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Mining & the mines, 1920

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Belgian Charged with Treason Coal for German War Gas. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 2

Baron Verence Copee, a Belgian, was arrested at Brussels, and charged with supplying Germany with coal and coal products during the war for the…

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Australian Coal. Wanted by Sweden. London. June 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 5

It is understood that the Swedish Government has contracted to import 100,000 tons of Australia coal…

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Miners' Claims. Referred to Mr. Hughes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 7

The adjourned conference of the representatives of the mine owners and the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation was held in Sydney at the rooms of…

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Saving Waste Coal in Great Britain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 4

The coal industry in Great Britain has been exited lately by rumours of a new method of washing such coal as washery-waste refuse in pit dumps, screen waste, and…

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Gold "Corpse." German's Grim Attempt at Smuggling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 7

Dressed in deep mourning, a man at Hamburg (Germany) applied for permission to embark a ceflln for Norway. He filled in the necessary forms with the name, place…

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Miners' Claims. Conference with Proprietors

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 14

Representatives of the New South Wales coalmine, proprietors and the employees conferred in Sydney on Friday afternoon. Every district was represented…

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Oil Mines. French Finds. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 10

The correspondent of "The Times" at Paris states that "Le Matin" reports important finds of oil in the neighbourhood of Bonneville, High Savoy, a lovely district, where…

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Russian Gold. Creditors' Claims. London, June 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 10

The "Times" correspondent at Stockholm reports that a train load of bar gold from Petrograd worth seventeen million kroners has been sent to Reval, and thence…

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Australian Coal. Wanted by Sweden. London, June 8

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 2

It is understood that the Swedish Government has contracted to import 100,000 tons of Australian coal…

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Work at the Collieries. for Forth Nightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 6

There was another period of good work at the mines of the newcastle and south maitland conifields for the fortnight ended on saturday last. No less than 26 collieries…

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India's Coal Industry. Government Enquity

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent at simla reports that the committee appointed to enquire into coal questions in india advocates the appointment of a controlling authority to…

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Coal Industry. Conference with Mr. Hughues

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 2

The secretary of the Australasian Coal and state Employees Federation has received a telegram from Mr. W. M. Hughes (prime Minister) stating that he would meet the…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 4

The question of overtime rates for working the second shift on short days formed the subject of a conference yesterday between Mr. J. Jeffries. manager of Abermain…

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British Tug Strikes Mine Sixteen of Crew Drowned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 2

London, Saturday.—A message from Amsterdam states that a British tug, while towing a German steamer from Chris to Hamburg, was mined off…

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Big Mining Strike Averted. London, June 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 5

A strike of 5000 miners in the Rhymne Valley on June 7 has been settled, and a threatoned general stoppage thus averted,…

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The "Burning Mountain." Is It Coal or Petroleum? Interesting Statement

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 2

To a further communication regarding, the possibility that it may be petroleum, or petroleum gas that is burning at the "Burning…

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What Coal Miners Can Earn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 June 1920 · page 7

It is reported that recently two miners employed at the local colliery received £50 for a fortnight's pay, the rate of £12/10/each per week. That is certainly good…

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Miners' Claims. Statement by Prime Minister

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 June 1920 · page 6

Representatives of the colliery proprietors and the Coal and Shale Workers' Federation waited upon Mr. Hughes, [?] Minister, and put the position, as it presented…

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Hebburn Miners' Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 June 1920 · page 4

At a special meeting of the [?] Lodge Mr. W. Wardle was selected for nomination as acting president. A resolution protecting against the members of the…

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Tasmanian Tin Mine. Mount Bischoff Laid Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 June 1920 · page 8

The directors of Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Company, near Launceston, Tasmania, having declined to accede to the demand made on behalf of the employees, a general…

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