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Mining & the mines, 1917

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Colliery Mechanics. East Greta Workshop Men

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 5

Every effort has been made by the officials of the Colliery Mechanics Association to induce the men employed at the East Greta workshops, who recently ceased work as a…

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Federated Mining Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 4

A meeting of members of the Federated Mining Mechanics and Surfacemen's Mutual Protective Association will be held at Piper's Grand Central Hotel to-morrow…

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Colliery Mechanics. East Great Workshops Difficulty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1917 · page 5

With a view to again urging the desirability of resuming work upon the East Grete Workshop members of the Colliery Mechanles' Association, who have been idle…

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Miners' Hewing Rates. System of Calculations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 March 1917 · page 3

Acting upon the suggestion of Mr. Justice Edmonds, at the sitting of the Federal Coal Board on Monday, a conference took place yesterday morning, at the rooms of the…

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News by Wire. the Coal-lumpers' Case. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 March 1917 · page 5

The appeal of the Minister for Labour from the award governing the work of unloading coal at Mortlake and Kent-street was called on in the Industrial Court…

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Central Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 2

Mr. J. M. Baddley was present at the Central on Wednesday, putting preliminary arrangements through in connection with coal-getting…

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Miners' Picnic

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 4

The Aberdare and Cessnock Miners' Lodges annual picnic took place at Spier's Point last Saturday, and was largely attended. The two…

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Colliery Mechanics. Appeal to the Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 4

Having, after much argument and solid advice, induced the mechanics at the East Greta workshops to see the wisdom of returning to work in order to enable an appeal…

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Trench Warfare. Mine Like a Volcano

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 9

The "Daily Chronicle" Special Correspondent, Phillip Gibbs with the British Armies in the Field, on Jan. 2, wrote:— The old business of trench warfare has…

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Work at the Collieries. for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1917 · page 6

Only two colneries of the Newcastle ann Maitland coalfields worked eleven days during the fortnight for the pay ending last Saturday. Owing to the show holiday…

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Coal Mines Regulation Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 4

Attention is directed to an advertisement in this issue stating that an examination of candidates for certificates of competency as manager, under-manager and deputy under…

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Southern Collieries. Non-unionists Obected To

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 3

Referring to labour troubles on the southern coalfield, Mr. A. C. Willis, general secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, stated that he had advised the…

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Colliery Fatality. Two Lives Lost

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 2

By a fall of stone at the Coledale Colliery on Tuesday a man named Kelly was killed, the deputy, Richard [?] sustained in fracture of one of the legs, and had both his…

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Colliery Fatality. Two Lives Lost

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 7

By a fall of stone at the Coledale Colliery on Tuesday a man named Kelly was killed, the deputy, Richard Griffiths, sustained a fracture of one of his legs, and had both his…

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Trench Warfare. Mine Like a Volcano

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 8

The "Daily Chronicle" special correspondent, Philip Gibbs, with the British armies in the field, on January 2, wrote:—…

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Colliery Mechanics. Branch Formed at [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 2

Messrs. Waller and Williams, secretary and treasurer of the Colliery Mechanics' Association have just returned from a visit to the Western [?] at [?] where they…

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Goldfields Tragedy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 4

A double [?] is reported from the Howard goldfields, in the Nelson district, New Zealand, where two miners, Abraham Turner and James Knight, were found dead in a…

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Colliery Stoppages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 3

Stoppages of work have been pretty frequent at Bellbird Colliery of late, and the peculiar part of the business is that it is difficult to get at the reason. Another…

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Mines. the "Barbed Wire" of the Sea

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 12

One cannot be at sea very long in any kind or a lighting ship without discovering that the navy has its own kind of "barbed wire" to contend against…

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Work at the Collieries. for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 March 1917 · page 3

The full working time for the period was 10 days, worked by 17 collieries. The details, as supplied by the various shipping offices are as follows:—…

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