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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

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No Gold!

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 June 1923 · page 4

Mr. E.S. Whiteford, who was occupying his spare time, and at the same time taking a holiday with his sons, on a gold prospecting tour, was…

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Colliery Idle. Dispute at Redhead Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 June 1923 · page 5

Redhead colliery was idle to-day 100 men ceasing work owing to trouble over a difference in rates between pick and machine work…

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Coal Mine Tragedy. Fatal Mistake. London, June 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1923 · page 12

Reuter's London correspondent reports that at the inquest on the body of two miners at Somerset, Colliery named Berry man and Sutton, it was…

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Accident Relief. Department of Mines

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1923 · page 3

The allowances paid to beneficiaries under the Minors' Accident Relief (Repeal) Act in 1922 is shown by the annual report of the Department of…

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Nystagmus. Work for Affected Miners. Judge's Suggestion

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1923 · page 14

In giving his decision in a case in the Newcastle District Court last week, his Honor Judge Hamilton stated, in regard to compensation, that…

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Coorabin Coal. Linking Field with Victorian Railways

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1923 · page 14

The inquiry by the Victorian Standing Committee on Railways in regard to connecting up the Coorabin coalfield with the Victorian…

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Notable Discovery. Wealth From Coal-pi't Waste

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1923 · page 10

The research conducted by professor Barton Scammell, president of the Radium institute at Dover on the analysis of lava from Mount Vesuvius…

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Coal Crisis. Feeling at Kurri Kurri. Kuur1 KUUlil

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1923 · page 5

The miners relief committee to-day say that they are taking no notice of yesterday's conference but are continuing to organise relief…

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French in Ruhr. Treatment of Coal Magnates. London, June 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1923 · page 5

The unhappiest persons in the Ruhr are Herr Krupp and his four associates, who are still inmates of a Dusseldorf prison. They get prison…

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Coal for Australia. Result Op Maitland Dispute Cargo From U.S.A. LONDON, June 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1923 · page 13

The City Editor of "The Times," in an article on the freight markets, says that a shipment of gas coal from Pennsylvania, to Australia has been…

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Miners Solid

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 June 1923 · page 8

An official of one of the miners' lodges states that, under existing conditions, the miners on the coal-fields can hang on without work for…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 June 1923 · page 7

During the fortnight ended on Saturday last 14 collieries worked full time of eleven days, but, with the exception of a couple of minos,…

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Not So Black on Coal Fields. Miners More Hopeful. West Maitland

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 June 1923 · page 1

There is strong feeling on the Greta section of the Maltland coal fields that the negotiations now being made to bring the parties in the coal…

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Queensland Coal Trouble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 June 1923 · page 6

The coal [?]ituation in Queensland is a matter for serious thought on the part of all concerned with the industry (says the "Brisbane Co[?]er) It is…

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Colliery Rates. Appeals Against Assessments Companies' Claims

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 June 1923 · page 4

Appeals by colliery companies with properties situated in the Tarro and Cessnock Shires against the ratings the ratings on their collieries, were…

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Redhead Mine Idle. Increased Pay Refused

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 June 1923 · page 2

There are now 400 men idle through work ceasing at the Redhead Colliery, Newcastle field. It is stated that the men met the management on Thursday…

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More Collieries Idle. Redhead Dispute Unsettled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 June 1923 · page 2

Two more disputes, affecting Newcastle collieries, occurred in the coal-mining industry on Tuesday. At the Shortland colliery the whole…

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Coal Crisis. To-morrow's Conference. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 June 1923 · page 2

Every one who takes an interest in the district is looking forward to the result of the conference between the owners' representatives and the…

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Aberdare Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 June 1923 · page 4

Meetings of Aberdare Miners' Lodge will be held in Hampton's Hall every Friday. Members are requested to attend to answer roll call or send…

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Studded with Gold. Reef in Abandoned Drive

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 June 1923 · page 7

Mr. W. Eden, proprietor of the Premier Mine at, South Kyneton (Vic.) was examining an abandoned drive at the 80 foot level when he found a roof…

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