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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1918

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Hebburn Colliery Fatality. Inquest at Winston. Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 3

An inquest, was hold the Criterion Hotel, Weston, yesterday before the district coroner, Mr. G. Brown, and a jury of six concerning the death of Robert Whitworth,…

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Kimberley Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1918 · page 4

It is intimated elsewhere that Messrs. Henry Lawson and Lawson Cook have re-opened Kimberly Colliery, at East Maitland, worked for a number of years by Mr. E…

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Floating Mine in the Pacific

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 May 1918 · page 2

It was reported recently that the lookout of a vessel which has arrived in Sydney while en voyage from an Eastern port sighted an object…

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Floating Mine in the Pacific

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 May 1918 · page 4

It was reported recently that the lookout of a vessel which has arrived In Sydney while en voyage from an Eastern port sighted an object…

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Austria. Serious Coal Strike. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1918 · page 6

Reuter's Zurich correspondent says: A telegram from Cracow states that the strike on the Dombrowa coalfields is the most serious of any outbreak during the Austrian…

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Work at the Collieries. for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1918 · page 2

The full working period at the in collieries in the Newcastle and district was eleven' days for the fortnight. This was worked by seven collieries. New Greta…

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Floating Mine in Tow. a Curious Adventure

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 2

The master of a well-known, vessel, trading between Sydney and New Zealand ports, and which recently arrived in Sydney, reports that while on a…

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The War. Hunting U Boats. Jellicoe's Faith in Mines. Huge Scheme Preparing London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 2

MR. Archibald Hurd, writing in the "Daily Telegraph" with regard to the new danger zone in the North Sea, says he is revealing an old and well-guarded…

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Injured at Rothbury Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 4

An employee of Rothbury Colliery, a young man named George Smith was admitted to the Maitland Hospital this morning, suffering from severe injuries caused through…

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The Miners' Federation

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 3

In Keeping with this view of the situation is the complaint of the Minister for Labour (Mr. Bobey) that the Miners' Federation has been…

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Floating Mine. in the Pacific

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 7

It was reported recently that the look-out of a vessel which has arrived in Sydney, while en voyage from an Eastern port cited an object resembling a mine floating in the…

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British Mine-sweeper Sunk. London, Thursday Night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 4

The Admiralty reports that a British mine-sweeper struck a mine and sank on May 1. Three officers and 23 men, including the mercantile crew, were killed…

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State Gold Yield. Increase for April

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 2

Mr. R. H. Cambage, the Under-secretary for Mines, has furnished a return which shows that the gold yield recorded in this State for the month of April was 7403…

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Mining and Transport. Federal Coal Board. Newcastle Deputation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 May 1918 · page 3

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. D. Watkins and M. Charlton, Ms.H.R., J. Baddeley, president of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation; and Mr…

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Coal at Urana

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 May 1918 · page 3

According to reports from Uranna. In the Wagga district, the results from prospecting a seam of coal which was discovered a few months ago have proved so satisfactory…

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Mine-sweeper Sunk, London, Sunday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 6

It is reported by the Admiralty that a mine-sweeping sloop was [?] and sink last Monday. Two officers and 13 men are missing…

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Colliery Mechanics' Federation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 May 1918 · page 4

Matters are moving towards a definite settlement of the grisvance in regard to the colliery, machanbles emplyed at teh Western District collieries. This matter has been…

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Central Aberdare Colliery. Threatened Trouble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 May 1918 · page 4

But for the advise tendered by Mr. Walter Waller, secretary of teh Colliery Machanies' Association, there would probably have been a cessation of work by…

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With the Australian Miners. the Great Fight Under Hill 60. How They Outwitted the Enemy Part I. British Headquarters, Fraxce, February 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 May 1918 · page 3

When yon look back over our own side of the line from the positions wer captured [?] the Germans last year you wonder how on earth with the Germans there we ever…

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More Coal Needed. Appeal to Miners. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 6

In view of the necessity for increasing coal production, especially for export purposes with fewer men available owing to the combing out policy an appeal is being…

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