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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

1,441 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 73

Northern Coalfields Miners, Owners, and P.M. Will General Strike Be Declared?

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 4

A message from Newcastle to the Sydney "Sun" reads:—What is going to happen in the mining industry in the northern field…

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Coal Crisis Owners Close Six Mines. Miners on Strike at 15 Collieries

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 April 1923 · page 2

Matters appear to be rapidly approaching a crisis on the northern coal fields. Eleven more mines went on strike on…

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Novel Coal-handling Plant

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 April 1923 · page 1

Engineering visitors to British ports must have been struck with the great improvement made during recent years in the mechanical appliances for…

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All Gold, 1500 Guineas

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 April 1923 · page 7

Brood a[?]es sold fairly well at the yearling sales yesterday (Wednesday). There were four of Messrs. J. Goring…

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Mr Crane and the Miners Protest at South Greta

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 April 1923 · page 2

The South Greta miners met on Sunday, when there was a large attendance, which included residents of East Greta and district. Mr W. Brennan…

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Great Boulder Mine Robbery ACCUSED's Strange Plea. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 April 1923 · page 2

The second trial of Alfred Charles Callanan on a charge of having, in November last, stolen £520 from the Great Boulder Mine, while armed with…

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The Latest Two More Mines Close. 6620 Men Idle. (By Telegraph) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 April 1923 · page 2

Work ceased at two more collieries on the northern field to-day. There are now 17 collieries and 6620 men idle. As the strikes are over purely local…

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Coal Position

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 2

Two additional mines became idle on the Maitland field on Wednesday, making 17 in all. This leaves only five mines working on this field, and…

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South Greta Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 4

A mooting of South Greta miners will be held under the big tree at Telarah, on Sunday morning next, at 10.30, when a district officer will…

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The Coal Crisis

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 2

The dislocation of the coal industry on the Maitland Coalfields has assumed proportions which are alarming, but the fact that the proximate incident out…

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Government's Coal Supplies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 4

Mr. Oakes, Acting: Premier, in a reference to the coal trouble, said he relied upon the commonsense of the loaders on both sides to avoid…

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Greta Main Colliery. Construction of Line

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 3

Mr. Evans, secretary of the Greta Main Collieries Ltd., was in Cessnock on Wednesday, on business in connection with the colliery that his…

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Mining Stops. Many Laid Idle. Few at Work. Pelawmain and Richmond Main Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 4

Yesterday on the line of- mines from Maitland to Cessnock and surrounding districts there were only East Greta (and possibly Glen Ayr and Ayrfield)…

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Coal Miners' Resolve. London, April 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 5

Router's Berlin correspondent reports that the Vessische Zeitung's" Esson representative states that with the object of preventing the French…

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The Mining Trouble Coal-owners Determined

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 5

The consensus of opinion among coalowners in Newcastle is that none of the. collieries now closed will re-open until some guarantee is given by the men…

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Coal Miners Strike. Trade Lost. London, April 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 13

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

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Coal Trouble. Two Mines Resume. Sixteen Others Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 6

The only change in the coal strike on Friday was the resumption of the work at two of the idle collieries Waratah and Central Greta. Fifteen mines on…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 9

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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All Gold, 1500 Guineas

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 8

Brood mares sold fairly well at the yearling sales yesterday (Wednesday). There were four drafts from the New Zealand studs of Messrs. J. Goring…

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Loss to Railways. Through Colliery Stoppages. Enormous Inconvenience

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 14

The stoppages that have occurred at so many collieries of late ornate not only an enormous amount, of inconvenience in the northern district,…

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