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Mining & the mines, 1922

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Rejected. Miners Nine-day Fortnight

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 2

The proposal to limit the colliery working days to nine a fortnight has been rejected by an over whelming majority…

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Miners' Pay. Move for Reduction. Proprietors Letter to Union Secretary

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

An important move has been taken by the colliery proprietors in New South Wales with the object of securing a reduction of wages for…

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Mine Fatality. Buried by Fall of Slimes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 3

Arnold' Mitchell was killed at the South Mine, Broken Hill, on Thursday by fall of [?]lmen, which buried him. Simmonds, another youth, had…

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Rand Strike. Mines Are Flooding. Johannesburg, Jan. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 5

The Federation is again aiming at the maintenance of the essential services of the mines, and has requested the officials of the association to take…

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Coal Contracts. Muswellbrook and Rosedale Mines

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 11

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., has made a statement regarding the Muswellbrook and Rosedale collieries. In regard to Muswellbrook, Mr…

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The Collieries Nine Days' Proposal Defeated

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 1

The proposal to limit the colliery working days to nine a fortnight, has been rejected by an overwhelming majority…

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Miners' Earnings. Statements Controverted. Mr. Baddeley Explains

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 2

The statements that members of the Miners Federation in the northern district are earing up to £15 and £20 per week on a six-hour day is…

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Miners' Ballot. Nine-day Fortnight. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 14

The ballot amongst the miners an the nine days a fortnight closes to-day. It is stated here by those connected with the Miners' Federation that the…

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English Industries. Coal Trade Improving. Lower Wages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 2

The reductions in wages which were made in England at the conclusion of the great coal strike, said Brigadier General Goddard, who has returned…

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Swelling the Revenue "Gamblers' Gold" (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 2

At the Central Police Court to-day £65 in fines was imposed on a number of defendants who had been charged with illegally betting…

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Mining Industry. Owners Opposed to a Strike. Pela W-main Trou[?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 6

Mr. C. M. M'Donald (secretary to the Northern co[?]ry proprietors Association stated that the coal propr[?]rs did not desire to see a…

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Hookworm. Laboratory in Newcastle. Survey of Mem in Mining Field

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 3

Dr. W. C. Sweet, of the Hookworn Campaign, has established headquarters at Newcastle, and the laboratory is being installed, at Newcastle Hospital…

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Coal Contract

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have informed Messrs Cameron and Bemnett, M[?]L.A., that they have placed a substantial coal contract with the Muswellbrook…

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Mining Syndicate. Fraudulent Director Sentenced. London, Jan 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 5

Joseph Aspinall, on a charge of fraudulently converting a mining syndicate's money to his own use, has been sentenced to 20 months…

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Mines Closing. Johannesburg. February 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 5

It is officially reported that provisional notice has been given cloning down the Newcock and Roodepoost [?]…

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Miners' Wages. Owners Ask for Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 2

The Federal Council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employers' Federation, which met in Sydney, had before it a letter from the New…

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Coal Miners' Working. an Amusing Incident. Johannesburg. February 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 5

The Town Hall meeting announcement of the five arrests is another of the mysteries of the strike. The police at headquarters have not heard of it,…

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Miners' Earnings. Statements Controverted. Mr. Baddeley Explains

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 9

The statements that members of the Miners' Federation in the northern district are earning up to £15 and £20 per week on a six-hour day is…

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English Industries. Coal Trade Improving. Lower Wages

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 9

The reductions in wages which were made in England at the conclusion of the great coal strike, said Brigand or General Goddard, who has returned…

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Coal Federation. Proposed Wages Reduction. Economic Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 4

The sittings of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employee's Federation were continued in Sydney. After discusion, it was decided to…

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