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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

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Slackness at the Mines. District Unemployment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 2

At the request of a deputation that waited on the Premier last week, Mr. J. Estell, Minister for Labour and Industry, deputed Mr. Frank Breman, superintendent of the…

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Barrier Miners Arbitration Case

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 1

The hearing was commenced in the Arbitration Court at Melbourne on Monday of the plaint in which the Barrier Branch of the Amalgamated Miners'…

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Barrier Miners. Case in Arbitration Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 6

In the Arbitration Court in Melbourne, before Mr. Justice Higgins, the hearing was continued of the plaint in which the Barrier branch of the Amalgamated Miners'…

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Rich Gold. New Discovery in the West

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 3

About 2 cwt. of specimen stone was brought into Kalgoorlie (W.A.) from the New Bodington mine, Goongarrie, which is under option to a Kalgoorlie syndicate…

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Broken Hill Miners. Four Days a Week

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 5

A special mass meeting of the combined unions was held at Broken Hill on Sunday to deal further with Senator Pearce's four days a week proposal, which is now in…

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Broken, Hill Miners. Four Days a Week

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 3

A spcical mass meeting of the combined unions was hold at Broken Hill on Sunday to deal further with Senatoi Pearce's four days a week…

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Colliery Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 2

Owing to a disputes there was an interruption of work at the Bellbird colliery yesterday. The exact nature of the trouble could not be definitely ascertained, but it was said…

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Coal Export. Result of the Federal Embargo

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 7

The embargo on the export of coal, and the consequent unemployment in the Newcastle district, was brought under the notice of the Acting Prime Minister (Senator…

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Bellbird Colliery Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 4

The Bellbird Colliery is still idle. It appears that the dispute does not concern the management, but is due to a misunderstanding amongst the men themselves over…

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Broken Hill Miners. Four Days a Week

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 14

A special mass meeting of the combined unions was held at Broken Hill on Sunday to deal further with Senator Pearce's four days a week proposal, which is now in…

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The Maloja. Mine or Torpedo? Captain's Statement. London, March 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 5

At the inquest on the victims of the disaster to the R.M.S. Maloja, which was sunk off Dover, Captain Irving said thnt, considering the speed the vessel was going astern…

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State Colliery Idle. Dispute at Victorian Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 March 1916 · page 2

The stoppage of work at the Victorian Government Colliery, woht[?]ggl, last week, was due to a dispute over the 12/ per day minimum for contract minors,…

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Moewe's Captures. Mine-laying. Amsterdam

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 March 1916 · page 5

A German naval communique states that the Moewe brought four British officers and twenty-nine British marines and sailors, and 16s belonging to crews of enemy'd ships,…

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Dardanells Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 5

A significant but unconfirmed message from Athens states that the Turks are removing the mines from the Dardanells. It is reported from Rome that General…

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Maitland Miners' Fines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon, Mr. Fitzpatrick asked the Attorney-General if he had yet decided the question of payment or otherwise of…

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Turks at Dardanelles. Removing the Mines. (By Cable.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 3

Athens forwards an unconfirmed report that the Turks-are removing their mines from the Dardanelles…

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Miners' Notices

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1916 · page 7

Sir,—I would like to lay before the public a gross injustice miners have to put up with, with the hope that some one more talented might be able to throw more light on the…

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Moewe's Captures. Mine-laying. Amsterdaym

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1916 · page 5

A German naval communique states that the Moewe brought four British officers and twenty-nine British marines and sailors, and 168 belonging to crews of enemy's ships,…

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Struck a Mine. and Chased by a Submarine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 2

The steamer Gallier, which arrived at Sydney from New York on Tuesday, although less than 18 months old, has had by somewhat sensational career, Six days…

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Mining Fatality. Shift Boss Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 7

At the Great Boulder mine, a shift boss named James Richard, married, with five children, met with a fatal accident. Deceased and two mates got into a skip,…

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