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Mining & the mines, 1922

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Kalingro Colliery Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1922 · page 4

At Kalingo Colliery, near Ellalong consequence of a difference between the Mechanics' Union and the company, members of the Northern…

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Colliery Mechanics. the Kalingo Dispute

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1922 · page 7

A special executive, meeting of the Colliety Mechanics' Association was held to hear and deal with reports in connection with the Kalingo dispute…

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LOCAL & General News Colliery Employee Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1922 · page 4

Albert Golder (18), employed as top-hand at Whitburn Colliery, sustained a fracture of one or his arms through being caught between two…

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Coal Briquetting Made . Perfect

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1922 · page 10

The advantages to be derived from compressing coal dust into solid blocks of fuel have been recognised for many years, and briquettes for this type are…

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Hidden Wealth in Coal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1922 · page 16

Greater attention is being given than ever before in the history of engineering to the subject of fuel economy. Scientist after scientist…

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Gold Robbery. Great Boulder Visited

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1922 · page 8

Between 4 and 6 o'clock on Tuesday morning the strong room of the Great Boulder Perseverance Gold Mine (W.A.) was broken into by…

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Coal in Queensland. Equal to Newcastle's Best

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1922 · page 3

Mr. Jones Minister for Mines (Q.) who met with a hostile reception at an open-air meeting at Cairns during the course of his speech said coal…

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Mining Enquiry. Court Sits in Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1922 · page 7

At the Royal Society's rooms, in Elizabeth-street, Sydney, on Tuesday afternoon, a special Warden's Court considered the question whether the…

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Mining Leases. Major Crane's Decision. in Favour of Lessees

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1922 · page 5

The question whether the labour conditions on private lands in the parish of Stanford and Mulbring are being carried out in a bona fide way…

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Troubles on the Rhine. Mining Rioters. London, Nov. 17

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1922 · page 12

The "Times" Cologne" correspondent says 400 rioters in the mining area, of Frechen, unsatisfied with looting goods from the shops to the…

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Mining Disaster. Eighty-four Deaths. Residues Marvellous Escape. Vancouver, Nov. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1922 · page 5

In the great industrial area of Birmingham, Alabama, an explosion in the coal-mine of the Woodward Iron Company entombed 250 miners…

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Mine Fire. Prompt Help by Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 November 1922 · page 6

A five occurred in the Blackall mine at Westland (N.Z.). One hundred men who were working in the mine were withdrawn safely. The…

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Theft of Gold. Valuble Parcels Missed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 November 1922 · page 3

In regard to the theft of two and a half liars of gold weighing 1100cz from the strong room of the Preserverance mine Kalgoorlie, it appears that…

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Theft of Gold. KALGOORLIE

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1922 · page 1

In regard to the theft of two and a half bars of gold, weighing 1100 ounces, from the strongroom of the Perseverence mine, it appears that…

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Muswellbrook Coal. Company Bring Formed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 November 1922 · page 2

In this issue will be found the abridged prospectus of the St. Heliers Coal Company, Limited, Muswellbrook. The proposed capital is…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 November 1922 · page 4

A special meeting of the executive of the Colliery Mechanics' Association was held at West Maitland yesterday, when, as a result of an…

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Reducing Colliery Hands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 November 1922 · page 4

A reduction is being made in the number of men employed at both the collieries, at Greta. At New Greta 20 employees have received their…

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Theft of Gold Valuable Parcels Missed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 November 1922 · page 2

In regard to a theft of two and a half bars of gold, weighing 1100 oz. from the strongroom of the Perseverance mine, Kalgoorlie, it appears that…

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Frencn on the Mine British Statement. London, Nov. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 November 1922 · page 5

In the House of Commons, replying to a question, Mr. A. Bonar Law said that he had no informat[?] justifying saying that a Frech…

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Explosives in Coal. French Enquiry. London, Nov, 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 November 1922 · page 5

A number of mysterious explosions of coal when placed in stoves or furnaces which have occurred in numerous parts of France, several…

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