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Mining & the mines, 1919

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Mining Amendment Bill. New Zealand Measure

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 October 1919 · page 15

The Coal Mines Amendment Bill, now before the New Zealand Parliament provides that the Minister for Mines may call upon the owner or occupier of any…

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Miners and the Nation. No Dictation. Constitutional Course Advocated. LONDON, October 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 October 1919 · page 2

The Miners' Federation has accepted the challenge implied in the Prime Minister's suggestion that they should attempt to persuade the country that the nationalisation…

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Master of All. by E.almaz Stout. Author of "Copper under the Gold," &c. COPYRIGHT. {Published by Special Arrangement.) CHAPTER VII—(Continued.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 October 1919 · page 4

Her eyes said all that her words left Unsaid. They were not only devoted aunt and niece—they were friends in a sense that is not often found in the…

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Colliery Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 October 1919 · page 4

As a protest against the management increasing the charge for explosives from 1/3 to 1/4 per lb, the employees of South Greta colliery returned home this morning. The…

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Australian Coal. for Strike Breaking. Vancouver, October 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 October 1919 · page 5

San Francisco expects to import quantities of Australian coal if the bituminous miners in Eastern United States carry out their threat and strike on November 1…

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Letter to the Editor. Colliery Mechanics Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 October 1919 · page 5

Sir,—I desire to deal with certain matters covered by reports supplied by officers of the Colliery Mechanics Association, and also with letters on association…

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£2,250,000 in Gold. Recovered From Laurentic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 October 1919 · page 2

Although the naval authorities maintain silence regarding the success of the operations for the recovery of the bullion from the Laurentic's hull in Lough Swilly, Ireland, the "Daily…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 October 1919 · page 4

Mr. H. C. Morton, secretary to the Colliery Mechanics' Association, has received the following reply from the Northern Collieries' Association in reference to the claims submitted at the…

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Cornish Mining Disaster. London, October 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 October 1919 · page 5

It is feared that forty men have been killed by a colliery disaster at Penza[?] where 150men were descending in an old-fashioned cage which collapsed. It is the biggest…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 October 1919 · page 4

Aggregate meetings of members of the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association will beheld on Monday next at the Olympia Hall, Weston at 9.45 a.m…

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Colliery Mechanics. Aggregate Meetings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 October 1919 · page 4

The refusal of the Colliery Proprietors' Association to after the working conditions or classification of employees new existing at the collieries in the northern district…

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Cornwall Mine Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 October 1919 · page 5

A message from Penzance regarding the mine disaster states that the cage fell 300 fathoms. The sides of the shaft collapsed and mingled with the wreckage…

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Coal Seam. Found in Riverina

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 October 1919 · page 6

Riverina residents attach considerable importance to the discovery of a coal seam at Coorabin, near Oaklands, especially as the earth work that has been carried out lately…

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Coal Strike. America's Menace. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 October 1919 · page 5

Apprehension is growing throughout the Eastern United States regarding the threatened bituminous miners strike. Senator Freedinghuuysen, of New…

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Gift of a Soldiers' Club. Mining Company's Munificence

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 October 1919 · page 4

The Palace Hotel, Broken Hill, was handed over on Saturday to the Returned Soldiers' League, as it stands, stocked and equipped, and carrying a…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 October 1919 · page 4

Messrs. H. C. Morton (secretary) and W. Poole (treasurer) of the Colliery Mechanics' Association yesterday visited Abermain colliery, No. 2, in connection with a local…

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Letter to the Editor. Colliery Mechancs' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 October 1919 · page 4

Sir,—In reply to a letter appearing in your paper on the 21st instant signed by Mr. W. Waller. I am rather pleased to learn of the great interest now taken in the…

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Rich Gold in Wales. Found in Famed Welsh Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1919 · page 2

During mining operations at the famous Clogan gold mines, Bontddu, near Barmouth, workmen came across a rich vein of gold. Great developments are expected from this…

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New Basic Wage. Miners Satisfied

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1919 · page 10

While other unions are critical of the Government's Bill restricting the cost of living award Mr. A. C. Wills, secretary, of the Coalminers, says that the inclusion of miners…

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Determined Miners. London, October 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1919 · page 5

The Miners' Conference is in a militant mood. Mr. Smillie, who prisided, announced plans for a general propaganda campaign for the nationalisation of mines, adding that the…

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