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Mining & the mines, 1919

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Shipping Warned. Drifting Mines Located

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1919 · page 16

A drifting mine was recently found , at Cape Flattery, near Cooktown. Another has last been found off Dove Island, in the Groat North-East Channel, Torres Strait…

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Coal Gas for Motor Cars

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1919 · page 2

Very important results have been reached by the committee appointed by the British Government to examine the feasibility of using ordinary town gas for the propulsion…

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American Gold Prices. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1919 · page 5

American gold mine owners and operators were clamoring for permission to increase the price of gold, which is now fixed at 20 dollars 37 cents an ounce…

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South Africa. Mining Trouble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1919 · page 5

CAPETOWN, Wednesday Night. A. message from Johannesburg states that a conference of the underground, surface and general employees at the Simmer Deep and…

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Increase for Miners. Victorian and Tasmanian Employees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1919 · page 9

The conference between representatives of the mine owners and employees in Victoria and Ta[?] which has been s[?] for about three weeks, has concluded an…

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End of World Prophecy. Miners Take, a Holiday

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 December 1919 · page 6

New York, Wednesday.— A message from Miami (Oklahoma) says the mines were idle owing to the miners refusing to work in anticipation that the end of…

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Miners and the Holidays

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 December 1919 · page 4

The majority of the mines in the Newcastle and Maitland Holds will cease operations for ten days after the completion of the shift to-morrow. The usual holidays…

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Miners' Ballots. Majorities on This the Three Questions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 December 1919 · page 7

The general secretary of the Australian Coal and Shale Workers, Federation announced the result of the miners' ballot on the contract question, six-hours day, and the…

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Coal Miners. Carry One-Big-Union and Six-Hour Ballots

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 December 1919 · page 7

The ballots which had been taken by members of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation on the question of the abolition of the contract system and…

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Work at the Collieries. for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 December 1919 · page 2

Work ceased at all the collieries on Wednesday. At the majority of them there will be no resumption for ten day. The full time for the period was eight days, and,…

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Barrier Strike. Miners' Optimistic Views

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 December 1919 · page 6

At a meeting of the A.M.A. at Broken Hill, after further discussion on the Melbourne delegates report, the following resolution was carried without dissent:…

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Cessnock District News. Miners Holidays. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 December 1919 · page 6

The majority of the miners in the Cessnock district will probably take ten days holiday for the Christmas season. Whether the proprietors desire to work the mines or…

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Big Coal Strike. American Miners' Losses. Vancouver

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1919 · page 13

A message from Washington says that statistics show that the miners lost 12,000,000 in wages during the recent strike…

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Coal Gas for Motor Cars

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1919 · page 16

Very important results have been result by the committee appointed by the [?] Government to examine the feasibility of [?] ordinary town gas for the propul[?]…

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American Gold Prices. Vancouver

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1919 · page 13

American gold mine owners and operators were clamoring for permission to increase the price of gold, which is now fixed at 20 dollars 67 cents and ounce…

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Increase for Miners. Victorian and Tasmanian Employees

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1919 · page 11

The conference between representatives of the mine owners and mine employees in Victoria and Tasmania, which has been sitting for about three weeks, has concluded an…

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Miners' Ballots. Majorities on the Three Questions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1919 · page 8

The general secretary of the Aust[?] Coal and Shale Workers' Federation bounced the result of the miners' [?] the contract question, six-hours day, and…

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South Africa. Mining Trouble. Capetown

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1919 · page 12

A message from Johannesburg states a conference of the underground, surface general employees at the Simmer Deep Jupiter mines, with representatives of…

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Money Spiders of Vienna. Gold Smuggling As a Fine Art

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1919 · page 2

With the rapid fall in the value of the Austrian kroner, all legitimate business is tending to cease, and commercial transactions are in the hands of the…

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Barrier Miners. Will Not Resume Under Old Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 December 1919 · page 6

Nine months have elapsed since the miners at Broken. Hill went on strike. And according to Mr. Willis, secretary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Miners'…

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