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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

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Mining Deputes. Trouble at Aberdare. Whistles Blow Again

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 October 1922 · page 5

A conference took place at the of the [?] Collieries, Limited, Newcastle, on Monday in connection with the position at the Aberdare…

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Mining Disputes. Resumption at Aberdare

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 October 1922 · page 7

Work has been resumed at Pelaw-Main and Aberdare Extended Collieries. The dispute at the last-named collieries was of a…

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Coal Tribunal More Disputes' Settled

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 October 1922 · page 3

There was another clearing of the industrial atmosphere at Tuesday's meeting of the Special Coal Tribunal. The Richmond Main "darg" was declared…

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South Wales Miners Notice to Strike

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 October 1922 · page 2

London, Tuesday.—The South Wales miners have given a fortnight's notice of a strike as a means of forcing the owners to employ only non-union labor…

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Local and General News Singleton Gold Cup

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 October 1922 · page 2

The 100-guinea gold cup, presented to Singleton Racing Club, Ltd., by Sir Rupert Clarke, for the principal event at Saturday's meeting, will view…

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Mining Industry. Cancellation of Awards. Proprietors' Application Adjourned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 October 1922 · page 5

The application of the Northern Colliery Proprietors for the cancellation of the northern coal awards, because of the stoppage of work at…

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Trouble at Bellbird Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 October 1922 · page 11

Bellbird Colliery was idle to-day Yesterday a number of wheelers Were served with summonses for absenting themselves from work, as a result of a…

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Accident at Aberdare Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 October 1922 · page 4

Two well-known Cessnock residents, Mr. Ern Ford, and Mr. George Woodbury, met with rather serious injuries in Aberdare Colliery on Wednesday…

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Colliery Disputes. Coal Tribunal Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1922 · page 5

Owing to the manager of the colliery not being available, the compulsory conference fixed for New Castle in connection with the…

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Coal Control. Miners Desire Retention

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1922 · page 10

The statement by the Prime Minister in his policy speech, that coal control by the Federal Government is to cease at the end of the year…

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Ayrfield Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1922 · page 4

A meeting of the Ayrnold Miners Lodge will be held at 10 o'clock to-morrow (Sunday) morning under the big tree at Telarah…

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South Greta Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1922 · page 4

A meeting of the South Greta Miners lodge will be held at the big tree, Homeville, to-morrow at 10 a.m. Business is important…

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Novel Coal-handling Plant

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1922 · page 12

Engineering visitors to British ports must have been struck with the improvement made during recent years in the mechanical appliances for loading…

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Coal Position Proprietors' Application Adjourned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 October 1922 · page 8

The application of the Northern Colliery proprietors for the cancellation of the northern coal awards, because of the stoppage of work at Aberdare, and…

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Rich Gold Find. Discovery Near Grafton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1922 · page 9

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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Mining Depressed. Low Prick of Metals

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1922 · page 13

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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Gold and Diamonds. Excitement at Gulgong. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1922 · page 5

Residents of the old mining town of Gulgong are excited over reported discovery of gold and diamond-bearing wash dirt, four miles west of…

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Colliery Grievances

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 October 1922 · page 4

It has been decided by the chairman of the Coal Tribunal that the question of the yardage rate to be paid for driving a cross-cut heading going to…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 October 1922 · page 3

During the fortnight ended on Saturday last, full time of eleven days was worked at fourteen collieries of the Newcastle and South Maitland…

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Overton Colliery

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 October 1922 · page 1

Shareholders in the above colliery and residents of the district generally will be pleased to learn that the six feet seam at the colliery has…

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