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Mining & the mines, 1922

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Eleven Mines. Work Full Time

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 14

Full time at the collieries of the Newcastle and Maitland districts was 10 days for the fortnight ended on Saturday last, and this was put in at…

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Railway Statistics. Less Coal Consumption

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 6

A feature of the railway statistics of New South Wales for December last was the decrease of 2 per cent. in the coal burned per mile. During…

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Coal Federation. Proposed Wages Reduction

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 9

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

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Miners' Wages. Owners Ask for Conference

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 11

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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Australian Coal. Only a Temporary Slump

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 3

Mr. R. W. Gibbs, member of a well-known Sydney firm, who has just returned from England, via America, says that Australia is not going to…

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Coal for Railways. the Lithgow Contracts

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 3

The attention of the Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr. Fraser, was drawn on Tuesday to the report from Lithgow, in the nature of a…

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Hookworm. Campaign on Mining Field. Disease Symptoms

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 5

The presence of the hookworm campaign in Newcastle, which will be extended to the Maitland field, makes the question of hookworm disease one of…

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New Mine Rescue Apparatus

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 3

Ever since the invention of the miners safety lamp by Humphrey Davy, Great Britain has dev[?] keen attention to the subject of safety…

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Bathurst Selection. Miners Not Satisfied

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 2

The president of the Bathurst' Labour League (Mr. A, P. Crowe) stated at a meeting of the combined leagues that during the selection of…

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Mines Will Open. Johannesburg, Feb. 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 5

The Chamber of Minoa, in response to the Prime Minister's appeal, will open the mines on Monday by the engagement of men, whether they were…

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Colliery Mechanics. President's Statements

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 6

Mr. J. K. Pendlebury, president of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, in an interview, said that the result of the ballet taken on the question as to…

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Mines Closed Wallaroo Moonta Men Idle

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 2

No alternative- offer having been received from the men to keep the Wallaroo and Moonta mines in South Australia at work, they will close on…

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Ellalong Mining

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 7

The shaft on the East Greta Coal Co.'s property at Ellalong is now down over 30 ft. Coal has been proved at 357 feet. The company expects to…

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A One-million Pounds Colliery Scheme

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 3

In Spite of the difficulties which hinder the development of collieries in Great Britain one large, colliery company has decided to spend over one million pounds…

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Mining Tenement Forfeited

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 9

On the the application of James Smith, mining tenement 248 held by Victor Straffer at Pelaw-Main was declared forfeited on account of failure…

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Railway Statistics. Less Coal Consumption

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 16

A feature of the railway statistics of New South Wales for December last was the decrease of 2 per cent in the coal burned per mile. During…

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Mines Will Open. Johannesburg, Feb. 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 2

The Chamber of Mines, in response to the Prime Minister's appeal will open the mines on Monday by the engagement of men, whether they were…

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Hidden Gold. Men Who Knew the Scecret Buried Alive

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 13

For centuries it has been the habit of the Moors to hide gold, consisting generally of Spanish donbloons, French louis and native gold tokens…

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Mount Morgan Miners. Prefer Small Loaf to None

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1922 · page 6

Mount Morgan miners (says the Melbourne "Argus") possess more wisdom than their leaders in agreeing to accept reduced wages in order…

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Stoppages at Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 4

The Hobburn, Ltd., No.1 Colliery was idle yesterday, about 750 men being affected. The wheelers decided not to go to work yesterday until a refund…

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