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Mining & the mines, 1915

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A Mining Corps

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 4

The Miners' Corps for service abroad is to consist of three companies of 297 men each, with headquarters, consisting of 32 officers and men. The battalion will be composed of…

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Youths in Mines. Nobler Careers Open

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 7

In a memorandum to the I[?] Mine and Drodge Employees' Award, the Arbitration Court, Wellington, N.Z., observes that it has not made any provision for the…

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Muswellbrook Letter. This Muswellbrook Colliery. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 October 1915 · page 3

The local colliery, which is rapidly becoming a nourishing industry, has an interesting ] history. Some eight years ago a well was being sunk by boring applances on the…

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The Mining Situation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 October 1915 · page 4

There is every indication that the threatened trouble in the coal trade of New South Wales will be averted. Following the compulsory conference which was held in…

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Netherlands Coal Supply. Insufficient for Demands

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 October 1915 · page 6

Mr. F. W. Mahin, the British Consul at Amsterdam, in a recent report to tho Board of Trade, stated that the situation regarding ,coal in the Netherlands was becoming…

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Industrial. Miners' Hours of Working London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 October 1915 · page 5

A private conference of the Miners' Federation at Nottingham rejected the Lanceashire and Cheshire miners resolution that work in the mines should begin at 8 a.m…

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Colliery Fatality. Canadian Red Cross. Accidental, Death. Madame. Melba's Concert. Toronto. Oct. 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 October 1915 · page 7

An inquest was held at the Cessnock Court-house on 20th ult, before Mr. G. Brown, district coroner, and a jury of six, concerning the death of Arthur Herbert Sweetman, who A sum of 9000 dollars (about £1880) will be, devoted to the work of the Toronto Red Cross as the result of a concert given by Madame Melba and three assisting artists before an…

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Work at the Collieries. for the Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 October 1915 · page 3

The majority of the mines were actively [?]ged during the pay ending on Saturday. [?] of the collieries worked full time, one worked [?] days, three worked 10, one…

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The Mining Situation. No Suspension of Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 October 1915 · page 6

Following upon the request of Mr. Justice Higgins, that the representatives of the Colliery Employees' Federation and the colliery preprietors should meet and endeavour to…

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Mineral Mining. Claims of Employees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 October 1915 · page 3

The hearing of the case of the Federated Mining Employees' Association of Australia against the mineral mining companies in Victoria, New South Wales, and Tasmania…

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South Greta Miners' Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 October 1915 · page 4

A meeting of members of the South Greta Miners' Lodge will be held at the Royal Oak Hotel to-morrow (Thursday) morning at 10 o'clock if the pit does not work; otherwise…

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Australian Coal. German Warships

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 October 1915 · page 7

It will come as a surprise to Australians generally to learn that the German cruisers that sunk the two British warships—Good Hope and Monmouth—off the South…

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Coal find Shale Employees' Federation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 October 1915 · page 4

The result of the ballet to determine who should be the federation's nominees for executive officers of the Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, was announced…

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The Mining Situation. No Suspension of Work

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 13 October 1915 · page 3

Following upon the request of Mr. Justice Higgins, that the representatives of the Colliery Employees' Federation and the colliery proprietors should meet and…

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Local and General News. Smallpox in Mining Townships

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 4

Four additional cases of smallpox were notified to the local authority on Wednesday, one case each at Cessnock, Kurri Kurri, Pelaw-Main, and Greta…

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Aberdare Central Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 6

The Aberdare Central Colliery is as yet only in the early development stage. When fully developed it will employ a large number of hands, and there is sure to be a large…

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Australian Coal. German Warships

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 3

It will come as a surprise Australians generally to learn that the German cruisers that sank the two British warships—Good hope and Monmouth—off the South…

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Youths in Mines. Nobler Careers Open

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 9

In a memorandum to the Inahahua Mine and Dredge Employees' Award. the Arbitration Court, Wellington. N.Z., observes that it has not made any provision for the…

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Industrial. Miners' Hours of Working. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 13

A private conference of the Miners' Federation at Nottingham rejected the Lancashire and Cheshire miners' resolution that work in the mines should begin at 8 a.m.,…

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Mineral Mining. Claims of Employees

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 10

The hearing of the case of the Federal Mining Employees' Association of Australia against the mineral mining conp[?] in victoria, New South Wales, and Tasmania,…

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