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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

663 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 34

Mine's Starting Again

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 8

The Maitland district miners' lodges have adopted the conference proposals for settlement of the afternoon shift trouble, and the mines were all at work again…

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Aberman Miners's Claim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 5

The Abermain miners consider, that the condition of settlement of the afternoon shift trouble providing for payment of 3d per ton extra for coal won on the afternoon shift…

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Mine-sweeping. the Amethyst's Losses

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 6

London, Thursday—The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" at Tenedos says the Allies' operations are at present restricted to mine-sweeping the…

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The Mining Situation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 7

The change in the situation with regard to the idle coal mines of the South Maitland district will be hailed with rejoicing by very many. For upwards of nine months,…

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Strassburg. Coal Depot Bombed. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 2

The "Daily Chronicle's" Geneva correspondent on Sunday stated that French aviators bombed the coal depot a fortnight ago at Strassburg, and 24,000 tons of coal were…

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Trade and Industry. Miners' Demands. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 3

A conference of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain has resolved to demand a 20 per cent. increase of wages owing to the increased price of foodstuffs…

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Coal for German Cruisers. Philippines As a Base

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 6

Reports from Manila dispel any remaining doubt that the German men-of-war have used the Philippines as a base of supply, and that American neutrality has been violated…

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Pelaw-main Colliery. Work to Be Resumed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 6

The president of the Miners' Federation, Mr. J, M. Baddeley, who, with Messrs. 12. Thompson, secretary, and R. Young, delegate of the Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge…

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Miners' Appeal. Judgment Delivered. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 2

The Full Court, comprising the Chief Justice (Sir William Cullen), Justice Pring, and Justice Sly, delivered reserved judgment to-day in the appeal on behalf of…

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Coal War. Keen Competition for Trade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 8

Mr. John Brown, [?] of the Colliery Proprietors' Deleace Association, and head of the firm of Messrs. J. and A. Brown, owners of Richmond Main, Pelaw-Main, and…

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Lost Battleships. Sunk by Mines. Admiralty's Statement. the Russians. Successes in Poland and Galicia. the Western Front. the Blockade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 5

It transpires that the British battleships Irresistible and Ocean, and the French, battleship Bouvet were sunk by mines in the Dardanelles…

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Mining Matters. Afternoon Shift Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 6

The result of an interview between Mr. J. Borwn, and, Mr. J. Baddeley, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, and representatives of the Pelaw-Main miners…

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Naval Disaster Three Vessels Sunk by Floating Mines

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 4

London, Saturday.—The Admiralty announces that three battleships were mined and sunk in the Dardanelles. These were the British fourth-class…

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The Great Cobar. Scheme to Work Mines. London, March 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 3

The Great Cobar debenture holders have resolved in favour of adopting Mr. pellew Harvey's recommendations to work the mines…

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The War. Naval Disaster. Three Vessels Sunk. by Floating Mines. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 2

The Admiralty announces that three battleships were mined and sunk in the Dardanelles. These were the British fourth…

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Northern Collieries-appeal

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 2

The State Full Court, on Monday, delivered judgment in the appeal for a prohibition by the Northern Collieries Federation against the decisions of…

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Coal From England. London, March 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 5

Italy has chartered twenty colliers from Cardiff, with coal for the navy and railways…

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Colliery Casualty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 4

A youth about seventeen years of age, son of Mr. T. Simon, of Kurri, lies in a precarious condition at his parents' residence, and his condition is such as to…

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Storing Coal in Water

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

The advantages of storing quantities of coal under water, where deterioration is much less than in the air, are, according to the "Colonial Journal,"…

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