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Mining & the mines, 1916

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"Old Gold and Silver War Fund." a Reminder

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1916 · page 4

One of our recent editions contained an appeal by the Committee of this Fund asking for gold and silver articles of any and every description. We now remind…

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Colliery Mechanics. the Proprietors' Terms General Increases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 July 1916 · page 3

The Conference between representatives of the Colliery Proprietors' Association and the Colliery Mechanics' Association was concluded yesterday at the proprietors'…

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Colliery Mechanics. Proprietors' Offer. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1916 · page 4

The cornery mechanics of the Cessnock district mines, including Aberdare, Aberdare extended. Neath, Aberdare South, Alderman Central, and Bellbird, held a combined [?]…

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Colliery Mechanics. Combined Meeting. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 4

at a combined of the mechanics of Pelaw Main Hobburn, Standford Mcrthyr, and Richmond Main, held at the Kings's Hall last evening the offer of the propri[?]ters…

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Mining Situation. Tentative Ageement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 2

Mr. Stewart, Industrial Registrar of the Commonwealth Court of Arbitration on Thursday announced that a tentative agreement had been arrived at in respect of the…

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Gaseous Mines. Statement by Miners' President

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 11

The president of the Colliery Employees Federation (Mr. J. M. Baddeley) said yesterday: "Through pressure of time I had not the opportunity to consider a…

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New Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 2

The work of opening a new colliery for the Newcastle-Walisend Company, on property near Bellird, is in progress. The driving of the tunnels is well advanced, and a…

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Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 4

The Maitland district mines resumed work on Friday, after the employees having had time off to deal with their grievances (Writes our mines representative). In most cases the…

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Colliery Mechanics. the Proprietors' Terms

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 2

The conference between representatives of the Colliery Proprietors' Association and the Colliery Mechanics' Association was concluded on Wednesday at the proprietors'…

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Colliery Mechanics. Consideration of Proprietors Offer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 6

Members of the Federated Mechanics Association from East Greta and East Greta Junction met at Fatzeus Hall last evening to consider the proprietors offer in…

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Colliery Mechanics. Proprietors' Offer. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 5

The colliery mechanics of the Cessknock district mines, including Aerdare, Aberdare Extended. Neath, Aberdare South, Aberdare Central, and Bellbird, held a combined…

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Miser's Gold. Chapter Iii. Journeyings

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 16

The jolting journey in the ox-waggon to the nearest township was an experience which Norman Wyburn never forgot. The old man—as he now realised more…

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Mine War at Sea. Small Craft Heroes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 9

The work of the small craft in this war is an epic of human bravery—perhaps the most wonderful that the imagination of man can conceive. Twenty months of the…

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Edna May Central. Mine Manager to Resign

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 10

The directors of the Edna May Central gold mines held a meeting in Melbourne to consider the course to be adopted with regard to the error made in despatching the…

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Old Gold and Silver War Fund

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 1

Can we do enough for those men who are doing all tliey can for us?They are giving their lives for the country. The very least that we can…

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Southern Collieries Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1916 · page 7

Scarborough Tunnel Colliery was idle yesterday. The management recently summoned a wheeler for insulting language. A deputy for the morning heelers…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1916 · page 7

The quarterly meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades Hall, Newcastle, yesterday. Mr. J. M. Baddeley,…

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Electrical Coal Cutting. Exposure of Flame. Investigation Opened

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1916 · page 4

At the Instance of the Minister of Mines an investigation of an accident which occurred on July 3 at Abermain Colliery No. 2, when an are occurred inside the fuse box…

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South Wales Miners. Not Among "No-holiday" Loyalists. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1916 · page 5

Despite the personal appear or the veteran Labour member, Mr. William Abraham ("Mabon") twenty thousand Welsh miners have decided to take holiday for two days…

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Disastrous Canadian Fire. Mining Towns Burnt Out. Ottawa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1916 · page 5

Cochrane and Matheson, small towns in northern Ontario were burned out this morning. One hundred lives were lost, and many others injured. The fire spread to the…

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