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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

1,043 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 53

Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 November 1921 · page 4

The representatives of the northern collieries intend to conter with the representatives of the Colliery Mechanics' Association one day next week,…

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Broken Hill Miners Mr Willis Claims Lock-out

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 November 1921 · page 2

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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Mining Disputes. Compulsory Conference Called

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 November 1921 · page 6

The Chairman of the Coal Industry Special Tribunal has summoned a compulsory conference to meet at the Commonwealth Bank offices, Sydney,…

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State Mine. Coal Seam Struck

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1921 · page 10

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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Slack Fortnight. Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1921 · page 13

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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Mining Dispu[?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1921 · page 8

The Chairman of the Coast Special Tribunal has su[?] Commonwealth Bank office [?]…

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Coal and Shale. in Northern Territory

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1921 · page 10

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

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Mine Ventilation. and Dust Suppression. Commission's Report

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1921 · page 13

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1921 · page 10

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

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Coal Industry. Claims of Engineers. Chairman to Decide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1921 · page 10

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

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Fibro Ferrite. Remarkable Mining Discovery. Great Quantities Available

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1921 · page 13

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

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Mining Industry. Invitation to Colliery Mechanics. One Organisation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 November 1921 · page 2

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president of the Miners' Federation, has furnished to the executive of the Colliery Mechanies' Union a statement of the…

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Ninety-three Feet. Enormous Seam of Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 November 1921 · page 4

Professor David has returned to Brisbane after visiting Blair Athol coalfields and Drummond Range, in the neighbourhood of Boguntungan,…

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Westralian Gold Theft Payment in Forged Notes

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 November 1921 · page 3

Details have reached Sydney from Kalgoorlie of a sensational deal in stolen gold having leaked out. It is rumored that, an illicit dealer had sold a bar of…

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Gold Robbery. San Francisco, Nov. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 November 1921 · page 5

Five boxes of gold, valued at 125,000 dollars, which were being conveyed from Sydney on the Sonoma, were stolen on route…

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Junior Coal Barons. Miners Draw Up to £25 Per Week

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 November 1921 · page 3

On the pay-sheet of the Northern Colleries, over a period of ten months of the current year, are the names of men who have drawn (for…

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Rationing Strikes. Wallarah Colliery Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 November 1921 · page 4

The strike of miners at the Wallarah Colliery was discussed at a meeting of the executive of the Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Fed…

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Gold Robbery

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 November 1921 · page 2

Reuter: One hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars were stolen from the Sonoma, consigned by the Commonwealth to the International…

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Enormous Coal Seam

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 25 November 1921 · page 2

Professor David has returned to Brisbane after visiting Blair Athol coalfields and Drummond Range, in the neighborhood of Bogantungan, in company with…

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Miners' Pay. £86 a Fortnight for Two Men. the Northern Field

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 November 1921 · page 4

Two miners employed at Aberdare Central colliery, in the Cessnock district, established a record for the amount of pay drawn for the…

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