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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

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Commonwealth Finance. Gold Reserve

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 2

At the rate at which the Commonwealth note issue is increasing it will not be long before it has assumed proportions which were never anticipated before…

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Life in Bruges. Coal, £6 Per Ton. Boulogne, Dec. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 11

I learn from a reliable source (writes the correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph") that the life that is being led at Bruges is one of constant misery. In this big…

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Dashing Work. by the French. War of Trench Mining

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 9

The period from December 25 to January 4. was marked, in spite of the execrable weather, by three important actions, all to which ended in a decided success for our…

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Mine Dredging. Paris, Feb. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 5

It is officially stated that mine dredging in the Dardanelles has begun…

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Trade Disputes. Miners and Engineers. London, Feb. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 8

The Miners' Federation in Britain is seking an immediate advance owing to the increased cost of living. A conference to arrange the details of the demand has been…

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For the Mine Sweepers

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 3

Miss Mary Jay, a well-known Sydney journalist, is making a special appeal for hand-knitted socks on behalf of the brave, intrepid men who are carrying…

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Mining Assident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 4

A married man, named Lawrence Kiely, 40 years of age, a resident of Telarah, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital this morning suffering from injuries to his chest…

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Miners and Engineers. Demand for More Pay. London, Feb. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 5

The Miners' Federation in Britain is seeKing an immediate advance owing to the increased cost of living. A conference to arrange the details of the demand has been…

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Mine Mischief. Paris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 5

A mine exploded on the coast of Kierenzee, in Dutch Zealand, killing five civilians, and another exploded west of Capello…

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Australian Trader. Strikes a Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 6

News was received in Sydney yesterday that the steamer Surrey, a well-known Australian trader, had struck a mine off Dover, and was ashore near Deal…

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Mine Explosion. Many Miners Entombed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 5

HINTON (West Virginia), March 3. One hundred and eighty-two miners are entombed in the New River and Poc[?] Consolidated coal mine as the result of an…

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Neath Colliery Re-opened

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 5

The Neath colliery, which had been closed for some time owing to fire in the workings, is again in working order, and it is producing coal as usual. The manage, Mr. C…

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For the Mine Sweepers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 5

Miss Mary Jay, a well-known Sydney journalist, is making a special appeal fur hand-knitted socks on behalf of the brave, intrepid men who are carrying…

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Work at the Collieries. the Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 15

The work at the collieries during the past fortnight was, so far as the Maitland field Ls concerned, characterised by steadiness, but on the Newcastle field dulness of trade was…

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For the Mine Sweepers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 3

Miss Mary Jay, a well-known Sydney journalist, is making a special appeal for hand-knitted socks on behalf of the brave, intrepid men who are carrying…

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Mine Mischief. Pars

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 2

A mine exploded on the coast, of Kierensee, in Dutch Zeeland. killing five civilians, and another exploded west of Capelle…

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Mine Dredging. Paris, Feb. 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 13

It is officially stated that mine dredging in the Dardanelles has begun…

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Moke German Mines. Copenhagen, Feb. 25

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 12

A flotilla of German trawlers laden with mines has passed the Skaw westward…

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The Wages Question. Miners' Conference. London. March 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 5

The Minors conference has summoned a national conference for March 17, with a view to securing a substantial advance in wages…

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Unfortunate Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 3

Owing to the Railway Department being unable to supply trucks, the miners at Rosedale colliery were thorwn out of work yesterday. There are about 30 or 40 men…

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