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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

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Coal Miners. Strike in Wales. London, April 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 5

A strike of 46,000 miners in Rhondda, Valley, with a view to fore lak 5000 non-unionist to join the Miners Federation began to-day, Not…

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Coal Miners. Threat of Upheaval. to Prevent Reductions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 6

Referring to certain recently expressed opinions that the authority of the Coal Tribunal was ultra vires and thai the best legal opinion…

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LOCAL & General News Whitburn Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 4

The dispute at Whitburn Colliery, Greta, has advanced another stage. The members of the Engine-drivers and Firemen's Union ceased work at…

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Hebburn Idle. Other Mines Working. Gessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 5

Hebburn Colliery No. 1 was idle to-day, it is stated because Major Crane, P.M., is presiding at the Greta Court…

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Ultimatum to Coal Owners, London, April 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 5

A Berlin message states that General Degoutte's ultimatum, throatening confiscation of the mines and arrest of the owners unless the…

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Brighter Prospects. Tin Mining Near Ardlethan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 3

An area of 102 acres was resumed in 1919 for village purposes to satisfy the demand for residential sites in the vicinity of Ardlethan tin mines…

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Worth Following Up Gold Discovery in Cudal District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 6

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Fitzpartick), has received a report from Mr. J. R. Godfrey, B.A., Inspector of Mines, upon the recently…

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Mining Situation General Strike Feared New Castle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 5

The mining situation is causing much concern here, as it is feared the present troubles will continue until there is a general strike. Many…

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Coal Mining Industry

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 11

There is an indefinite, intangible, feeling of unrest pervading the whole of the coal mining industry. Not only is this experienced by those directly…

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Price of Coal. Opinion of Manufacturers. Colliery Official in Reply. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 5

The opinion of Mr. Clifton Love, president of the Associated Chamber of Manufacturers, that the price of coal should be reduced, as it is…

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Miners and Police Magistrate

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 1

In accordance with resolutions passed at recent aggregate meetings of miners that no work be carried out by the miners in a district in which…

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Idle Collieries. Protest Against Major Crane Position Becoming Serious. Magistrates Explanation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 6

Major F.W.C. Crane, P.M., proceeded to Wollombi Court on Thursday, and in accordance with the resolution carried at the recent…

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Miners' Headquarters. Should Be on the Maitland Field

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 2

It is one of the anomalies of the coal industry that the offices of the Colliery Employees' Federation should be still situated in Newcastle when…

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Workers' Industrial Union. Mining Council Deliberating

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 6

The council of the Workers Industrial Union of Australia (Mining Department) opened a mocting at the offices of the Federation in Sydney on…

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Coal Miners. Wages Trouble. London, March 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 13

The Miners' Conference is discussing the denunciation of the national wages agreement, and has decided to refer the question to the districts…

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Coal Miners Strike, Trade Lost. London. April 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 2

According to a Cardiff message as a result of the strike of the miners in the Rbonddn Valley orders for about one million tons of coal mostly from…

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Collieries Idle. Protest Against Police Magistrate

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 6

The miners at twelve of the large collieries in the Maitland field and at one in the Newcastle district were on strike on Tuesday. Altogether 4542…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 6

Eight days constituted full working time at the collieries for the fortnight. Whitburn Colliery continued idle, and time was lost at several of…

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Miners and Magistrate Another Stoppage

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 8

In acco[?]nce with resolutions passed at recent aggregate meetings of miners, that no work be carried out by miners in the district in which Mr F…

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Miners' Wages. Industrial Peace Act. Mr. Wills Comments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 6

Mr. A.C. Willis general secretary of the Workers' Industrial Union of Australia. Mining Department had something to say yesterday…

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