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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

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Price of Coal. Increase Sanctioned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1915 · page 5

The Necessary Commodities Control Commission has decided to offer no objection to the proposal of the Northern colliery proprietors to increase the selling price of coal from…

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Ambulance Cars. Miners' Gifts. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1915 · page 13

Lord Derby has visited Bolton to inspect twenty, ambulance cars, a portion of a gift from Lancashire and Cheshire miners, who for the purpose have subscribed £36,000…

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Gold Seized. Berne, Dec. 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1915 · page 13

Herr Helfferich (German Minister for Finance) has ordered all pvivate safes in Gorman banks to be opened, and any gold therein seized…

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Mining Matters. Agreement Accepted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1915 · page 15

The receipt of returns of the ballot of members of the Colliery Employees Federation on the agreement framed between the executive and the proprietors, as the…

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Mining Matters. Conference Asked For

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 December 1915 · page 2

The executive of the Colliery Employees' Federation followed up the reply of the proprietors to a request for a conference to adjust details in connection with the new…

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