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Mining & the mines, 1922

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LOCAL & General News Ayrfield Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 October 1922 · page 4

Timbering of working places is still a matter of dispute between the manager and employees of Ayrfield Colliery. The pit was idle for…

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Rich Gold Find. Discovery Near Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 October 1922 · page 6

A gold find, which is considered by the finder to be the best for many years, has been made at Lionsville near Grafton…

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Coal Disputes. Special Tribunal's Inquiry. Wage Reductions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 October 1922 · page 7

The chairman of the Special Coal Tribunal (Mr. C. Hibble) gave his decision in the claim of the wheelers employed at three Aberdare collieries in…

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Mr. Lloyd George and the Miners. "No Prime Minister." London, October 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 October 1922 · page 5

The announcement of the King's acceptance of Mr. Lloyd George's resignation was made by Mr. Lloyd George himself to a deputation of the Miners…

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LOCAL & General News Collieries Resume

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1922 · page 4

Pelaw-Main and the New Tunnel of Hebburn, Limited, No. 1 Colliery resumed work yesterday…

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Mining Disputes. Richmond Main Trouble. Mine May Close Down

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1922 · page 6

Mr. C. M. M'Donald, secretary of the Northern Colliery Association, asked the chairman of the Special Coal Tribunal to remove his direction that…

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South Greta Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1922 · page 4

A special meeting of the South Greta Miners Lodge will be held under the "big tree" sit Homeville, to-morrow (Sunday) morning at 10…

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Miners' Council. Important Discussions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1922 · page 14

A number of important matters were discussed at the meeting in Sydney of the Workers' Industrial Union of Australia, Mining…

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Darg Question. at Richmond Main COlLIERY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1922 · page 11

A compulsory conference took place at the Northern Colliery Proprietors' rooms, Newcastle, in connection with the question of the "darg" at the…

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Colliery Grievances Pelaw-main Resumes. Other Pits Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1922 · page 7

Pelaw-Main Colliery, which had been idle since Monday, resumed on Friday. Mr. Heare, president of the federation, stated that the stoppage was…

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Northern Awards. Miners to Show Cause

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1922 · page 6

The chairman of the tribunal issued a summons under the Commonwealth industrial Peace Acts to be served on the general secretary…

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Gold Storage Value to Empire

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 October 1922 · page 8

London, Wednesday.—Sir Joseph Cook and Sir James Allen were the principal guests at the autumn dinner of the British Gold Storage and Ice…

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Price of Coal. Question in Assembly

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1922 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. W. J. Skelton asked the Premier if it was fact that coal contracts recently entered into by the Railway…

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Suspected Foul Play Discovery in a Mine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1922 · page 14

Suspecting, foul play, the police authorities at Adelaide have sent Detective Dedman to Yudnamutana to inquire into the death of Andrew…

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Coal Industry. Position Again Critical. Cancellation of Awards Sought

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1922 · page 7

All application was made to the Coal Tribunal on behalf of the Northern Coal proprietors for the cancellation immediately of existing…

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Mining Depressed. Low Price of Metals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 October 1922 · page 2

Referring to the debate in Parliament on the mines estimates, the Minister for Mines (Mr. Fitzpatrick) said that arising out of some of the…

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Mining Disputes. Aberdare Men Agree to Resume. Drag Lifted at Richmondmain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 October 1922 · page 2

A meeting of the men concerned in the dispute at the Aberdare Collieries was held at the Strand Theatre. Cessnock, on Sunday. Messrs. T. Hoare,…

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Balmain Colliery to Be Re-opened

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 October 1922 · page 1

The Balmain colliery, which has been idle for about seven years, is reported to have been purchased by a Sydney colliery firm, which intends to…

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Gold Find. a Rich Patch. Grafton

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1922 · page 4

A rich patch of gold has been discovered at Lionsville, on the Upper Clarence, at a depth of 80ft. The discovery was made on…

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Gold on the Clarence Rich Patch Discovered

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 October 1922 · page 1

A report from Graf ton states that a rich patch of gold has been discovered at Lionsville, on the Clarence River; at a depth of 80 feet. A charge of…

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