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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1914

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Managing a Mine. Curious Law-Suit

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 April 1914 · page 3

Remarkable evidence was given at the Bathurst Mining Warden's Court on Saturday before Mr. A. B. C. Burke, P.M., when John Nicholson, assayer of…

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Coal Orders for Germany. Berlin, April 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1914 · page 2

The "Vossiche Zeitung" states that during last two months foreign coal orders for over 1,000,000 tons, which have hitherto been placed in England, have now been…

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At the Eleventh Hour. a Romance of the Great Coal Strike. Chapter Iv. a Lover's Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1914 · page 3

For the rest of that day Nell went about her household duties in a spiritless, mechanical fashion, returning only the shortest replies to her mother's repeated…

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Miners' Delegate Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 3

The quarterly meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at Newcastle, yesterday. The whole of the lodges entitled to…

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The Cocoanut Gold Mine the Era of Vegetable Butter. Danger Signal to Dairymen

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 10

The development of the cocoanut industry is not of any very direct importance to our agriculturists, but in several respects it has strong…

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How to Save Coal

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 4

The coal bill in winter is a very serious item of household expenditure. There are many patent grates certified to reduce the consumption of coal to a…

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Buried Gold. Sovereign Hidden in Tobacco

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 6

Frederick Chas. Smith, a tram guard bought sixpennyworth of tobacco on the evening of April 9 to give to his father and intending to add a pleasant surprise…

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Mining Matters. the Afternoon Shift

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 3

The Northern Coal Miners' Wages Board continued its inquiry at Newcastle into the application of the Colliery Employees' Federation for rates and conditions for work…

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At the Eleventh Hour. a Romance of the Great Coal Strike. Chapter IV.—(Continued.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 3

When she entered the apartment where the prisoner was confined, she found Jim sitting on the edge of his bed, his face buried between his hands…

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Coal Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 3

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 62,133 tons, the proportions being 35,992 tons for Commonwealth and New Zealand…

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How to Save Coal

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 7

The coal bill in winter is a very serious item of household expenditure. There are many patent grates certified to reduce the consumption of coal to a…

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Managing a Mine. Curious Law-suit

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 13

Remarkable evidence was given at the Bathurst Mining Warden's Court on Saturday before Mr. A. B. C. . Burke. P.M., when John Nicholson, assayer of Calloola…

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Mining Matters. Afternoon Question

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 3

Mr. Estell, the Minister of Labour and Industry, stated on Friday afternoon that April 27 had definitely been fixed as the date for the visit of Mr. Holman, the Premier, and…

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Mining Matters. the Minister Interviewed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 14

Messrs. J. M. Baddeley, T. Hadfield, and E. Aubin, representing the Maitland District Miners interviewed Mr. Estell, the Minister of Labour and Industry, and…

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At the Eleventh Hour. a Romance of the Great Coal Strike. Chapter V.—(Continued)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 3

When he arrived and was conducted to his wife's bedside, his manner had undergone a complete change, and he was as sympathetic and tender as he had previously been…

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Coal Dust Question

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 April 1914 · page 4

Miners are naturally desirous of making the condition of their necessarily dangerous occupation as free as possible from unnecessary risks. We may be sure also that all,…

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At the Eleventh Hour. a Romance of the Great Coal Strike. Chapter Vi. the Hand of Fate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 April 1914 · page 3

Not long after local interest in the mysterious murder had began to abate somewhat, it became whispered about the various mining villages that George Somers had…

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British Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 2

The Home Office's preliminary estimate of the out put of coal in Britain during 1913, is 287,411,869 tons, an increase of 10.37 per cent. over the 1912 output…

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All for Gold. Perth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 5

A clover scheme of gold stealing was discovered by a metallurgist on the Horseshoe mine, Kalgoorlie. The metallurgist had occasion to inspect a solution in a tank which…

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Mining Matters. the Afternoon Shift

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 6

The Northern Coal Miners' Wages Board continued its sittings yesterday under the presidency of Mr. Justice Edmunds, the principal business being consideration of…

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