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Mining & the mines, 1916

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Bring Out Your Gold. German Posters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 9

Large red posters have been put up in railway carriages and tramway-cars in Get many inviting the people to part with their gold. "Bring out your gold," they say. "It…

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Mining Matters. Conference Asked For

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 15

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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Rich Gold Find. on the Clarence. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 7

Arthur Bancroft, a well-known miner, arrived at Grafton this morning, with news of a wonderfully rich gold find on the Upper Clarence. In four days they got out 1501bs…

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State Coal Mine. Land to Be Resumed at Lithgow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 4

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Estell.) said yesterday that negotiations had been practically completed for the starting of the State coal mine at Lithgow…

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South Coast Mines Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 6

The whole of the district collieries at "Wollongong were idle yesterday, owing to the dispute concerning the eight hours bank, to bank for all colliery employees. The…

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Cessnock Colliery Idle. This New Agreement. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 6

Cessnock district [?] and several others on the field are idle to-day, owing to dissatisfaction of the wheelers and shiftmen with the new agreement. It is claimed that…

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Compulsion. This South Wales Miners' London. Jan. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 5

The "Daily Chronicle" says that either Mr. Lewis Harcourt (Chief Commissioners for Works) or Mr. Samuel (Postmaster-General) wil replace Sir J. A. Simon as…

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Mining Matters. the New Agreement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 6

Misunderstanding of the terms of the new agreement was responsible for the temporary stoppage of Northern Extended Colliery on Monday, and Neath Colliery yesterday…

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Coal Strike. South Coast Mines Idle

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 2

The whole of the South Coast collieries were idle on Tuesday over the eight-hour question. The present stoppage affects over 2000 men. The…

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Price of Coal. Wholesale and Retail Rates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 6

The Necessary Commodities Central Commission recently permitted the coal producers of the northern district to increase the price f.o.b. Newcastle from [?] 11s to 12s per ton. Since thon it…

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Mining Dispute. Aggregated Meeting to Be Held

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 4

The wheelers, shiftmen, and off-hand labourers, from collieries between Bellbird and Abermain held a meeting at Weston yesterday to discuss the terms of the now…

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Colliery Dispute. Meeting at Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

The aggregate meeting of wheelers, shiftmen, and off-hand labourers, held at Weston yesterday, spent several hours in a discussion of the new agreement without…

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What is a Mine Swee[?]

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 3

Mine sweeping and submarine en[?]sing are two of the new farmers of this war on the naval side and whilst we have heard a good deal about the mines that…

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The Mining Situation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

There will be very general gratification that the stoppage of work at the collieries has been short lived, and that it has been decided to endeavour to secure a settlement of the…

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Hot Weather in Mining Towns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

Very hot weather prevailed in the nines district yesterday (writes our Mines representative). Bush fires broke out in several places along the railway line between Weston…

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State Coal Mine. Land to Be Resumed at Lithgow

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 10

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Estell) said yesterday that negotiations had been practically completed for the starting of the State coal mine at Lithgow…

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South Coast Mines Idle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 7

The whole of the district collieries at Wollongong were idle on Tuesday, owing to the dispute concerning the eight hours bank to bank for all colliety employees. The…

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Cessnock Colliery Idle. the New Agreement. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 7

Cessnock district collieries and several others on the field are idle to-day owing to dissatisfaction of the wheelers and shiftmen with the new agreement. It is claimed that…

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Mining Matters. the New Agreement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 7

Misunderstanding of the terms of the new agreement ws responsible for the temporary stoppage of Northern Extended Colliery on Monday, and Neath Colliery on Tuesday…

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Compulsion. the South Wales Miners' Attitude. London, Jan. 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 2

The "Daily Chronicle" says that either Mr. Lewis Harcourt (Chief Commissioner for Works or Mr. Samuel (Postmaster General) will replace Sir J. A. Simon as…

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