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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

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Glittering Gold. New Type of Maize

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 3

Mr. H. Wenholz, of the Department of Agriculture, in a letter to Mr. E. Hargreaves, of Wagga, Gundagai, congratulates him on his…

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A Gold Rush. Discovery in Rabbit Burrow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 7

A tributary of what is known as Kennedy's Gully (Vic.), about four miles south-east of Napoleon's has been pegged out for some distance…

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Whitburn Colliery Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1922 · page 4

Whitburn colliery, Greta, was idle on Tuesday, owing to a dispute. A section of the mine was stopped, and the men were cavilled to other…

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Coal Control. Effect Upon Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1922 · page 7

When the question as to whether Commonwealth control of coal was keeping he price of the commodity up was referred to Sir Thomas Henley,…

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New Colliery at Stockrington

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 4

The new colliery at Stockrington, in course of pioneer work, for Mr John Brown, is not situated on the Maitland coalfield, but on one of the cleanest…

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Miners' Wages. Owners' Proposals Rejected. Employees' Reply

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 3

The conference between the coal proprietors and the representatives of the miners, concerning the claims of the former, was continued in…

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A Gold Rush in Rabbit Burrow

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 2

A tributary of what is known as Kennedy's Gully (Vie.), about four miles south-east of Napoleon's, has been pegged out for some distance for alluvial…

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Overton Coal Mine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 2

Mr. Argent. secretary of the Overton Coal Company, stated to-day that the mine was never more progressive than at the present time…

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Miners' Wages Reduced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 5

The joint wages board, of Lancashire and Cheshire has decided that miners' wages be reduced during June by a further ten points, the…

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Gold Pegging

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 6

A tributory of what is known ag Kennedy's Gully, near Ballarat (Vic) has been pegged out for some distance for alluvial mining, and about 50 men have…

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The Coal Industry

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 4

The Minister for Works and Railways (Sir Thomas Henley) on Monday referred to the coal industry. "One of the greatest restrictions resting upon our industries…

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Gold Find at Nundle. "A Rich Show."

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 4

It is many years since there was a gold find of any consequence on the Nundle and Hanging Rock gold fields, most of which are popularly…

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A Gold Rush. Discovery in Rabbit Burrow

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 3

A tributary of what is known as Kennedy's Gully (Vic.), about four miles south-east of Napoleon's, has been pegged out for some distance…

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Mining Industry. Sitting of Special Tribunal. Men Want a Commission

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 4

The sittings of the Coal Industry Special Tribunal comprising the whole of the members, will be held at the Commonwealth Bank offices…

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Coal Miners. Compulsory Conference Arranged. Coal Cliff Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 2

The announcement is made that the chairman of the Coal Tribunal (Mr. Hibble) had decided to summon a compulsory conference between…

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Record Colliery Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 4

The pay for the fortnight, distributed to the employees at Pelaw-Main, Richmond-Main, and Stanford-Merthyr collieries yesterday, is estimated as a…

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British Coal Miners. Militant Action Urged. Leaders Depressed. LONDON, June 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 5

Resolutions have been carried in many districts in favour of militant action to increase with successive reductions in miners' wages, indicating that it is…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 14

For the fortnight ended on Saturday last only seven collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland fields worked full time of eleven days…

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Union Warned. Queensland Colliery Trouble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 2

Mr. Justice McCawley, in Brisbane gave judgment on the application of the Redbank Collieries for an order restraining the Queensland Colliery…

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Britsh Miners Accept Reduction

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 6

The joint wages board of Lancashire and Cheshire has decided that minors' wages shall be reduced during June by a further 10 per cent., the lowest level…

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