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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

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Coal Industry. Good Yield in Queensland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 3

Details respecting the world's cotton position have been made available by the Department of Agriculture and Sto[?] Brisbane…

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Coal Mining Industry. Present System Condemned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 2

The general secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. A. C. Willis) made a statement on Monday, in which he referred to the present system of…

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Coal Crisis. Queensland Benefiting Deaf Ear to Extremists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 5

The prevalence of labour troubles on the New South Wales coalfields, and the probability of a mining strike of far-reaching possibilities,…

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Colliery Mechanics' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 4

Messrs. J. E. Pendlebury, J. Brown, and H. C. Morton have been nominated without opposition for the offices of president, treasurer, and secretary…

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Inadequate Levy Colliery Mechanics' Board Criticised. Over Six Hundred Idle. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 5

The board of manageemnt of the Colliery Mechanics' Association came in for severe criticism at a meeting or members held here in only…

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Mediation in Coal Crisis. Cessnock District Citizens' Meeting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 2

"That a delegation be appointed from this public meeting, representative of the citizens of the Cessnock Shire District, to interview Mr. Hibble and ask him to mediate in the present dispute, and if he has not the legal powers to exercise his position as Chairman of the…

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Mining Crisis. Approaching Prime Minister. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 5

Members of the deputation appointed at the public meeting held here last evening (and reported elsewhere in this issue) to-day got into…

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Coal Deadlock. Cessnock District Meeting. Seeking a Way Out. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 2

The meeting convened by Councillor J. Brown, president of the Cessnock Shire Council, in response to a requisition from residents of the town…

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Coal Trouble Miners Claim a Lookout

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 6

Mr Willis, miners' secretary, refer ring to the position on the Maitland and Greta coalfield, made the following statement on Wednesday…

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Colliery Operations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 4

The loading of coal at Whitburn Colliery. Greta, and South Greta has proceeded quietly during the week, the free labourers not having been…

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The Collieries. Work for Forthightly Pay

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 15

During the fortnight ended on Saturday last, 19 collieries worked full time of 11 days, nearly the whole of which were in the Newcastle district. With…

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Synthetic Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 3

Alchemy has yet to succeed in transmuting base metals into gold but it appears that Gorman science, halving failed to achieve synthetic…

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Bridge Damaged. at Whitburn Colliery. EXPLOSiVES USED

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 9

Whitburn Colliery, Greta where free labourers were attacked on Monday afternoon, was the scene of another outrage on Friday evening…

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Mammoth Power Plant Sits on Coal Mine Top New Electric Generating Station On Goal Mine With River at Back Door Will Have Abundance of Fuel and Water

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 2

Colfax, Pa.—An electric, generating station which is able to deliver 150,000 horse-power of electric energy to Pittsburg, Pa., 15 miles distant, and which…

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Miners Homes. Position in South Maitland Field

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 9

Messrs J. M. Badeley and D. Murray, W.L.A., last week waited upon [?]-Secretary for Mines (in the absence of the Minister), with…

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British Miners' Wages, (Reuters Cables.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 6

The miners' conference at Blackpool, by a large majority, has decided to adjourn its discussions on the the national wage agreement pending the action of…

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Coal Deadlock. Efforts at Mediation, Prime Minister Interviewed. Non-committal Reply

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 6

The Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce, who is visiting Queensland, passed through Newcastle by the Brisbane express last night. The opportunity…

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Steel and Coal. Newcastle Benefits

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 June 1923 · page 3

The Broken Hill Proprietary Steel Works at Port Waratah would have had to close down for want of coal, only for the action of the Federal…

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Coal Deadlock. Administering Existing Stock. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 June 1923 · page 5

The State Cabinet mat this morning to deal with the coal situation. The Government will propose a board to administer existing stocks, including…

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English Coal. Shipments for Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 4

An important development bearing on the Maitland coal trouble was anounced in Sydney shipping circles. It was to the effect that,…

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