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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

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The Mining Agreement. Proposal Rejected. Cessnook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 5

Practically the whole of the South Maitland miners' lodges have rejected the proposed agreement between the mine owners and miners executive, recently drafted in…

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Cessnock District News. Miners' Conference. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 October 1915 · page 6

A conference of Maitland miners representatives was held at Weston yesterday (Sunday) to discuss the position that has arisen through the rejection of the draft mining…

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Coal-Mining Trouble. an Acute Position. Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 October 1915 · page 2

An acute position has arisen on the northern coalfields owing to the rejection of the agreement which was drawn up recently at a conference of…

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Meeting of Miners. Mining Agreement. Emphatic Protest. Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 October 1915 · page 2

An aggregate meeting of colliery workers of the South Maitland and Greta districts was held on the Weston Park yesterday in connection with the proposed mining…

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The Mining Situation. Proposed Agreement Rejected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 October 1915 · page 6

A special meeting of the Delegate Board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held yesterday to consider the result of the voting of the lodges on the draft agreement…

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Meeting of Miners. Mining Agreement. Emphatic Protest. Weston

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1915 · page 6

An aggregate meeting of colliery worKers of the South Maitland and Greta districts was held on the Weston Park yesterday in connection with the proposed mining…

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Mining Corps

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1915 · page 4

Those who are connected with the mining industry now have the opportunity of getting to the front with a mining corps, which the authorities have decided to form, to consist…

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The Dardanelles Mining Activity. General Birdwood's Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 October 1915 · page 6

London, Thursday.—The Press Bureau announces: General Birdwood reports that there is little to say regarding operations above ground in Gallipoli…

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Colliery Proprietors Meet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 October 1915 · page 4

A meeting of the northern colliery proprietors was held at the rooms of Messrs. Pitt, Son, and Badgery on Saturday, presumably in connection with the claim of the…

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Work at the Collieries. for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 October 1915 · page 3

On the whole good time was worked at the Newcastle and Maitland district mines during the pay ended an Saturday last. Tenmines of the Newcastle district worked full…

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News by Wire. Coal-lumpers' Demand. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 October 1915 · page 5

All the coal hulks in the harbour were idle this morning, the coal-lumpers holding a stop-work meeting at Miller's Point. Demands are being made for the payment of…

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Coal Lumpers' Trouble Shipping Held Up. Higher Rates Claimed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 October 1915 · page 3

Sydney, Monday.—The . coal-lumpers held up the shipping in Sydney Harbor this afternoon to attend a stop work meeting. They decided to demand…

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The Mining Situation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 October 1915 · page 4

The claim of the Northern miners for increased rates of pay was the subject of a further conference in Sydney yesterday between representatives of the Colliery…

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A Serious Position. Coal-lumers' Demands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 October 1915 · page 7

A critical position has arisen in connection with the demands of the coal-lumpers for increased pay. A meeting of the southern coalowners was…

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Commandeering Coal. Federal Action. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 October 1915 · page 5

Mr. Jonson, Minister of the Navy, definitely announced to-day that his department had commandeered all cool supplies in hand at Melbourne, Adelaide, Albany, and…

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Coal-lumpers' Strike. No Sign of Settlement. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 October 1915 · page 5

There is no sign of a settlement of the coallumpers' strike. Negotiations with the employers are still proceeding. The men have epressed themselves as fully determined not…

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German Diplomacy. Pockets Stuffed with Gold. Constantinople. Oct. 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 October 1915 · page 5

Baron von Wagenheim, German Ambassador, died after a short illness. He was a personal friend of the German Emperor, whom he accompanied on his Corfu trips. He was…

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Colliery Proprietors' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 October 1915 · page 4

Mr. N. J. Clark has resigned the position of secretary of the Hunter River District Colliery Proprietors' Defence Association, which he has filled for the pats couple of years. Mr. Clark has…

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Coal Lumpers' Strike

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 October 1915 · page 2

At a mass meeting of members of the Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union on Tuesday, the reply of the employers to the men's demands was received. It was…

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Coal Commandeered. For Australian Transports

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 October 1915 · page 2

Melbourne, Wednesday.—The Minister for the Navy says his department has commandeered all coal supplies in hand at Melbourne, Adelaide, Albany, and…

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