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Mining & the mines, 1913

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Coal and Agricultural land

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 November 1913 · page 4

Messrs. Curr Bros., auetioneers, advertise particulars of a valuable block of coal-bearing and agricultural land, adjoining the East Grate railway station, which they…

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Maitland Coalmines. Pelaw-main Miners' Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 November 1913 · page 2

The monthly mooting of the pelaw-main miners' lodge was help at the King's Hall on Sunday, at which Mr. G. Shepherd presided…

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Missing Gold. Man Charged with Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 November 1913 · page 5

At the Central Court, Sydney. Joseph Shalaia. an Asyrian, was charged with having in his custody, at Sydney, on November 10, 17oz. 12dwt. 12gr. of gold, reasonably…

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The State's Coal. Superior to Canadian

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

According to advices received by the last American mail, Northern district coal has established a high reputation in Hono[?], and masters of steamers bound from the…

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Another Colliery Idle. Affairs at Seaham No. 1. NEWCASTLE

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

Seaham No. 1 Colliery; one of the largest mines in the West thrown idle to day by the miners going on strike. About three hundred men are…

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The Colliery Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 November 1913 · page 5

The attitudes of the latest groups of bodies to be found in the Universal-Colliery, at Sen[?], show that the men f[?] for safety after the explosion, but were…

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A Colliery Idle. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 November 1913 · page 2

Seaham No. 1 colliery, West Wallsend, was idle to-day, owing to trouble over the refuse question. Three hundred men are affected…

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Indian Miners. Durban Nov. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 November 1913 · page 5

[?] the leader of the passive resist[?] campaign of the Indian [?]rs, who [?] objecting to the payment of the poll[?] was fined £60 for sedition at…

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Miners' Combination. Making Strikes Unnecessary London, Wednesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 November 1913 · page 5

Mr. S[?], in the course of an interview, stated that the British miners were satisfied with the legislation arising out of the strike of 1912. Two million miners had combined…

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Amicable Arrangements. Stockton-borehole Colliery Dispute, Newcastle

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

There is a likelihood that the strike at the Stockton-Borehole Colliery, which has been in progress for the past nine months, will terminate on Tuesday next…

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Colliery Picnic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 4

The annual picnic of the pelaw-Main colliery employees was held at Spiers Point to-day under delightfull weather conditions. An eight-car special train was run…

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The State's Coal. Superior to Canadian

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 6

According to advices received by the last American mail, Northern district coal has established a high reputation in Honolulu, and masters of steamers bound from the…

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Missing Gold. Man Charged with Stealing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 13

At the Central Court, Sydney. Joseph Shalala an Asyrian, was charged with having in his custody at Sydney, on November 10, 17oz. 12dwt. 12gr. of gold, reasonably…

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"Oildag." Remarkable Inventor. "Lubricating the World." Saving of Oil, Coal, and Power

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 4

There is now residing in London one of those great natural scientific geniuses who are born and not made—Dr. Edward G. Acheson. He is of the type of Edison, and…

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Police Court. Thursday, November 13. (Before Mr R. H. V. Allnutt, P.m.) Entering a Mine

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 7

Henry Green and John Breslan were charged with, being miners, they did forcibly enter the Dulwich colliery without the permission of the manager…

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Oil Fuel. Superseding Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 November 1913 · page 4

Messrs. J. and A. Brown, Newcastle, have received another letter from their San Francisco house, pointing out principally the keen competition that coal now has with oil…

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French Miners. Paris, Nov. 15

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

The Senate has adopted the Miners Eight Hours Bill which was recently passed by the Chamber of Deputies…

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Mining Fatality. St. Petersburg, Nov. 15

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

A fall of earth occurred in a copper mine at Artvin. Six men are known to have been killed, and 28 have been rescued…

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The Indian Miners. Johannesburg, Nov. 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 7

A hundred Rand police have been sent to Natal in connection with the passive resistance campaign of the Indian miners, who object to the poll tax, and are seeking to enter…

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Box of Gold Missing. Paris

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

One box of gold ingots valued at £5000 a consignment from the Otterman Bank Constantinople, to the Paris branch via Berlin and Cologne, has disappeared…

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