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Mining & the mines, 1913

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The Mining Trouble. Optimistic View

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 7

With regard to the mining trouble at Newcastle, a prominent member of the Colliery Employees' Federation, discussing the situation, on Wednesday, took a…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 2

The outlook so far as the mining industry in the Newcastle district is concerned may be said to be decidedly more hopeful now than it was a week ago,…

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£10,000 Gold Theft. Boxes Which Were Filled with Lead Returned to London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 3

After many adventures, due to Austrian war alarms and German police activities, the two plain wooden cases which were found at Alexandria to be…

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Mining Matters. Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 March 1913 · page 6

During the past fortnight, there has been a gratifying absence of industrial trouble at the collier[?]s of the Newcastle and Maitland districts, and no stoppages from that cause…

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South Greta Miners' Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 March 1913 · page 4

At the monthly mooting of the South Greta miners the delegate minutes of February 27 and 28 were adopted as they left the board. The following officers were all…

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The Maitland Coalmines Miners' Meetings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 March 1913 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Stanford-Merthyr miners' lodge was held on Saturday, at which Mr. H. Roberts presided. It was decided to donate £5 from the…

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Colliery Accident

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

John Johnson, a machineman, sustained severe injuries while working in Pelaw Main Colliery yesterday, He was engaged cutting with a machine in a special place…

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The Maitland Coalmines Pelaw-main Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 2

A meeting of the Pelaw-Main miners' lodge was held on Sunday, at which Mr. R. Herron presided. Mr. A. Lewis, district treasurer, was in attendance. Messrs. G…

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Colliery Sectional Boards. Application to This Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 6

Mr. Justice Heydon, the President of the Industrial Court, was engaged yesterday hearing argument in connection with applications made by the Northern Colliery Proprietors'…

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The Mining Situation. Results of Lodge Meetings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 4

Further meetings of the miners' lodges where held yesterday, for the purpose of considering the counter proposals prepared by the delegate board of the colliery…

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Welsh Colliery Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 5

Rhymney Colliers, following the example of the Rhondda men, are tendering a month's notice in April, striking against the employment of non-unionists,…

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The Hunter Country. Mining and Agrarian Pursuits. Interesting Statistics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 7

In the course of his remarks at the opening of the Newcastle Show yesterday afternoon, the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, produced figures dealing with the…

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Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 5

Some of the collieries on the South Maitland fields have been working intermittently during the past week or two owing to the exigencies of shipping, and a slight falling…

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The Salt Mines of Cheshire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 7

Prominent, among the articles in the March "Windsor Magazine" is one which deals, with the salt industry of Great Britain, and is accompanied by photographs of…

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Mr. Scaddan in England. Visits Mining Districts. London, Thursday evening

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 2

Mr. J. Scaddan, M.L.A., Premier of Western Australia, is visiting friends and relatives in the mining districts of Devon and Cornwall…

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Colliery Agreements

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 5

The acting president of the Miners' Federation, Mr. E. Peters, visited Abermain colliery this morning in connection with the drafting of agreements governing the…

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Labour Troubles. Miners' Wages Increased. London, March 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 2

The Scottish miners have obtained an increase in their wages of 6d per day…

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Mining Matters. Conference to Be Resumed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 2

Mr. E. Peters, acting president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, stated on Saturday that he had received a telephone message from Mr. A. R. Cane, secretary to the…

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Miners and Charities

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

No industrial section in the community contributes more per man to charitable objects than do the miners, and it is simply surprising the amount paid away annually…

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A Gold Famine. German Crisis Looming. Berlin, March 10

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

The "Neuste Nachrichten" states that the German banks are faced with a critical gold famine, which is primarily the result of the heavy withdrawal of foreign loan…

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