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Mining & the mines, 1921

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Coal Tribunal. Aberdare Central Conditions. Visit of Mr. C. Hibble

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1921 · page 14

Mr. C. Hibble, chairman of the Coal Tribunal, paid a visit to Aberdare Central Colliery on Friday, being accompanied on behalf of the…

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The 44-Hour Week Mining and Steel Industries

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 September 1921 · page 4

At the hearing in Melbourne, before Mr Justice Powers, of further claims for a 44-hour week, it was agreed that as far as the evidence concerned mining…

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Trouble at Hebburn Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 4

Both tunnels of Hebburn Colliery were thrown idle on Monday. In No. 2 tunnel the trouble arose out of the placing of the houses in a position…

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Colliery Mechanics. Combined Meeting at Walls End

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 2

The combined monthly meeting of the Wallsend district members of the Colliery Mechanics Association, was held in the Masonic Hall, Wallsend, on…

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Shorter Hours: Probable Effect at Cockatoo Miners' Hours

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 6

In the Federal Arbitration Court the probable effect of the application of a 44hour week to Cockatoo Dock yard was outlined during the hear…

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Idle Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 September 1921 · page 4

Hebburn new tunnel was thrown idle yesterday. The wheelers took the horses to the mouth of the pit, and the miners refused to pass them, on the…

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British Iron Trade. Coal Stoppage. London, Sept. 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 September 1921 · page 2

The british production of pig - ironing August was 93,000 tons, as compared with 10,000 tons in july and 386,000 tons in March, before the…

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Coal Miners. Reduced Working Period. Nine Days a Fortnight

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 September 1921 · page 5

A special central council meeting of the Australian Coal and Shale Miners' Federation decided that the members of the federation shall work in future…

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Gold Find

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 September 1921 · page 5

What is believed to be a remarkably rich gold-bearing reef has been discovered on Midle Creek, near Greenbank, on the Macleay River, about 58 miles from…

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Colliery Mechanics. Combined Meeting at Wallsend

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1921 · page 6

The combined monthly meeting of the Wallsend district members of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, was held in the Masonic Hall, Wallsend, on…

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Mining Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1921 · page 4

William Maxwell, 15 years of age, a resident of Greta, and an employee of Whitburn Colliery, was run over by a skip yesterday in the pit. and…

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Shorter Hou[?] Probable Effect at [?] Miners Hours [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1921 · page 16

In the Federal Art[?] the probable effect of the [?] of a 44-hour week yard was outlined [?]…

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State Gold Yield. Improvement for Eight Months

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1921 · page 13

An official report from the Mines Department states that the gold yield of New South Wales for the month of August amounted to 4156oz. crude,e…

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The Miners' New Move

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 September 1921 · page 4

Those who have the best interests of the miners at heat might well question the recent decision to reduce the maximum days of work per fortnight…

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Mining Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 September 1921 · page 5

The Central Council of the Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation has authorised the central executive to take steps to induce…

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Miners' Compensation. Complaints Against Judge Hamilton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 September 1921 · page 3

At a meeting of the central council of the Federated Coal and Shale Workers' Federation complaints were received from the southern district…

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Warden's Court. Authority to Search for Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 September 1921 · page 5

At the Warden's Court held at the East Maitland Courthouse to-day be fore the Warden (Mr. G. Atkin), O. G. M. Capp applied for authority…

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Terrible Colliery Disaster. in North Queensland. Eighty Men Entombed. Mine Wrecked by Gas Explosion. Little Hope of Rescue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 5

At least seventy men have been entombed as a result of a terrible disaster at Mount Mulligan coalmine, in North Queensland. Several bodies have been recovered, and all messages indicate…

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Mine Explosion 70 Men Entombed. (by wire)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 2

An explosion occurred in the Mount Mulligan Colliery, 100 miles from Cairns. Seventy men are entombed. All…

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Minimum Wage for Miners Request to State Governments. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 2

The Central Council of the Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation has authorised the Central Executive to take steps to induce the Governments of…

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