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Mining & the mines, 1921

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Hebburn Colliery Picnic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 November 1921 · page 4

The annual picnic of Hebburn colliery employees was held on Saturday at Speers' Point, and was the largest picnic that has left Weston…

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LOCAL & General News Colliery Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 4

Owing to the management refusing to change a machine man's work, Pelaw Main Colliery was thrown idle on Monday. the matter, however, was…

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Mine Rescue Stations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 4

A suggestion that colliery resume stations be established in conjunction with the ambulance brigades in the various coalmining centres was brought…

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Heavy Claims. Mine Engineers Want Higher Wages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 November 1921 · page 6

The claims of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers for increased wages for members of the society employed on the coal mines throughout Australia…

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Copper Mines Standstill in Queensland

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 November 1921 · page 4

Mr S. Harris, manager of the Mount Cuthbet (Q.) copper mine, in an interview on Saturday, said he considered the Clonecurry copper field tho best is…

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Mining Engineers. Claims for Increased Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 November 1921 · page 4

The Engineers (Coal industry) Special Tribunal continued its sittings in Sydney. John Borland Brown, manager of…

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East Greta Coal Co

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 November 1921 · page 4

Out of the profit of £18,391 shown by East Greta Coal Mining Co. for the six months ended September 30 last the directors propose to pay a…

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American Coal Miners Threatening Strike. Vancouver, November 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 13

A message from Indianapolis states that the lenders of the United Mine-workers of America insist that a strike of 500,000 United State's coalminers…

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English Coal. Vast Accumulations

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 14

When the last mail left London for Australia colliery owners were giving consideration to an intimation thai the Norwegian State railways were on…

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Mine Regulations. Provisions of New Bill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 11

The executive of the Miners' Federation has been furnished with a copy of the Bill containing amendments to the Coal Mines Regulations Act…

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Heavy Claims. Mine Engineers Want Higher Wages

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 6

The claims of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers for increased wages for members of the society employed on the coal mines throughout Australia…

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Mining Distress. Conference with Premier

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 14

It is expected that the State Premier and the officers of the Miniesr' Federation will meet in Sydney at the heginning of the week, to consider…

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Slack Fortnight. Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 November 1921 · page 6

Work at the Newcastle and Maitland district collieries for the fortnight ended on Saturday was slack. Four mines were idle the whole…

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Burning Coal Dust

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 November 1921 · page 8

Owing to the high cost of coal great attention is being given by engineers to the burning of coal in the form of dust. This process involves…

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State Mine. Goal Seam Struck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 November 1921 · page 2

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Cann) received word on Sunday from the Railway Commissioners that coal had been struck in the State mine near…

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Mine Ventilation. and Dust Suppression. Commission's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 November 1921 · page 3

The Technical Commission has issued an interim report on mine ventilation and dust suppression. "As it seems possible that there will…

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Fibro Ferrite. Remarkable Mining Discovery. Great Quantities Available

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 November 1921 · page 6

An important mining discovery is reported from Central Greta Colliery, where large masses of fibre ferrite, as it is technically named, have been…

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Coal and Shale. in Northern Territory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 November 1921 · page 2

Andrew Rindberg has just returned to Darwin from a prospecting tour of the Fixzmaurice River and the Port Keath country. He reports having…

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Lock-out Claimed. Mr. Willis and Broken Hill Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 November 1921 · page 3

The position at Broken Hill was referred to by Mr. A. C. Wills, general secretary of the Australian Coal and Shale Workers' Federation…

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Coal Industry. Claims of Engineers. Chairman to Decide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 November 1921 · page 2

The Engineers (Coal Industry) Special Tribunal concluded the taking of evidence on Monday. Alfred Kent Broadhead, manager of…

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