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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

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Fall of Coal. Miner Killed at Bellbird

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 5

Charles Powell, of Mount View-road, Cessnock, was killed by a fall of coal in Bellbird Colliery, on Wednesday. It was his first day at work…

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Coal Industry. District Treasurer's Retrospect. Price Question

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 11

Discussing matters in relation to the northern mining fields, Mr. A. Lewis, treasurer to the Miners' Federation, said that a brief retrospect of the…

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Millions in Gold. Waiting for Claimant. Mysterious Besquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 11

Much money has been spent vainly in trying to claim the "Tsylor millions," a mysterious bequest a century and a half, old, and about…

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Mining Industry. Combating Wage Reduction. Union Papers Views

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 5

The mining department of the Workers' Industrial Union of, Australia is preparing its members for a struggle which it considers will…

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Mining Dispute. Long Deferred Settlement. London, Jan. 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 2

The protracted dispute at the Ebbs Vale collieries reported on Sep. 21, rendering thousands idle has been finally terminated on the basis of a…

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Steel Works. All Agreement Reached. General Manager's Statement. Prick of Coal, Remaining Disability

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 6

The negotiations between the broken the Proprietary Company and representatives of the employ-ees at its Steel Works at Newcastle have been successful, and an…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 6

Owing to the Christmas and New Year holidays the full working time at the collieries of the Newcastle and South mattland districts for the…

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Steel Works. 0Coal Prices Question. Views of Miners' President

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 6

The announcement made on Saturday that an agreement had been the steel works and the employees'…

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Situation on the Rhine. Miners Sullen. London, January 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 5

There is seme talk of a withdrawal of the British forces from Cologne, in view of a possible French advance. The Germans do not want us to go…

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The Coal Tribunal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 4

The Coal Tribunal will meet at the Commonwealth Offices, Sydney, at 2.15 on Friday afternoon next, when it is expected further…

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Coal Supplies. for the Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 6

A telegram from Lithgow received in Sydney on Monday night states that although the Railway Commissioners had not entered into…

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Coal Supplies. Cement Position. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 5

The Railway Commissioners remain adamant in their attitude regarding coal supplies. They will not accept the prices and condition…

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High Cost Op Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1923 · page 5

The high cost of coal has caused anxiety to the chamber of Manufacturers which at a meeting this week, discussed the urgent necessity for a…

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State Gold Yield. Lowest Since First Discovery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1923 · page 7

The New South Wales gold yield for December, 1922. amounted to 155uoz. crude, equal to 143loz. fine valued at £6082, as compared with 3455oz. crudes,…

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Accident at Cessnock Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 6

A miner named Bert Victor, was injured at the Cessnock Colliery yesterday. A shot was fired and he and his mate (a brother) went back to the face…

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More Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 6

A boring plant is busily at work near Sweetman's Creek. It looks as if every acre of coal land in this great district is to be taken up…

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South Greta Miners. Further Representations for Leniency

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 3

Further representations have been made to the Minister for Justice, Mr. Ley, by Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A., for len[?]y to the members of the…

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Coal Supplies. for Railway Service. Boycott Denied

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 2

Mr. E. T. Weyland, manager of he Southern Coal Owners' Agency, yesterday made, a statement. In reply to press criticisms concerning…

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Collieries Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 4

Hebburn No. 2 and Neath Colierles, are still idle. The pits did not resume after the holidays. At present there does not appear to be any…

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Coal Mines. French Orders. London, January 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 5

Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports that the French Commander, General Simon met the representatives of the Stinnes, Thyssen, and…

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