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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

1,043 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 53

Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 December 1921 · page 4

From the Northern Colliery proprietors, Mr. H. C. Morion, secretary of the Colliery Mechanies Mutual Association, has received a…

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Engine Drivers. Engaged in Mining Industry. New Federal Award

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 December 1921 · page 4

The condition of the mining industry was discussed at length by Mr. Justice Powers in the course of his judgment relative to the claims of the…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 December 1921 · page 4

Mr. J. K. Pendlebury presided over a full meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Mechanics Association at West Maitland, when correspondence from the…

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The Collieries. Intermittency of Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 December 1921 · page 2

The question of whether the reduced working period shall be enforced on and from the second pay in the New Year will have consideration at the…

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Strike Not Settled. New Zealand Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 December 1921 · page 2

In the New Zealand Arbitration Court the Auckland coalmine owners applied to have the miners of the district joined to the award…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1921 · page 4

The delegate board of the Colliery Mechanics' Association has endorsed the action taken by members at the aggregate meetings, and decided to…

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Safety Electrical Appliances for Mines

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1921 · page 8
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One of the drawbacks of using electrical apparatus in fiery mines is that explosions taking places inside switch boxes and other apparatus are liable…

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More Unemployed. Wonga Willi Mine Closed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 December 1921 · page 4

The Wonga Willi mine and coke works, in the Dapto district, have closed down. A large number of hands were thrown out of employment…

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Safety Electrical Appli Ances Fob Mines

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 December 1921 · page 6

One of the drawbacks of using electrical apparatus in fiery mines is that explosions taking place inside switch--boxes and other apparatus are liable to produce…

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Central Authority. Aim of Coal Jokers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1921 · page 11

The Coalminers' federation, in an official statement declares that at the recent interview with the Prime Minister Mr. Baddeley (president of the…

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Coal Working. Ballot Likely to Be Taken

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1921 · page 3

The Council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation sat throughout the day, and until a late hour last evening, discussing the…

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Engine Drivers. Engaged in Mining Industry. New Federal Award

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1921 · page 3

The condition of the mining industry was discussed at length by Mr. Justice Powers in the course of his judgment relative to the claims of the…

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The Collieries. Five Work Full Time

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1921 · page 3

Full time of eleven days was worked at five of the collieries of the Newcastle and Maitland districts for the fortnight ended on Saturday last, while…

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Bar of Gold. Asset in Bankrupt Estate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1921 · page 3

At the West Australian Insolvency Court the Solicitor-General, at the direction of the Chief Justice, handed over to the official receiver, a bar of…

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Mining Industry. Working Fortnight Question. Ballot to Be Taken

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1921 · page 3

The members of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation are to be asked to express their views on the question of a nine-day…

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Bendigo Goldfield. Decline in Production

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1921 · page 3

A review of the work carried out on the Bondigo goldfield for 1921 disclose a marked decline in the amount of gold produce, compared with…

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British Coal. Prices Must Be Cheaper. Effect on Industries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1921 · page 4

The demand for a cheapening of the price of coal as a means of stimulating trade is going up from all parts of the country (says a recent issue of…

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Mining Industry. the Working Fortnight. Mr. Earp's Views

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1921 · page 6

The proposal of the district lodges of the Miners' Federation to reduce the working fortnightly period from eleven to nine days in viewed…

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Our Telegrams. Mount Keira Colliery. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 December 1921 · page 5

The official organ of the Coal Miners' Union states that Mount Keira colliery has been idle for two weeks owing to the failure of the…

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