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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

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Ayrfield Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1922 · page 4

Members of the Ayrflel Miners Lodge are requested to attend a meeting in the Sempill-street reserve, West Maitland, at 10.30…

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Colliery Employees Released

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1922 · page 4

The employees of New Greta Colliery, who were taken to Maitland Gaol on Tuesday afternoon, have been released, their fines having…

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Colliery Mechanics. Cessnock Aggregate Meeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1922 · page 13

An aggregate meeting of the members of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, in the Cessnock district, was hold in the Strand Theatre…

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Ambulance Class. Gathering of Colliery Members

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1922 · page 13

On Saturday evening a smoke concert was held in the Central Hall, Kurri Kurri, by the members of Peaw-Main and Stanford-Merthyr…

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Miners Wages. Claim for Reduction

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1922 · page 2

At the sitting of the Coal Tribunal in Sydney, the case for the proprietors in connection with their claim for a reduction of miners…

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Mine Mechanics in Court. Absent Unlawfully

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 December 1922 · page 1

Eighteen members of the Colliery. Meclianics. Association, employed at the Kalingo Colliery, Ellalong, were charged at the Cessnock Police Court with…

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Gold Returns. a Big Increase

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1922 · page 5

The November gold returns show that resumption of work at Mount Morgan has been responsible for a big increase, though there is evidence of…

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Coal Leases. Broken Hill Company's Purchase

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1922 · page 6

A contract for the sale of Mr. A. A. Holland's coal leases in the parishes of Stanford and Mulbring to the Broken Hill Proprietary…

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Miners Sent to Gaol a Public Demonstration

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 December 1922 · page 1

About five weeks ago, at the. Greta. Police Court, a number of miners were fined or a mouth for absenting them. selves from work without excuse. Time…

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Miners' Hardships. No Government Relief. London, December 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1922 · page 3

The Miners' Federation deputation which called on Mr. Lloyd George on October 19, only to be told that he had resigned, to-day waited to Mr…

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Absent From Work. Miners Heavily Fined. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1922 · page 3

John Mutton, Reuben Smith, George Rutherford, Thomas Parsons, William Howard, and John Pullan were each fined £6, with 8/ costs, and…

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British Miners. Hopeless Position. (Reuter's Cable). LONDON, December 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1922 · page 5

The keynote of the deliberations at the meeting of the Miners' Federation which considered the Prime Minister's reply to the deputation…

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Colliery Accident Man's Narrow Escape

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 December 1922 · page 1

Finley Ross probably considers himself to be the luckiest man in Muswellbrook to-day, despite the fact that he is now in Brentwood Hospital…

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New Gold Find

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 December 1922 · page 2

A new find has been made about 15 miles west cf Coolgardie (Perth), on the railway and pipe line connecting the coast with Kalgcorlie. The…

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Colliery Idle. 500 Men Out. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1922 · page 2

Notwithstanding good counsel Richmond Main Colliery was again idle today Yesterday a clipper demanded a mate and the management would not…

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Mining Ftality at Greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 December 1922 · page 4

A miner named Alfred Briscoc, was killed instantly while at work on Tuesday morning in New Greta Colliery (writes our Greta correspondent…

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Shift Rate. What South Coast Miners Claim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 December 1922 · page 4

The South Coast Miners' Federation is asking for a new award, the terms of which are: 1, "Definition of a "Working place pillar"; 2, that a…

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Newcastle Steel Works. a Bold Stroke. Colliery Purchased

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 December 1922 · page 6

As part of the development of their steel works the Broken Hill proprietary has acquired the lease of 2085 acres of the finest…

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Local and General St Helier's Coal Company

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 December 1922 · page 2

Applications for shares in the above company are coming in freely, 14,500 shares having been applied for. There are numerous applications for forms…

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Miners' Wages in England

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 December 1922 · page 7

London, Wednesday.—Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Walsh (Labour) drew attention to the serious condition of the coal-mining industry…

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