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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

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British Coal Mines. Serious Situation. London, July 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 5

A meeting of the national executive of the Miners' Federation in London decided to approach the mine owners with a view to the immediate…

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Miners' President

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 4

Details of the voting of the lodges for the election of president of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation for the ensuing year have been…

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Burning Brown Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 10

Valuable deposits of brown coal and lignite are found in various parts of the world, and a great deal of scientific attention is being given to…

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Cruelty to Horse. Colliery Employee Sentenced

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 6

At the Cessnock Police Court yesterday James Stewart was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for cruelly ill-treating a horse at Aberdare Central…

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Colliery Employees. Prosecuted for Being Absent From Work

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 6

The first batch of prosecutions against employers of the Abermain Collicries for absanting themselves from work without reasonable excuse…

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Coal Tribunal. Question of Validity

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 3

The parties to the proceedings in the High Court in connection with the question of the validity of the Coal Tribunal have been notified that July 17 (next…

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An Electric Cap Lamp for Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 12

The British Government regulations as regards electric lamps for use by miners in fir[?]y mines are so s[?]ringout that hitherto the lamps have been…

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Colliery Staffs. Association's Annual Dinner. Not a Militant Body

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 9

The members of the United Collieries' Staff Association held their annual re-union at Miss Chamberlain's rooms, West Maitland, on Saturday…

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Saluting the Flag. Miners Objections. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 1

The Wallsend miners lodge has resolves to support the resolutions of the Aberdare Central Lodge in protesting against the Education…

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Abermain and Seaham Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 July 1922 · page 4

The northern executive of the Miners' Federation, with the representatives of the Abermain and Seabam Lodges, on Saturday gave…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 July 1922 · page 6

Full time at the collieries of the Newcastle and South Maitland coal fields for the fortnight ended on Saturday last was ten days, owing to the…

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Mine Explosives. Samsonite and Cape Castle Permitted. Under Stipulated Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 6

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Fitzpatrick) notifies that, in pursuance of the Coalmines Regulation Act, the use of the explosives Samsonite and Cape…

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Colliery Cases. Employees Absent From Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 July 1922 · page 4

The adjourned cases in the first batch of prosecutions against employees of the Abermain Collieries for absenting themselves from work without…

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Gold Yield. Big Drop in New South Wales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 July 1922 · page 3

The Under-Secretary for Mines (Mr. R. H. Cambage) has furnished a return showing that the gold yield for the month of June, 1922,…

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Rand Mine Robbery £6000 in Gold Taken

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 July 1922 · page 4

Johannesburg, Monday.—The mines secret police are investigating one of the most daring robberies perpetrated on the Rand…

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English Coal Mines. Strike Riot. London, July 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1922 · page 5

Chadwick was acquitted in connection with the miners' strike at Shields. Thousands of men assembled at three in the morning at the entrance of the…

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Whitburn colliery Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1922 · page 4

The dispute at Whitburn Colliery has been referred to a compulsory conference which will be held in Sydney to-day. Messrs. B. Cleary and…

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Whitburn Colliery Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 July 1922 · page 4

A compulsory conference in connection with the trouble at Whitburn Colliery was held in Sydney on Thursday. Messrs. C. M. McDonald…

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Mine Strikers

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1922 · page 2

Before Major Crane, P.M., at the Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday, William Neilson, secretary of Abermain No. 2 Miner's Lodge, was fined £5 with £2/10/-…

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U.S.A. Coal Mines. Speeds Resumption Expected. Vancouver, July 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 July 1922 · page 5

A message from Washington states that it is expected that the coal miners will resume next week. Some modification of the President's…

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