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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

1,441 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 73

Kalingo Colliery Water Supply and Sanitation

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 6

Mr. McGilvray reported at a meeting of the Shire Council yesterday, having made on inspection of the water supply and sanitary…

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Coal Crisis. Serious Position. Stanford Men Return Home. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 5

A most serious position arose on the coalfields to-day. The Stanford-Merthyr men returned home because James O'Donnell, a miner, and…

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Astonfield Colliery Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 4

Owing to trouble with the winding engine, work ceased at the Astonfield Colliery last Tuesday. The pit employs over one hundred men…

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Mining Enginedrivers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 4

The board of examiners of enginedrivers appointed under the Mines inspection Act, 1901, have submitted to the Minister for Mines their…

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Colliery Rates. Appeals Against Assessments Companies' Claims

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 6

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

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Coal Crisis. Conference Next

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 5

It is officially announced Wednesday, that conference between representatives of the Maitland-Greta colliery proprietors and the miners will…

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Broken Hill Mines. British and Junction

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 4

Regarding the British and Junction Mines, it is stated that negotiations have been proceeding between the Junction. Company and the British Company,…

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Studded with Gold. Reef in Abandoned Drive

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 8

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 reef…

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Treasure Hunt. Water Diviner's Search for Hidden Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 3

A search for hidden treasure is taking place at Shaftesbury, Dorset (England). It has been initiated by the Rev. George Glandfield, a local Wesleyan minister,…

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Coal Crisis. Stanford-mert[?]yr Trouble. Men Decide to Resume. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 July 1923 · page 5

Stanford Merthyr Miners' Lodge yesterday decided to resume work and advised the manager to that effect…

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Colliery Staff's Association

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 July 1923 · page 4

The United Colliery Clerk's Association, which has a membership roll on the South Maitland and Newcastle fields of 200, was on…

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Colliery Staffs Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 July 1923 · page 4

A United Colliery Staffs Association has been formed, mid lias been [?]ed registration as a trades union by the Industrial Registrar. There are…

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South Greta Miners. Hostile to Compromise

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 July 1923 · page 2

The South Greta Miners' Lode has carried the following, resolutions:—"This lodge is of the opinion that the present lock-out enforced by the…

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Another Mine Stops Through Go-slow Dismissals

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 July 1923 · page 3

Still another mine stoppage has to be added to the disastrous list already existing. This time it is the Stanford Merthyr mine that is the seene of the…

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Colliery Disputes. Shortland Men Resume

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 July 1923 · page 7

"The trouble which occurred at the Shortland Pit has been settled; and the mind resumed operations this morning…

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South Greta Colliery Applies for Current

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 July 1923 · page 2

Mr. Robert Scott, manager of South Greta Colliery, wrote asking for the beat terms upon which council was prepared to supply current in…

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Miners' Rights

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

The Under-Secretary Department of Mines has informed the Parliamentary representatives for Newcastle that, in regard to the question of Kearsley…

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Cumberland Miners. Strike Riots. London, July 4

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

Rioting at Whitehaven was resumed early this morning. The miners on strike attacked the colliery offices and stoned the police and subsequently…

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The Coal Trouble South Greta Against Compromise

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 July 1923 · page 2

At a meeting of South Greta Miners' Lodge on Tuesday it was declared that the present lock-out enforced by the Coal Vend was the prelude to a general…

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Nova Scotia Strike. Miners Join Steel Workers. Vancouver, July 4

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

A message from Sydney, Nova Scotia, states that eight thousand miners struck at midnight in sympathy with the steel workers on…

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