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Mining & the mines, 1922

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Mining Accidents. in the Northern District

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1922 · page 11

A table prepared by the Department of Mines shows the proportion that the accidents and deaths in the Northern district bore last year to…

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The American Strikes Two Important Lines Resume Coal Agreement Reached

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 August 1922 · page 5

New York, Wednesday.—The Union Pacific Railway Company has announced a settlement with the strikers. The Southern Pacific also reports that the…

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Mining Appeal. Maitland District Matter Case in Banco

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1922 · page 5

An application was made in the Bacco Court, Sydney, on behalf of Albert Andrew Holland, of Mosman, mining agent, to make absolute a rule…

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U.S.A. Strikes. Railway Users Victimised. Miners Hopeful. Vancouver August 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1922 · page 12

While the situation in one [?] strike is at its worst, the news regarding the coal strike is summed up in the optimistic statement of Mr. Lewis, the…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 August 1922 · page 2

At the northern district collieries eleven days constituted full time for the fortnight ended saturday last Eleven collieries worked full time,…

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Gold Discovery. Ten Ounces to the Ton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 August 1922 · page 3

Much interest has been created by a new lind made by Messrs. Donnelly and Thompson. ten miles south-east of Bulong. near Kalgoorlie (W.A.)…

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Discovery of Gold. Obelisk Unveiled at Bendigo Australia's Resources

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 August 1922 · page 2

In unveiling an obelisk erected at Golden-square, Bendigo, to mark the discovery of gold in the Bendigo district, the Prime Minister (Mr…

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Miners Help Digger's Widow

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 August 1922 · page 3

A half-day's pay was given by district miners to the widow and two children of Charles Hammond, a returned soldier, who died in Kiama…

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Mining Development

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 August 1922 · page 2

Good progress is being made by the East Greta Coal Mining Company, pioneers of the South Maitland coalfield, with the work of opening…

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Coal Tribunal. Order of Business. Reduction in Wages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 August 1922 · page 3

A sitting of the Coal Tribunal was held at the Commonwealth Bank Building, Sydney, on Tuesday afternoon, when the chairman called…

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LOCAL & General News Colliery Stoppage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 4

Pelaw Main colliery, was thrown idle yesterday, and as the result about 450 men and boys are affected. It is understood that the trouble was…

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Coal Tribunal. Proprietors' Claims. Employees Refuse to Proceed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 4

When the Coal Tribunal met in Sydney the chairman. Mr. Hibble said that the business to be dealt with was the proprietors' claims for…

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East Greta Collieries. Development at Ellalong. Good Progress Being Made

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 11

Good progress is being made in the work of opening up Stanford-Merthyr No. 2 colliery on the East Greta Coal Company's property at Eilalong,…

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Treasure Tombs. Gold and Precious Stones

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 11
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Out of India there comes new evidence that legends of the treasures of the once omnipotent Khans of the Mongols are no myth. During the…

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Gold Discovery. Ten Ounces to the Ton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 14

Much interest has been created by a new find made by Messrs. Donnelly and Thompson, ten miles south-east of Belong near Kalgoorlie (W.A.)…

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Coal Tribunal. Order of Business. Reduction in Wages

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 8

A sitting of the Coal Tribunal was held at the Commonwealth Bank Buildings, Sydney, on Tuesday afternoon, when the chairman called…

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Discovery of Gold. Obelisk Unveiled at Bendigo Australia's Resources

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 14

In unveiling an obelisk erected at Golden-square, Bendigo to mark the discovery of gold in the Bendigo district, the Prime Minister (Mr…

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Geology of District. the Coal Measures. Lecture by Professor David

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 2

The lecture room at the West Maitland Technical College was crowded, last evening when an illustrated lecture on the geological formation of…

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Mining Appeal. Rule Nisi Discharged. Maitland District Case

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 11

Argument was concluded in the High Court in the application made on behalf of Albert Andrew Holland, of Mosman, mining agent, to make absolute…

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