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Mining & the mines, 1922

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Threatened Industrial Troubles. Pastoral and Mining

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 4

Says Wednesday's "E. News":— Trouble is imminent in the pastoral industry. Last week the shearing rate for flock sheep was…

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New Greta Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 4

A number of matters affecting the New Greta Colliery were discussed at a conference in Sydney between Mr. C. M. M'Donald, secretary to the…

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International Crooks Gold Mines and Ranches. London, May 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 12

A Reuter's message states that, alleged to be known to the police as international crocks, two man, from London and Melbourne respectively, were…

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Colliery Deputies. New Industry Board

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 6

The new colliery deputies' Maitland a wait provides that the starting time for deputies shall be between six and seven o'clock in the morning, and the…

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Coal Position. Feeling in Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 4

A general strike in the coal-mining industry is not considered by shipping agents and mine representatives in Newcastle as likely to occur in the…

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Gold Discovery. a Rich Reef

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 11

A report has reached Delegate that a rich gold reef has been discovered at Bonang, about twenty miles away on the Victorian side…

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Industrial Situation Price of Coal. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 5

The industrial situation is becoming acute in this centre, and daily a long queue of men can be seen at the Labour Exchance office, all of them…

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Mine Fatality. Fall of Earth at Broken Hill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 6

William H. Pearce, 21, who leaves a wife and child, was killed in the North mine, Broken Hill, on Friday afternoon by a fall of earth…

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The Collieries. Fifteen Work Full Time

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 May 1922 · page 3

Ten days constituted full time for the fortnight at the collieries in the northern district, one day being taken by the miners for the purpose of…

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Abermain Mines. Absorption of Seaham Workers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 May 1922 · page 5

A conference was held at the Newcastle offices of the Miners' Federation on Saturday for the purpose of discussing the attitude adopted by the…

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Miners' President

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1922 · page 4

Mr. J. W. leeton, district check inspector, has withdrawn his name from the list of candidates for the position of president of the northern…

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Abeldare Colliery Thrown Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1922 · page 4

There was no work at Aberdare Colliery on Monday because of a wheeler grievance, and there was no work there on Tuesday because the…

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Aberdare Colliery Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 4

The Aberdare Colliery was still idle on Thursday, and no work has been done for the week. The statement that the management…

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Johannesburg. Pleasant City of Strife. Liee Among the Gold-miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 2

The rattle of musketry in the streets of Johannesburg is no new thing (recently wrote Rose McLeod, an editor of a Johannesburg newspaper, to…

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Welsh Coal. Why New Zealand Imported

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 3

Mr. Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand, recently delivered a speech in which he defined the policy of his Government in regard to railway…

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Steel Works. Government Action. Price of Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 2

The members of the Government continue to give their attention to the problems of trade depression and unemployment. The seriousness of the…

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Letters to the Editor Baerami-widden Coal and Shale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 2

Sir,—My attention has been called to the report in your issue of the 16th inst., and I beg leave to make one or two corrections thereof, namely:—…

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Telegraphic News Veteran Politician Dead New Gold Rush. Outrage in Belfast. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 2

Mr. James Gormly, M.L.C., died at Wagga this morning in his 86th year. There are now 200 men at…

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New Goldfield. Excitement at Canbelego Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 5

A great deal of excitement has been aroused throughout the Cobar mining district by the discovery of a number of reefs, which appear on…

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The Collieries. Fifteen Work Full Time

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 16

Ten days consesitated full time for the fortnight at the collieries in the northern district, one day being taken by the miners for the purpose of…

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