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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

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Coal Development

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 July 1921 · page 3

There is naturally considerable local interest in the preliminary work of coal development now being carried on in Muswellbrook and its vicinity…

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Seeking Coal and Find Salt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 July 1921 · page 4

Explorations are being carried out in the Isle of Man (England) in discover whether the seams of coal which are believed to exist there are within…

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Coal Federation. Question of Local Disputes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 2

The council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees Federation met in Sydney on Friday. The sitting was a lengthy one…

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Miners Uneasy. Local Tribunals Wanted. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 9

According to "Common Cause," the official organ of the miners, uneasiness exists owing to the failure of the Commonwealth Government…

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Coal Tribunal. Adamstown Stop Work Meeting. Not a Threat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 9

The Coal Tribunal met again in Sydney on the 14th inst, when employees representatives (Messrs. Baddeley and Willis) said the stop-work meeting of…

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"Mining Matters. Colliery Disputes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 6

Messrs, Willis and Baddeley, and other member of the Australian Coat and Shale Federation, had an en-Coal and Shale Federation, had an en-terview with Sir Robert Garran in…

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Coal and Shale Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 6

The Council of the Australasian Coal and Federation waitedon Mr. Storey, the State. Premier, in Sydney, but the object of their visit was kept…

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More Work, No Pay. Spanish Miners' Offer. London. July 2!)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 5

The miners at. Rio Thito (Spain) have voluteerest to work an extra hour a day without extra pay during the depression in the metal industry…

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Excessive Taxes. Miners' Action

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 July 1921 · page 7

The preliminaries of a proposed organised revolt against the payment of the State and Federal income taxes unless the exemption is raised to…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Colliery Mechanics Mutual Protective Association, Hunter River District, will be held to-morrow (Saturday), July…

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Mining Mat[?] Colliery Dispu[?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 16

Messrs. Willis and [?] other members of the [?] Coal and State Federation interview with Sir Robert [?]…

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Coal Tribunal. Cessnock No. 2 Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 6

The coal tribu[?]al, under the chairmanship of Mr. C. Hibb.e, sat again at the Newcastle offices of the Northern Collieries' Association yesterday,…

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Coal and Shale [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 16

The Council of the Aus[?] and Shale Federation [?] Storey, the State Premier but the object of their [?]…

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Coal Federation. Question of Local Disputes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 14

The council of the Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation met in Sydney on Friday. The sitting was a lengthy one…

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Coal Trade Depression. Attributed to Reduced Hours

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 2

A part from the ironworks and the Coban tunnels, none of the associated collieries in Lithgow has been Working more than five and some six shifts…

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Income Taxation Miners Organising Revolt. Higher Exemption Demanded

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 3

A proposed organised revolt against the payment of the State and Federal income taxes unless the exemption is raised to £300 per annum is now being…

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More Work, No Pay. Spanish Miners' Offer. London, July 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 3

The miners at Rio Tinto (Spain) have volunteered to work an extra hour a day without extra pay during the depression in the metal industry…

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Colliery Mechanics. Delegate Board Meetings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 August 1921 · page 6

Delegate board meetings of the Colliery Mechanics' Association were held on Friday and Saturday, presided over by the president, Mr. J. E…

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South African Mines. Big Strike Threatened. Capetown, July 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 August 1921 · page 5

A message from Johannesburg states that 400 shop stewards, representing every trade union in the mining industry and every mine,…

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Coal Tribunal. Whitburn and East Greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 4

The Coal Tribunal was again occupied at Newcastle, before Mr. C. Hibble, chairman. A claim was made from the…

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