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Mining & the mines, 1920

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 4

The result of the [?] for the position of secretary to the Colliery Mechanics Association is being awaited with great interest. There are three candidates, and the…

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Miners' Strike and Riots. (Reuter's Cable)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 5

Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports that a strike of miners in Hambourn district of the Ruhr region for a six hour's day, and better food supplies, led to rioting all day long. A…

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Channel Packet Fatalities. Mine Sweeper Missing. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 5

It is feared the mine-sweeper Leonard, and crew of nine, have been lost on the Scottish coast. The mail packet disaster was…

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Molybdenite Mining. Dummy Shareholders. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 5

Application was made to the Mining Warden at Bathurst for suspension of the labour conditions by the Mammoth Molybdenite Mines Company for six…

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Lens Mines. No Coal for a Year. London, January 8

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 2

It is not expected that a single ton of coal will be removed from the Lens mines during 1920, as it will take a whole year to clear the debris resulting from the…

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The Greta Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 4

There was a slight improvement this afternoon in the condition of the boy Lewis, who was severely injured at Whitburn Colliery, Greta; on Thursday…

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Lithgow Miners Alleged Bolshevism

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 1

Mr John Fell, for the Commonwealth Oil Corporation, applied to the Mining Warden's Court at Lithgow this week for six months' exemption from labor…

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Germany's Coal Shortage London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 12

Reuter's Berlin correspondent says luck of coal, due to the freezing of the [?] ers, and shortage of rolling stock, has…

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Perils of the Deep. Floating Mine Struck. London, Jan 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 2

A message from Genoa reports that the barquentine Princess Mafolda, from American struck a floating mine, and was lost. The message is unconfirmed…

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Colliery Mechanics' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 4

The election of secretary by the members of the colliery Mechanics Association has been in progress for about a fortnight, and has aroused considerable interest, even…

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Gold Coinage Prosecutions. London. January 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 5

The persons arrested in connection with the smoking of sovereigns, as enabled earlior, include Mr, Harry Lowes, a barrister of Lincoln's Inn, Mrs, Lowis and…

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Gold Championship. London. Jan 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 5

The Royal and Ancient golf club St. Andrews: has decided that the amateur [?] shall be played at [?] and the open championship…

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Gold Near Gloucester. 32 Claims Begged Out. Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 5

Gold is reported to have been found on the holding of Mr. W. S. Sellick, on the Craven Platean, 21 miles from Gloucester. One prospector, who cursfied and washed…

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The Miners and the Railway Fares

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 5

At a meeting of the Aberdare Miners' Lodge, held last night, the question of the excessive fares charged on the Aberdare Railways was disuessed. It…

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The Plateau Gold Find. Rush to Peg Out Claims

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 7

There was quite a stir in the old town of Copeland and on Craven Plateau on Saturday, when four applications were lodged with the…

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Coal Miners' Hours. Adjustment on British Lines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 6

Speaking of the Broken Hill strike before the Trades Hall Council, Melbourne, Mr. A. C. Willis, general secretary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Workers' Federation,…

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Miners' Strike and Riots

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 13

Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports that a strike of minors in Hambourn district of the Ruhr, region for a six hour's day and better food supplies led to rioting all day long. A…

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Gold Coinage Prosecutions. London, January 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 2

The persons arrested in connection with the smelting of sovereigns, as cabled earlier, include Mr. Harry Lewis, a ,barrister of Lincoin's Ian, Mrs. Lewis and…

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Molybdenite Mining. Dummy Shareholders. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 9

Application was made to the Mining Warden as Bathurst for suspension of the labour conditions by the Mammoth Molybdenite Mines Company for six…

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Gold Near Gloucester. 32 Claims Pegged Out. Gloucester

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 4

Gold is reported to have been found on the holding of Mr. W. S. Sellick, on the Craven Plateau, 21, miles from Gloucester. One prospector, who crushed and washed…

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