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Mining & the mines, 1919

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Miners Obdurate. London, August 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 3

Mr smith states that the Yarkshire branch meetings have ratified the rejection of the Government's terms…

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Labour Expulsion. Miners Support Mr. Willis

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 13

Mr. A. C. Willis (general secretary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees Federation), at a special delegate meeting of miners at Wollongong, explained what…

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Distress Amongst Miners. Distribution of Trade

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 15

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president of the Northern District Miners' Federation is in receipt of the following communication:— "Premier's office, August 1st.—I am…

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Warning to Welsh Miners. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 2

Mr. Brace (Labor M.P.), addressing the Welsh miners, warned them against the idea of a fight between the Government and labor Such a strife must be avoided at all…

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Fall Down a Shaft. Mine Manager's Remarkable Escape

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 7

Mr. Charles Easdown, manager of the Milburn Creek Copper Mine at Mount McDonald, in the Bathurst district, has had a remarkable escape from death in mine…

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State Gold Yield. Decrease for Seven Months

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 3

The Under-Secretary for Mines, Mr. R. H. Cambage, issues a return which shows that the gold yield recorded in this State for July was 5310oz crude, equal to 5246oz…

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Mining Industry. Wages to Be Paid

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 16

A regulation has been gazette by the Federal Government, setting out te rates of Wages to be paid from May 5 to persons employed in the production of coal in New…

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Europe's Coal Supply. a Serious Situation London; August 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 3

The Supreme Economic Council, sitting in London on August 1 and 2 discussed among other tilings the difficulty of securing for Europe adequate supplies of coal,…

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Six-hour Day. to Absorb Returned Men at the Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 3

Amongst the business to be dealt with at the half-yearly meeting of the Miners' Delegate Beard, to be held in Newcastle on Monday, is a notice from one of the…

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Coal Crisis. Deadlock at Yorkshire. Rig Unemployed List. LONDON, July 31

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 13

The Yorkshire coal conference has readied a deadlock, the miners refusing the piece-rates formula. (United Service Cable.)…

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Work at the Collieries. for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 August 1919 · page 6

While work at many of the collieries of the Newcastle and Maitland districts was poor for the fortnight ended on Saturday, the output generally was better than…

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Mining Application

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 August 1919 · page 4

Sitting in the Warden's Court, at the Courthouse WEest Maitland, to-day, Mr. A. O. Butler, D.S.M., had before him an application by Charles William Hungerford…

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Australian Labour Party. Will Miners Remain Affiliated?

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 7

Mr. J. D. Sweency, secretary of the illawarra District of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation states that his district had carried the following…

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N.Z. State Mines. Refuge for Bolsheviks. London, August 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 2

"The Times" says that a startling and timely lesson is afforded by an article, contributed to the paper's trade supplement, by Mr. W. H. Triggs, a New Zealand…

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Miners' Ailments. Inquiry by Technical Men and Specialists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 August 1919 · page 4

Judge Edmunds, as a member of the State Board of Trade Commission, held an open conference at Broken Hill with members of the trades unions, Mining Managers'…

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Yorkshire Miners. Resumption Advised. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 August 1919 · page 5

The Yorkshire committee has recommended the miners to resume work…

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Mining Industry. Delegate Board Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 August 1919 · page 7

The half-yearly meeting of the delegate board of the Australsian Coal and Shale Wokers Federation was concluded at the Newcastle Trades Hall on Wednesday. The…

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Coal Output. Extent of Decline. Wool Industry Affected. London, August 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 August 1919 · page 5

The "Daily Mail" states that since the seven-hour day was introduced the weekly output of coal has declined approximately 50 per cent. owing to slackness and strikes…

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Yorkshire Miners. Admit Defeat. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 5

The Yorshire Miners Association has been compelled to admit defeat after an expenditure of £300,000 in strike pay. The insufficient doles and high prices…

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Goldfield Tumult. Returned Soldiers and Italian

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 4

In connection with the brawl at [?] goor[?]e which a returned so[?] named Northwood was stabbed to death [?] Government has closed all hotels in…

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