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Mining & the mines, 1921

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North Wales Collieries. Joyful Miners. London, October 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 5

Joy-bells announced the decision to reopen the North Wales collieries forthwith…

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New Collieries. Big Developments at Ellalong

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 14

The work of linking up the East Greta Coal Company's new colliery estate at Ellalong with [?] Coafield railway by a short length of line is…

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Broken Time. Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 9

There was a considerable amount of broken time at the collieries of the Newcastle and Maitland district for the fortnight ended on Saturday…

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Colliery Stoppages. Drastic Action Contemplate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 6

It is understood that at the sitting of the Coal Tribunal in Newcastle pertinent reference was made to the stoppages which have occurred at…

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Miners' Working Days

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 4

It is announced that the conference between the northern colliery proprietors and the Australian Coal and Shale Workers Federation, regarding…

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Income Tax. Miners Threnten Strike

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 8

The miners of the western district have endorsed the proposal of the Hermitage Lodge that Income tax exemptions should be raised to £300,…

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British Coal Trade. London. October 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 3

A meeting of South Wales coal [?] at Cardiff has decided to ac[?] the invitation of the Mines Department to refer the subsidy…

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Miners and Income Tax Exemption to £300

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 1

Practically with, one voice the miners of the western district have endorsed the proposal of the Hermitage Lodge, that income tax exemption should be…

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Two Men Detained. Changing Notes for Gold. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 October 1921 · page 5

Detectives Thompson and Alchin were standing nearly the Orient Steamship Company office this morning, when they saw two men accost a third…

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Changing Notes for Gold

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 October 1921 · page 2

Two detectives wore standing near the Orient Steamship Company's office, Sydney, on Tuesday, when they saw two men accost a third, who had just left…

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Earth Tremor. Causes Collapse in a Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 October 1921 · page 2

Early on Tuesday morning people in the Boulder district (W.A.) were awakened by a report, which was heard for a distance of two or three…

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Russian Mines. Soviet's Impossible Conditions. London, October 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 October 1921 · page 5

Owing to the impossible conditions imposed by the Soviet, the Russo-Asiatic Consolidated, Limited, has abandoned negotiations with the Soviet to…

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State Gold Yield. Increase for Nine Months

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 October 1921 · page 2

Mr. R. H. Cambage, Under-Secretary for Mines, has furnished a return showing that the New South Wales gold yield for September 1921…

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Coal miners' Officials

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 October 1921 · page 4

For the chief position in the Coal and Shale Miners Federation the following nominations have been received :—General president: E. Bowater…

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Miners Carry On

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 October 1921 · page 4

Miners and wheelers entered the tunnel at Hebburn Colliery as usual for work on Thursday morning, but the wheelers returned to the surface…

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Kansas Miners. Drastic Treatment. Vancouver, October 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 October 1921 · page 5

A message from Washington states that President Lewis, of the United Mine Workers, by drastic notion ended the strikes at Kansas, where the…

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Notes for Gold. Bags of Half-pennies

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 October 1921 · page 3

New half-pennies, said to be part of the stook-in-trade of man who offer to change notes for gold, were found in the possession of two…

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North Wales Collieries. Joyful Miners. London, October 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1921 · page 13

[?] announced the decision to [?]the North Wales collieries [?]…

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Colliery Stoppages. Drastic Action Contemplated

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1921 · page 11

It is understood that at the sitting of the Coal Tribunal in Newcastle pertinent reference was made to the stoppages which have occurred at…

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Mine Stoppages. a Long List

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1921 · page 4

The Northern Collieries' Association has furnished the following list of stop-pages for the week ended October 15:— Wallarah.—Struck 1st July, still on…

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