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Mining & the mines, 1921

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British Miners. Demands Not Met. London, March 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 March 1921 · page 5

After their meeting to-day the mine-owners forwarded to the Government new wage proposals providing for a certain standard wage in accordance…

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"Phantom Gold." (Copyright). Chapter Iv. Cupid's Chain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 March 1921 · page 3

For what seemed to Lilian Hamilton an interminable time she knelt on the gravel path, supporting on her knee the head of the man who now she…

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"Phantom Gold." (Copyright). (Published by special arrangement with Tillston's). CHAPTER V. Father and Son

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1921 · page 3

It was the evening after that of the discovery in the park of Netherton Manor of what had come so near to being a fatal tragedy, and in the fine…

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Lead Miners' Strike. Seeking Gold. London, March 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 5

The lead miners of Upper Lanarkshire are striking against a reduction of wages. They are devoting their time to searching for a gold reel, which is…

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Great Gold Yield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 5

Thirty-nine tons of ore from MaCahon's Great Hope Mine, Mount Monger Kalgoorlie, yielded 836 ozs 11 dwt while sand and slime from the same…

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"Phantom Gold." (Copyright). (Published by special arrangement with Tillston's). Chapter Vi. a Meeting in the Dark

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 3

The gardens of Netherton Manor were not directly attached to the house, but were divided from it by a couple of acres of shrubbery…

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South Greta Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 4

The South Greta colliery was idle yesterday owing to the dismissal of an employee who had been laid idle through illness. The employee had…

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Miners Coming Out. London, March 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 5

The Miners' Federation has decided to withdraw all workers, including the enginemen…

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Decontrolling Process. Miners' Crisis. London, March 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 5

Three of the most prominent Departments in the nation's most anxious days of war, namely, the Ministries of Food, Shipping and munitions, will cease to…

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To Be Ejected. ' Loyalist Coal Lumpers. Acting Premier's Announcement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 2

According to an official report issued on behalf of the A.L. P. State Conference the State Government has decided to eject the members of the Loyalist Coal…

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Kalgoorlie Mine Yields a Fine Clean-up. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 2

Thirty-nine tons of oro from the Great Hope mine, Mount Monger, Kalgoorlie yielded 886 ounces 11 dwt. of gold, while the sand and slime from the same…

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"Phantom Gold." (Copyright). (Published, by special arrangement with Tillston's). Chapter Vii.—man Proposes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 3

Mrs. Wilding, Lilian Hamilton's chaperone, was a plump and placid woman well advanced in her forties. Usually she sank into slumber…

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Miner Killed at Abermain No. 2 COLLIERY

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred at Abermain No. 2 Colliery this morning, the victim being a miner named Joseph Cummins, who resided at South…

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Coal Crisis. Allied Unions' Attitude. London, March 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 5

The shipping companies state that if a coal strike takes place immediately sailings to Australia should not be affected, as the ports are amply supplied…

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Inequitable. Export Coal Trade. Control Seriously Affects Newcastle. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 5

The Council of the Chambers of Commerce discussed at length to-day the question of the Federal control of the export coal trade and passed a…

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"Phantom Gold." (Copyright). (Published by special arrangement with Tillston's). Chapter Viii.—the Hidden Revealed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 3

Six months prior to the attempted murder in the park of Netherton Manor, there had come to reside in the village a certain Miss Joan…

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Lease of Coal Mine. Suit in Equity Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 2

The suit of James Ralston against Mark Percival Button Christian. Andrew Adam and Vivian Henry Edward Atock, trading as the Austral Main…

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Lead Miners' Strike: Seeking Gold. London, March 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 2

The lead miners of Upper Lanarkshire are striking against a reduction of wages. They are devoting their time to searching for a gold reel, which is…

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Colliery Disputes. Local Tribunals Wanted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 11

The council of the Coalminers' Federation at a meeting in Sydney decided to urge the Federal Government to up-point local tribunals under the…

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Fatal Fall of Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 4

Mr. Joseph Cummings (45), a miner, employed at Abermain No. 2 Colliery, and a resident of Cessnock, was killed, on Friday by a fall of coal and tops…

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