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Mining & the mines, 1919

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Miners Delegates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 May 1919 · page 3

A meeting of miners at Cessnock on Sunday discussed the position of delegates who had to journey to Newcastle to attend the [?] heard meeting. There was…

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Abermain Colliery. Thrown Idle. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 May 1919 · page 5

Aberdare Extended colliery was thrown idle this morning owing to disatifaction amongst the clipper boys. The boys have participated in the general waga inerease…

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Miners' Demands. Conference in Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 May 1919 · page 2

A conference between the colliery proprictors, managers, and representatives of the miners federation was held at the room of the Northern Collieries…

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Labor's Plans to Nationalise Mines

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 14 May 1919 · page 1

The Official Labour Party has givon the owners of metalliferous mines notice to quit. Fortunately the Labor party is not yet in power and its…

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Coal Commission. Evidence by Distributors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 May 1919 · page 2

The Royal Commissioner, Mr. J. L. Campbell, K.C., continued his investigation into the coal industry. EHot Warburton, of Warburton and…

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Miners" May Day" Holiday. Capetown, April 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 May 1919 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent at johannesburg states that the South African Industrial Federation is moving for the recognition of May Day as a Labour holiday…

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M. Clemanceeu's Kiss. Schoolgirls' Gold Pen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 May 1919 · page 5

Ten little schoolgirls, fresh as prinroses, tripped lightly across the court of the War Ministry (says the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail") and into M. Clemencoan's…

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Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 May 1919 · page 4

George Gould, a shiftman, employed at the New Greta Colliery, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital on Tuesday, suffering from a very badly broken left leg and…

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Lithgow State Mine. Commissioners to Take Control

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 May 1919 · page 7

The Railway Commissioners will shortly commence work on the State coal mine, near Lithgow, in order that it may supply the greater portion of the coal required…

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Mining Position. CONfERENCE in Newcastle. Victimisation Question

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 May 1919 · page 6

The conference between the colliery proprietors and the representatives of the Ministers' Federation was resumed at the rooms of the Northern Collieries Association…

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Coal Commission

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 5

Peirs' Titles Criticises. Giving evidence before the Coal Commission, the Marquis of Bute stated that royalties averaged £109,277 sterling yearly…

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Old King Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 2

Now, ole King Coal is a merry ole soul, And fond of joke is he. And many the jokes he plays on folks Who dwell by the P I T…

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Colliery Mechanics. the Conference Proposals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 6

The executive officers of the colliery Mechanics' Association, who were in conference with the proprietors in Sydney May 7, 8 and 9, in reference to the new…

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Mining Application

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 2

The Warden (Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.) yesterday granted application for authority to enter private land for coal mining to Raymond L. Clift, Edward…

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Coal Commission. London, May 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 3

The Duke of Hamilton did not attend the Goal Commission on the p[?]a, of ill-health and sent his agent, Mr. Warren Wary, a Glasgow solicitor, a man of surprising…

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Coal Commission. Evidence by Distributors

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 6

The Royal Commissioner, Mr. J. [?]. Campbell, K.C., continued his investigations into the coal industry. Eliot Warburton of Warburton and…

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Sale of Coal Prime Ministers's Powers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 6

Statutory rules have been issued under the Why Precautions Act empowering the prime Minister to fix the prices of coal sold by purbaser from the Commonwealth…

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Coal Commission. Queensland Evidence. London, May 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 14

Mr. Ryan, Premier of Queensland, was a witness before the Coal Commission to-day. He remarked that the trading experiment of Queensland were mostly…

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Coal Commission. Valuable Evidence. London, May 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 5

Mr. Justice Snake described as exceedingly important the evidence of Mr. McLauchian the noted mining engineer, on the suggested State-controlled collective…

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South Africa, Mines Closing Down. Capetown, May 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 5

The Bloemfoutein Labor Conference in discussing the colour bar, disclosed the deepest difference on the question. The Transvaal representatives strongly…

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