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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

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Coal Miners. Big American Strike. Vancouver, March 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1922 · page 5

The United States to-day faces one of the biggest strikes it has known. Almost every coal mine in the country is…

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The Collieries. Very Broken Fortnight

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1922 · page 7

Work at the collieries of the Newcastle and Maitland coalfields was very broken during the fortnight ended on Saturday last, and full time…

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LOCAL & General News Mine Manager Retires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1922 · page 4

Mr. David Murdoch, manager of Aberdare South Colliery, who has been associated with the Aberdare collieries since their [?]ception, has retired from…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 4

Mr. J. Brown, treasurer of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, left for Lithgow this morning to attend to some important association business. Mr…

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Hebburn Colliery Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 4

Hebburn Colliery was idle on Monday in consequence of a wheeler refusing to work a horse which he consider was not suitable for the work…

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New Greta Colliery. Presentation to Mr. R. E. Fullagar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 6

Presentation as a rule are a success, but one that stood out pre-eminently above all others, took place hare last Friday night (writes our Greta…

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Miners' Strike. Nationalisation Advocated. Vancouver, April 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 5

A message from Washington states that Mr. Lewis, President of the Mine Workers' Union, is appealing to the Congress labour Committee. He…

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American Coal Strike 600,000 Men Out

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 3

New York, Sunday.—A New York message states that 600,000 coalminers have struck in mines in an area extending to Western Canada…

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Rand Gold Mines. Number of Unemployed. Capetown, April 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1922 · page 5

In the House of Assembly, Mr. Malan, Minister of Mines, etc., stated that 12,620 Europeans were employed in the Witwatersrand gold mines on…

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Magnesite Mining. Suspension of Labour Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1922 · page 6

In the Warden's Court Tamworth, the Broken Hill Proprietary Company applied for a suspension for six months of labour conditions on…

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Burning Mine in Germany 16 Dead, Hundreds in Peril. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 2

A Berlin message states that a disastrous fire has occurred in the Anselm Mine, in the Ratisbon district (Bavaria). Sixteen are dead, and 36 others have…

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World's Oldest Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 2

On the outskirts of the town of Fadun, in the north of Sweden, is the oldest mine in the world. It began to produce copper in 1225. In the…

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Our Coal Trade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 4

Our coal mining industry, upon which the prosperity of the country largely depends, is far from being in a satisfactory position. Whatever…

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Coal Miners. Big American Strike. Vancouver, March 31

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 12

The United States to-day faces one of the biggest strikes it has known. Almost every coal mine in the country is…

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Rand Gold Mines. Number of Unemployed. Capetown, April 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 2

In the House of Assembly, Mr. Malan, Minister of Mines,, etc., stated that 12,629 Europeans were employed in the Witwatersrand gold mines on…

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The Collieries. Very Broken Fortnight

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 14

Work at the collieries of the Newcastle and Maitland coalfields was very broken during the fortnight ended on Saturday last, and full time…

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Industrial Award. for Colliery Officials. Judge Beeby's Judgment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 6

In the Industrial Arbitration Court, Judge Beeby delivered judgement on the application by the Colliery Officials' Association of South Maitland…

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New Greta Colliery. Presentation to Mr. R. E. Fullagar

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 15

Presentations as a rule are a success, but one that stood out pre-eminently above all others, took place here last Friday night (writes our Grata…

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Miners' Strike. Nationalisation Advocated Vancouver, April 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 2

A message from Washington states that Mr. Lewis, President of the Mine Workers' Union, is appealing to the Congress Labour Committee. He…

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Magnesite Mining. Suspension of Labour Conditions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 7

In the Warden's Court, Tamworth the Broken Hill Proprietary Company applied for a suspension for six months of labour conditions on…

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