of an explosion. SIx men were taken from the mine after the explosion, and…

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The Northern Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 5

Mr. Carmichael has received a communcation from the secretary of the Colliery Employees' Federation, declining the proposed court, also one from the secretary of…

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Miners Entombed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 2

Pittsburg, Sunday.—Thirty miners have been imprisoned by a fall of coal following an explosion, in the Subsquehanna Coal Company's shaft in the…

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Victoria's Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 8

The trouble at the Victorian State mine is still unsettled. On Monday morning representatives of union again met Mr. Broome, general…

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Victorian Mine Robbery

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 2

On Saturday night thieves entered the battery house at the claim of the Frenchman's Reef Company, Daylesford (Vic.), and carried off battery plates…

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Mining Matters. Employees Want a Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 8

The letter which the Northern Colliery Proprietors forwarded to Mr. Carmichael, the Minister of Labour and Industry, last week, presumably on the question of a wages board…

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The Mining Situation. Mr. D. Watson's Comments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1913 · page 6

Mr. David Watson, after having been absent on his Senato campaign for three months, has resumed duty as president of the colliery Employees' Federation…

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Explosions in Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 June 1913 · page 2

"From the point of view of safety," Chief Inspector of Mines (Mr. [?] has reported to the Minister (Mr. Ed[?] "I do not consider that it is necessary [?]…

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Northern Collieries. Two Scheme's Rejected. Wages Board Wanted

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 June 1913 · page 2

The proposal for a Special Court and a Conciliation Committee to settle matters in dispute between the owners and the workers of the northern collieries…

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Wonthaggi Miners. Will Not Return to Work

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 June 1913 · page 2

The Wontbaggi (Vic.) miners, who ceased work because two of their number were dismissed, took a ballot on Tuesday on the question of resuming…

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Mining Matters. Application for a Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 June 1913 · page 2

The executive officers of the Northern [?] Employees' Federation declare themselves is quite unable to understand the cha[?] attitude of Mr. Carmichael, the Minister [?]…

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Mining Matters. Russians at Richmond Main

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 3

Mr. Edden, the State Minister of Mines, recently received a letter from the Colliery Employees Federation to the effect that Information had been received that…

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Mining Matters. Special Court Difficulty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 7

A deputation representing the Northern Colliery Federation waited on Mr. Caramichael the Minister of Labour and industry, on Friday, in reference to the…

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The Rand Mines. Shockingly Inadequate Medical Service. Johnnesburg

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 5

The Government director of native, labour, reporting on the high mortality of the Rand mines, states that the medical service is shockingly inadequate. and that…

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Colliery Employees' Federation. to Apply for Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 June 1913 · page 5

The executive officers of the Colliery Employees' Federation have decided to make application for a wages board. "I am beginning to see a way through the maze." said one of…

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