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Mining & the mines, 1916

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Colliery Mechanics

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 August 1916 · page 2

The colliory mechanic of East Greta Rothbury, and East Greta Junction met on Friday evening to consider the list of Increased rates…

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Miners' Meeting. the Tentative Agreement. (From our Representative). WESTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1916 · page 5

At an aggregnle meeting of miners at Weston this morning Mr. J. M. Buddoley explained the lentalive agreement draited at the recent Melbourne conference…

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The Departure. Precautions Against Mines, (Australian Cable Association.) New York, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 August 1916 · page 2

The Deutschlnnd, Hying the American fag, loft her borth at 530 to-day, flanked by, vessels in order to guide her. Sho headed-for-the, Virginia Capes,…

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Miners Meeting. the Agreement. Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 3

The aggregate meeting of colliery employees, held at Weston on Thursday, was of a representative character, although the attendance was not large, considering the…

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Colliery Mechanics. Settlement Effected

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 11

The committee of management of the Colliery Mechanics' Association met at the association office, West Maitland, on Saturday evening, to receive reparts of the…

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Electrical Coal Cutting. Exposure of Flame

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 10

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

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Miser's Gold. Chapter Iv. the Return

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 16

The great liner glided smoothly to her berthing station. Early as the morning was with a saffron glint in the clear sky of a february morning—so early that there…

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Mine-sweeper Sunk. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 August 1916 · page 5

The British Admiralty announces that the auxiliary mine-sweeper Clacton was torpedoed and sunk in the Levant on the 3rd of August. Two engineers, an officer and three men…

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Electrical Coal Cutting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1916 · page 4

The inquiry which was begun last week into the occurrence of an arc inside the fuse box of an electrical coal-cutting machine at Abermain Colliery No…

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Mining Situation. the Tentative Agreement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1916 · page 6

When approached with regard to the tentative agreement, the executive of the Colliery Employees' Federation declined to discuss the matter, or to give the figures of the…

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Colliery Mechanics' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 August 1916 · page 4

AS a result of the recent conference between the Colliery Proprietors' Association, the increased rates agreed upon will be paid as from july 31st. The board will be called together to…

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Colliery Stoppages. Trouble at Aberdare. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 August 1916 · page 5

Aberdare collery was idle to-day owing to trouble about the time of coming out of the mine. It is stated that lately the miners have been coming out before the…

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Mining Examinations. Electricians

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1916 · page 3

An examination of candidates for certificates of competency as mine electricians was held at the Technical College Ultimo, on 18th July. Six candidates…

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Gold Find Claimed. Richest In Tasmania."

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 August 1916 · page 2

A party of four citizens of Hobart, who claim the richest discovery of gold in the annals of Tasmania, and one of the richest in the Conmonwealth,…

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Tasmanian Goldfield. Large Reef Found

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1916 · page 3

With reference to the rich gold discovery at Long Plain, on the west coast of Tasmania, one of the prospectors William Bond, who has arrived in Hobart, says of…

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Gold Find Claimed. "Richest in Tasmania."

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 August 1916 · page 6

A party of four citizens in Hobart, who claim the richest discovery of gold in the annals of Tasmania, and one of the richest in the…

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Dispute at Aberdare Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 3

The trouble which caused a stoppage of work at Aberdare colliery was still unsettled at time of writing. A meeting of miners was held in the evening, but the…

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Miners Eight Hours

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 2

Mr. J. M. Baddel[?]y, president of the Northern Collier Employees Federation, when spoken to with respect to the questions of the eight hours bank to bank and…

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Eight Hours in Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 4

Mr. A. C, Willis, general secretary, Australian Coal and Shale WOrkers' Federation, has received a telegram from the Federal Registrar stating that the president of the…

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Colliery Proprietors Meet. Matters Satisfactory. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 5

The Colliery proprietors Association held an important meeting in Sydney yesterday afternoon. When questioned this morning, the proprietors, who had…

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