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Mining & the mines, 1920

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British Miners. Increased Wages Demand. London, March 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1920 · page 5

The Prime Minister's renewed interviews with the miners' executive and his promise of a fresh offer on Monday has diminished the strike prospect [?]especiaily since to-day's…

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"Gold From Lead." Modern Alchemy. Professor Soddy's Predictions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1920 · page 5

Some remarkable predictions are contained in Mr. Frederick Soddy's "Science and Life." Mr. Soddy is Lee Professor of Physical Chemistry at Oxford, and is…

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British Miners' Conference Negotiations to Continue. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 March 1920 · page 2

The Miners' conference by 623 votes to 105, has authorised a continuation of the negotiations…

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Colliery and Saw Mill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1920 · page 4

Messrs. Marriott and McLawn, proprietors of the Louth Park Colliery and sawmill, intimate by advertisement in this issue that they are prepared to supply the…

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Maitland Miners. Causes of Unrest

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1920 · page 4

The industrial outlook on the Maitland coalfield is not a very bright one, The miners are restless (says a wire to the "Sunday…

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The Burning Mountain Coal or Oil

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1920 · page 5

It has for so long—always, In fact—been the accepted belief of geologists and others that it is a Beam of coal—of the Greta series—…

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Rosedale Colliery Lodge

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 2

A meeting of the Rosedale Miners' Lodge was held in a portion of Janson's Hall at the week-end. Mr J. M. Badderley, President of the Coal and Shale…

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The Gold Yield. Encouraging Prospectors

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 13

For the purpose of securing to the prospector and working miner the enhanced value which is now being obtained for gold, th Minister for Mines, Mr. J. C. L…

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Goal Crisis. Miners' Ballot. London, March 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 5

The Miners Conference decided to take a ballet on the Government's offer, returns to be completed by April 14. Mr. Frank Hodges, the miners' secretary,…

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Remarkable Story. Gold From South Africa

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 3

A sensational story concerning a sum of £14,000 in gold was related in the Adelaide Police Court in a case in which Henry Smithson, who arrived at the Outer…

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British Miners. Increased Wages Demand. London, March 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 2

The Prime Minister's renewed interviews with the miners' executive and his promise of a fresh offer on Monday has diminished the strike prospect, especially since to-day's…

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Coonamble Mail Train. Collision with COAl, TRUCKS

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 4

A collision occurred at Eskbank, on the Western railway line between one and two o'clock on Friday morning, the Coonamble mail, on its way to Sydney, coming into…

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Mining Crisis. Strike Ballot. an Embittered Turn. London, March 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 10

The "Daily , Express" states that the coal crisis has entered a new and Embittered turn. The conl-owners' decision to reduce bunker…

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Coal Commission. Attitude of Northern Miners. Reasons for Standing Aloof

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1920 · page 6

The northern district branch of the Australasian Coal and Shute Employees Federation at its last delegate board meeting decided to take no pure in the Coal…

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Victoria's Brown Coal. Immense Deposits

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1920 · page 6

Some idea of the inexhaustible character of the brown coal resources of Victoria may be gleaned from the fact that a drill, now during at Upper Flynn, in the midst of a…

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Mining Strike Settled. Owners Offer Accepted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1920 · page 2

The Waihi (N.Z.) miners strike has been settled with respect to the engineers. The owners agreed to pay the same rates as are to be fixed by the Arbitration Court in…

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Coal Crisis. More Strikes Feared. London, April 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 5

A recurrence of the coal crisis is rearcu. The men's leaders now anticipate that the ballot, which is returnable on April 14, will largely favour the rejection of the…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 4

A conference is being held in Newcastle this afternoon between Mr. D. McGeachie, superintendent of the Aberdare collleries, and Mr. C. McDonald, secretary of the…

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Rats Gassed in a Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 4

After the miners, had left and the horses had been removed from a colliery in Glamorganshire (Wales), sulphur was placed at the bottom of the main shaft and fit. The…

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British Coal Crisis. Labour Leader Opposes Strike. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 5

The President of the Durham miners, a prominent official of gthe Miners' Federation, addressing the former, declared that strikes were always speculative, with the possibility…

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